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English term

clearwater

China

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句子结构

English to Chinese Tech/Engineering IT (Information Technology) content security

Organizations invest huge resources developing security policies and procuring protective technologies that point outward at hackers, spyware and viruses. However, organizations are beginning to realize that there is another aspect to content security – the inside-out leakage of information. Not only do organizations need to worry about the release of valuable intellectual property, but they must now also deal with increased regulation and oversight on issues ranging from consumer privacy to financial disclosure. {All of this in an atmosphere of government and consumer mistrust of business that has raised the bar on both actual intended behavior and the due course exhibited in protecting both consumer and shareholder information. }
这一切处在政府和消费者不信任公司的背景下，从而提高了在保护消费者信息和股东信息时体现的实际预期行为和正当措施方面的标准。
感觉没有把握。谢谢指正！

Proposed translations (Chinese)

3 +3

缺少谓语

Rensheng Qi

Change log

Nov 13, 2008 04:39: Will Matter changed "Language pair" from "English to Chinese" to "Chinese to English"

Nov 13, 2008 04:47: clearwater changed "Language pair" from "Chinese to English" to "English to Chinese"

Discussion

dd dd Nov 13, 2008: 但也不见得就有错。如果All前面是逗号的话，这句话就可以作为前面句子的一个伴随从句了。
Will Matter Nov 13, 2008: Shouldn't this be Chinese > English instead?

Proposed translations

52 mins

Rensheng Qi

245 answers

Native in Chinese

Specializes in field

Selected

缺少谓语

此句好象缺少谓语。试译：这一切处在政府和消费者不信任公司的背景下，这种不信任使保护消费者信息和股东信息时的实际预期行为和恰当时机的选择显得困难重重。raise bar on: 给...设置障碍， due course: 恰当时机。（也不太肯定）

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http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/course
in due course : after a normal passage of time : in the expected or allotted time <his discoveries led in due course to new forms of treatment>
受上述词组的启发，我感觉due course是不是一个固定说法？当然，course本义是路线、道路。至于raise bar，所谓的“提高标准”实际上就是指提高了门槛，使一件事变得更难了；但“提高标准”在中文中容易引起歧义，这里不如说得明确些，所以说“困难重重”或“障碍重重”。

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看来还是“正当做法”更合适一些。另外我又读了几遍后发现这句也有你原来用的“提高标准”的意思，可以翻译成“对actual intended behavior 和 the due course提出了更高的要求”，当然“更加困难”也行，前者是从一个积极角度去看的，后者是从一消积极角度去看的，你自己根据后文把握一下吧！差不多就是这样了。

Note from asker:

谢谢！我也觉得All of this 后面省略了is。

course有“时机”的意思吗？我怀疑它是指：行动方针；行为；做法。

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_chinese/general_conversation_greetings_letters/1187463-raise_the_bar.html

in due course是个固定短语，这没错。但问题是，文中出现的是due course，这应该是另一个意思：适当/正当的行为或做法。

根据你的意思，我又改了一下，不知是否合适：这一切处在政府和消费者不信任公司的背景下；这样一来，采取正当做法来保护消费者信息和股东信息、并切实获得预期行为就更加困难了。

Peer comment(s):

agree	William He 3 mins
	Thank you!
agree	Julia Zou : 关于“due course" , 我赞同ration 的看法，我觉得是“ the proper or right time”的意思。 56 mins
	Thank you!
neutral	Wenjer Leuschel (X) : Well, the question was "sentence structure" and the answer offers "short of predicate." Since when KudoZ questions and answers degrade in this manner? 8 hrs
neutral	Caroline Moreno : Wenjer's right. The question should ask about a specific term and the answer should address that term. 10 hrs
agree	translcp 2 days 20 hrs

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