林超伦实战口译练习笔记 第51期:介绍公司的发展

 　　Welcome to Pfizer--the world's largest, most valuable and fastest-growing pharmaceutical¹ company. Ours is a noble purpose: to help realize humanity's quest² for longer, healthier, happier lives. Our mission is to become the world's most valued company in serving patients, customers, colleagues, investors³, business partners and the communities where we work and live. We now employ 90,000 people worldwide, turning well over $30 billion a year, spending more than $5 billion a year on research & development. Our products are available in more than 150 countries.

　　欢迎各位光临辉瑞。我们是世界上最大、最受尊重、增长最快的医药公司。我们有着崇高的目标，这就是帮助人类实现梦寐以求的理想：延长寿命，增强体质，生活幸福。我们的宗旨是要在为病人、顾客、同事、投资者、商业伙伴和我们工作与生活的社区服务这些方面，都成为世界上最受尊重的公司。今天，我们在世界各地拥有有9万员工，年营业额达达300亿美元，每年在研究开发方面的开支是是50亿美元。我们的产品畅销150个国家。

1 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

2 quest   

n.寻求，搜索，追求

参考例句：

• Man will suffer many disappointments in his quest for truth.人类在探索真理过程中必然会遭受挫折。
• His quest for perfection is relentless.他不断追求完美。

3 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会