另外，微型金融依靠的是竞相还贷的趋同心理，这也必定让主流银行家们眼红，因为他们要疲于应付日渐增多的抵押贷款违约(表现为日益上升的止赎率[注4]和越来越多的寄钥匙的包裹[注5])，而微型金融的违约率微乎其微。
And microfinance’s reliance on peer pressure for repayment must be the envy of any mainstream banker struggling with rising foreclosures and “jingle mail”; delinquency rates are microscopic.
今年，他们的电子（注：这里觉得eclectic是打错了，应为electric）计划将会包括喷火机器人，可穿戴的电脑，三维复印机（真不知道是什么东西）并且还有巨大的机械蛋糕车（注2）。
This year their eclectic projects will includefire-breathing robots, wearable computers, self-replicating three-dimensional printers (whatever they are) and giant motorised cupcakes.
Michael Meyer说“试想哪天早晨醒来发现切尔西（译者注：伦敦西南部一住宅区 为艺术家和作家的聚居地），然后是格林尼治村（译者注：指纽约或其他城市的文人、艺术家等的聚居区）被大商场取代了”。
“Imagine waking up one morning and discovering that Chelsea, then Greenwich Village, have been replaced by malls, ” he said.
如果你购买亚马逊的Kindle（我们管它叫swindle骗子——作者注；kindle是亚马逊的一种电子书阅览器——译者注）或者Sony的电子书（我们叫它Shreader，因为它对图书的威胁——作者注；shreader=threaten+reader——译者注），那你就赞助了建立这样的世界。
If you buy the Amazon Kindle (we call it the Swindle) or the Sony Reader (we call it the Shreader for what it threatens to do to books), you pay to establish that world.
在英文里，只要把任意词语放在动词的位置上，它就可以轻易地变成动词：比如说，我黑死你（注②），谷歌坑（注③）必应，切尼（注④）你全家，等等。
In English, it's easy to make anything averb: simply put whatever word you like in verb position. I pwn you, GoogleMountweazels Bing, go Cheney yourself, and so forth.
未来与新兴技术(译者注：以下简称FET)： FET是一个新点子的孵化器和开创者，长期以信息和通信技术(译者注：以下简称ICT)为主题开展的研究。
Future and Emerging technologies (FET) : FET is the incubator and pathfinder for new ideas and themes for long-term research in information and communication technologies (ICT).
这种攻击的运作跟SQL盲注攻击几乎完全相似，与SQL注入攻击不同的是，几乎没什么人了解XPath盲注攻击或对其进行预防。
This attack functions almost exactly like the blind SQL injection attack but, unlike SQL injection attacks, few people know about XPath injection attacks or take precautions against them.
上有一份复原的菜谱，需要两汤匙黄油（注：40毫升），两汤匙面粉，一杯半牛奶（375毫升），八盎司干牛肉（注：约240克）和一小撮辣椒面。
replicates this dish with two tablespoons of butter, two tablespoons of flour, one-and-a-half cups of milk, eight ounces of dried beef and a pinch of cayenne pepper.
特玛捷*（注6）与*演出公司*（注7）将合并，建立一家专注于现场演出——音乐届最健康的演出形式——的巨型公司。
Ticketmaster and Live Nation will merge to create a giant company focused on live performance, the healthiest bit of the music business.
尽管晚空中依旧弥漫着暴风雨的气息，而自西而来的人群仍源源不断的涌向耶路撒冷（Jerusalem）老城［注一］，把冰冷的石墙淹没在蓝白色的海洋［注二］之中。
WITH the damp of a rainstorm still hanging in the evening air, a human wave bore down on Jerusalem's old city from the west, engulfing the cool stone walls in a blue-and-white sea.
而此刻，斯特里克林也很清楚，如果他企图早些保全自己，只有死路一条（因为飞机还没到有利位置——译者注）；可如果稍迟那么一瞬间，也是必死无疑（因为飞机已撞击地面——译者注）。
At that moment, Stricklin also knew that if he bailed too soon, he might die. And if he waited too long, he definitely would die.
如果是这样，他们就应该[注2]支持米特·罗姆尼，他是马萨诸塞州的前州长，上一次大选也参加了共和党初选，是大家熟知的竞选人，而且看上去办事牢靠[注3]。
If so, they might do worse than plump for Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts and a primary candidate last time: a known quantity with what looks like a safe pair of hands.
比如，如果我们创建了一个名为Worker(译者注：工人)的接口，给他一个lunchbreak(译者注：午休时间)方法，所有的工人都需要实现他。
For example if we create an interface called worker and add a method lunch break, all the workers will have to implement it.
用两杯水(注：半升)混上半杯糖(注：125克)加热。
Mix two cups of water with half a cup of sugar and heat on high.
Nabaztag（注1）是一种带有Wi-Fi（注2）功能的电子兔子，它的功能包括：说话、唱歌、发出不同颜色的灯光，甚至摆动它的耳朵。 这种兔子是“智能产品”市场上的最新产品。
Nabaztag, a Wi-Fi-enabled rabbit able to talk, sing, light up in different colours and wiggle its ears, is the latest entry in the new field of “smart objects”.
玛丽·德拉尼，一名贵族，园艺师，写过大量信件，时尚的女人，乔治·弗里德里希·亨德尔【注1】，乔纳森·斯威夫特【注2】和国王乔治三世的朋友，220多年前去世，没有子嗣。
MARY delany-aristocrat, gardener, prodigious letter-writer, woman of fashion and friend to George Frideric Handel, Jonathan Swift and King George III, died childless more than 220 years ago.
名为“健康儿童小游戏”（见译者注1）的项目将以类似X奖（见译者注2）的方式，提供现金奖励，鼓励游戏开发者积极参与。
The new Apps For Healthy Kids programs offers cash rewards, in the style of the X-Prize, to encourage developers to participate.
此外，(美国商业组织)保险信息研究所[注3]的罗伯特·哈特维希(Robert Hart wig)说，现有的大多数非寿险保单都是强制性的[注4]。
Moreover, says Robert Hartwig, of the Insurance Information Institute, an American trade body, most existing non-life policies are nondiscretionary.
这使得“空”间变得热闹非凡：粒子和它们的反物质（译者注：是一种能量）匆忙进出于“空”间，存在或消失（译者注：从粒子变成能量, 或由能量生成粒子）。
This makes the void fizz with activity, as particles and their antimatter counterparts zip in and out of existence.
在这些行动中,他杀了凶残的九头蛇怪兽,偷了赫斯帕里德斯(译者注:传说中守护金苹果树的仙女)的金苹果.活捉冥府看门狗地狱之犬并从地府带了上来.海格力斯也是亚尔古的船员(译者注:去海外寻找金羊毛的古船).
Amongst these were slaying the many-headed Hydra, retrieving the Golden Apples of the Hesperides and bringing the hellhound Cerberus up from the Underworld. Heracles was also an Argonaut.
就业率几乎没有增长并且失业率近乎攀升至历史峰值(注1——译者注)，但是企业在赚取利润方面却高奏凯歌。
Employment has barely grown and unemployment is near its peak, but profits are on a tear.
这位57岁的公关顾问身高5英尺2英寸（译者注：1.58米），体重只有128磅（译者注：58公斤）。
The 57-year-old public relations consultant carries just 128 pounds on her 5-foot, 2-inch frame.
约翰·麦凯恩 [注7]和弗雷德·汤普逊 [注8] 则基本上没有参加衣阿华州的竞选。
John McCain and Fred Thompson have hardly campaigned in the state.
然而这段期间，美国工作者的中等实质所得(注二)停滞不前，但是健康保险的名目价值(注三)却节节高升。
All this happened during a period when American workers' median real incomes stagnated (though the notional value of any health insurance would have risen steeply).
注释杂注和消息杂注不影响编译的其余部分。
The comment and message pragmas do not affect the remainder of the compilation.
我们现在来通过一些网站看看这几种不同的方法：老的网站如亚马逊（Amazon），新兴网站如Pandora（译者注：音乐推荐网站）和del.icio.us（译者注：书签网站，有翻译为美味书签）。
We will now explore these different approaches by looking at old-timers like Amazon and newbies like Pandora and del.icio.us.
两个不同的游戏者通常被称作马克思(MAX，即最大，译者注)和米恩(Min，即最小，译者注)。
The two different players are usually refered to as Max and Min (these strange names will be explained shortly).
在注入热量和注汽时间相同情况下，先注高干度蒸汽可提高开发速度和经济效益。
In the case of same injected heat and steam injected time, high steam quality can improve development rate and economical benefit.
在注入热量和注汽时间相同情况下，先注高干度蒸汽可提高开发速度和经济效益。
In the case of same injected heat and steam injected time, high steam quality can improve development rate and economical benefit.
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