1. Mysticism touches almost every aspect of life in Indonesia and business is no exception.
【參考譯文】在印尼神秘主義似乎涉及到印尼生活的各個(gè)方面,商業(yè)也不例外。
2. Those devout traders, called ‘Wali Ullah’ or ‘those close to God, ’ energetically spread both trade and religion by adapting their appeals to the native mysticism of Java.
【參考譯文】這些虔誠(chéng)的商人,叫做Wali Ullah,或者“接近主的人”,把他們的祈求呼吁跟爪哇當(dāng)?shù)氐纳衩刂髁x相結(jié)合。他們通過這一途徑積極熱情地拓展商業(yè)買賣和宗教信仰。
3. Putting the right persons in the right jobs and gaining confidence in his business decisions were the keys to a turning around that has brought expansion and profitability.
【參考譯文】恰當(dāng)?shù)墓ぷ鲘徫皇褂煤线m的人選,對(duì)企業(yè)決策具有信心使形式好轉(zhuǎn)的關(guān)鍵。它給你帶來拓展和利潤(rùn)。(或任人唯賢,指揮若定使扭虧增盈,大展宏圖的關(guān)鍵。)
4. Search for the inner self.
【參考譯文】探索內(nèi)心的自我。
5. Such approaches as psycho-cybernetics, Carnegie’s think and growth rates, or the power of positive thinking are western attempts to tap the same higher intelligence that we contact through meditation.
【參考譯文】類似心理控制論、卡耐基思想、增長(zhǎng)率、或者積極思考能力等觀點(diǎn)是西方開拓高智能的辦法,而我們是通過沉思冥想來和高智能聯(lián)系的。
寫作方法與文章大意
這是一篇新聞報(bào)導(dǎo),講述印度尼西亞商人如何經(jīng)營(yíng)公司。主要采用一般到具體寫作手法。一開始就點(diǎn)明他們以獨(dú)特的方式――不看文件,不聽匯報(bào),而是閉上眼睛沉思,向古代帝王的精靈請(qǐng)示來經(jīng)營(yíng)。這種神秘主義幾乎涉及印尼生活的各個(gè)領(lǐng)域,商業(yè)也不例外。后面每段都圍繞這一主題而寫。第二段寫來源。第三段,應(yīng)用于商業(yè)方面的具體例子,第四段,和西方管理方法對(duì)比。