2012年第二届全国口译大赛总决赛赛题参考译文(四)

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第二环节参考译文

Justnow,inhisearlierremarks,MinisterTianhassaidthatChinarunsthefirstintheworldintermsoftrademarkapplication,registrationandvalidregistration,however,comparedwithdevelopedcountries,Chinaisnotyetastrongtrademarkcountry.

Isaythisbecauseofthefollowingreasons.First,thenumberoftrademarkregistrationinChinaiswaybehindthenumberofmarketplayersofChina.Bytheendoflastyear,thecompanies--privatecompaniesincluded--filed5.51milliontrademarkapplications,buttherewerealtogether50.62millioncompanies,itmeansonlyoneinninemarketplayersregisteredthetrademark.Italsotellsusthattheawarenessofthemarketplayerstorelyonregistrationoftrademarkintheirdevelopmentisstillweak.

Second,thenumberoftrademarkregistration.Althoughthenumberisbig,thenumberofworld-famousbrandsissmall.Lastyear,accordingtothestatisticsoftheworldbrandlab,ofthetop500world-famousbrandsin2011,only11comefromChina.Andofthetophundredworldbrands,onlyfourcomefromChina.IttellsusthattheinternationalcompetitivenessofChinesecompaniesisstillweak.

ThisistotallyoutofproportionoftheeconomicscaleofChina--beingthesecondlargesteconomyintheworld--anditsdevelopmentspeed.Third,althoughwehaveachievedalotinprotectingtrademarkrights,therearestillcasesoftrademarkinfringementsandtheenvironmentforfaircompetitionandagoodmarketorderisyettobeimproved,andtheeffortstofighttrademarkinfringementstillneedtobestrengthened.