第一篇：青藏鐵路列車廣播英譯稿(二)-高原旅行常識

青藏鐵路列車廣播英譯稿

（二）-高原旅行常識

青海彼岸翻譯工作室(Qinghai Beyond Translation Studio)聯系方式： mikevan@163.com

（2006年6月下旬，青藏鐵路格拉段即將全面通車之際，本人有幸參加列車廣播稿的英譯并播音工作?，F在回想起那時白天上班，晚上通宵達旦翻譯、校對、定稿、錄音棚錄音，多少個日夜終于圓滿完成任務。短短數天工作中最不能忘記來自加拿大的Dr.Morton(莫頓博士)。一連數個雨夜盡管他已過古稀之年雙腿行動不便、患有眼疾，但還是不辭辛勞、不厭其煩地和我一起推敲詞句、幫我校對直到凌晨。）

I.Travel on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

1, Information on Health Care

Dear passengers, welcome to the charming Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, whose beauty, sanctity, mystery and uniqueness always touch the deepest heartstrings of people.As the trip to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has become a strong wish among many individuals, it is quite necessary to become aware of , and prepared for the plateau climate, which is characterized by low air pressure, lack of oxygen, low temperature, strong ultraviolet, big variations in temperature, heavy wind and dryness.Due to the high elevation of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Tourists from low-elevation areas may feel uncomfortable with the sudden change in weather and other climate conditions, since it has exceeded the limit of automatic adjustment made by a normal human body.The physical discomforts of people are the so-called “High Altitude Sickness”, usually taking such forms as headache, dizziness, chest discomfort, breathlessness, quickened heart rate, cyanotic lips high blood pressure, tiredness, insomnia and so on.Although people may respond differently, in normal cases, people will have to a certain extent to have the hypoxic response, such as chest discomfort, shortness of breath and hard breathing, etc.If this happens, do not get too stressed out, relax and keep a light mood.It takes two or three days at most to get acclimatized to the conditions of sufficient rest and drinking more water.In case some people may need a longer time to adjust themselves, they could take oxygen and medicines with anodyne and ataractic effect under doctor’s prescription.Individuals with serious conditions should keep a close contact with train crew or on-board medical staff, and get timely treatment ,when abnormal responses occur.Dear passengers, when entering onto the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau from low elevation areas, it is

quite necessary to make some preparations in health care.Prior to your entry, a physical examination is required, patients with severe heart, kidney, lung, high blood pressure, liver or anemia diseases, are not really suitable to venture on travel on the plateau, Patients who have a cold shall better postpone their date of departure, because it is quite hard forpeople with a cold to recover during their first entry onto the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.As for people with common diseases, prevention measures have to be taken, for instance, having the right medicines on hand.People who begin to suffer hyperspasmia and severe headache, or tend to be in a coma, when reaching a certain elevation , shall not travel further to a higher altitude.As the weather in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is ever-changing, and with a big difference in temperature between day and night, people should bring with them sufficient cold-resistant clothes, such as sweaters, rousers and overcoat, etc.To protect the skin from being damaged by strong sunlight and ultraviolet, and from dryness and chapping, it is necessary to be equipped with sunhat, sunglasses , sun block and moist cream.As the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a unique living environment with lots of unknowns, some basic medicines dealing with cold, loose bowels, throat pains and inflammation , are quite indispensable, in order to enhance the durability of the human body against oxygen lack, to reduce the occurrence of plateau diseases, the medicines fighting against plateau response, such as salisorosides, combination tables of radix codonopsis, and decoction of radix astragali and poria, etc.shall be brought with them and taken in advance.青海彼岸翻譯工作室(Qinghai Beyond Translation Studio)聯系方式： mikevan@163.com