跨文化英语阅读教程Unit课后翻译.docx

跨文化英语阅读教程Unit课后翻译
Unit 1 The Texts: Piracy in the Twenty-First Century
参考译文：
二十一世纪的盗版现象
课文一


跨文化英语阅读教程Unit课后翻译
Unit 1 The Texts: Piracy in the Twenty-First Century
参考译文：
二十一世纪的盗版现象
课文一
现代社会依赖于技术创新，而技术创新须依靠知识产权来保障。越来越多的国家遵守国际条约，实行知识产权保护。但这方面做得还远远不够。我们来回顾一下过去，看看缺乏知识产权保护会导致什么样的后果，从而吸取教训。
Reading B
As many Western companies once discovered to their cost, investing in Southeast Asia before the advent of secure intellectual property rights was an expensive proposition. To enter these markets, Western companies had to disclose to authorities details not only of their products, but also of the processes whereby their products were created. The result, all too often, was rapid and blatant copying of goods which were not protected against copyright abuse of this kind.
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许多西方公司付出了惨痛的代价才发现，知识产权保障机制还未健全时，在东南亚投资无异于将钱付诸东流。要进入这些市场，西方公司不仅必须向相关当局说明他们的产品，而且还要说明他们产品的制作过程。而结果经常是本该受到知识产权保护的产品很快被无耻地抄袭。
Unit 1 The Texts: Piracy in the Twenty-First Century
参考译文：
二十一世纪的盗版现象
课文一
现代社会依赖于技术创新，而技术创新须依靠知识产权来保障。越来越多的国家遵守国际条约，实行知识产权保护。但这方面做得还远远不够。我们来回顾一下过去，看看缺乏知识产权保护会导致什么样的后果，从而吸取教训。
Reading B
As many Western companies once discovered to their cost, inv