口译速记技巧
掌握常用速记符号和方法对于口译考生，笔者推荐以下几类：
A．保留大写字母或第一音节
经济：E 教育：Edu 文化：C 政治：P 科技：ST 卫生：H
旅游：T 环境：En 工业：I 农业：A
B．简写缩略
AFAC：as far as … is concerned(就……而言)
LFT：look forward to (期待)
ASAP：as soon as possible(尽快)
C．图像
⊕ 高兴，同意，满意等，如：happy, pleased, satisfied, agree…
◎ 悲伤，生气，不满，不同意等，如：
sad, angry, irritated, unsatisfied, sorrowful, discomfort, disagree…
⊙ 会议，如conference, meeting, seminar, symposium…
□ 国家，地区，如：中国：□C，俄国：□R D．符号
﹢高兴，男性，同意，增加等，如
happy, male, agree, many, +2=more, +3=most, beneficial, good, beautiful, great, gorgeous…
－悲伤，女性，不同意，减少等，如
sad, female, disagree, little, few, -2=less, -3=least, lack of, short of…
√同意，正确等，如：agree, correct, right…
×不同意，错误等，如：disagree, incorrect…
↑增长，进步等，如：increase, soar, mushroom, rocket, make progress…
↓下降，退步，恶化等，如decrease, sink, slide, subside, plump, plunge, drop, degrade,
deteriorate…
＞多于，超过, 比……低一级等，如：more than, greater than, begger than, better than, superior to, surpass, transcend, overtake…
＜少于，比……低级等，如：less than, lower than, smaller than, inferior to…
～大约，如：approximately, about, around, some, nearly, almost, similar to…
／否定，清除，如：clear, settle, solve, tackle, conquer, eliminate, extinct…
﹦与……同等，如：stand for, refer to, means, that is to say, in other words, be equal to, as…as, same as…
∥竞争对手，如：competitor, rival, opponent, enemy, counterpart…
≠与……不同，如：differ from, different from, distinct, unique…
$金钱，利益，如：interest, benefit, money, fund, capital…
E．标点
?问题，麻烦，障碍，如：question, issue, difficult, hardship, barrier, obstacle…
:主观想法和说辞，如：think, consider, speak, say, talk, mark, announce, declare, hope, 例：repeat或reaffirm可以用:2来替代，声明支持可以用+：来替代，谴责用-：
. 表时间前后，如去年.y，明年y., 后天d..，前天..d，两周后w..
现举例段落进行速记说明：
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速记符号：-/+, VIP,
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高频短句
I regard it my great honor/pleasure/privilege to have the rare opportunity to have name, title visit our city of ____, which is crowned as _______, and I do hope that Your Honor enjoy your stay here and see by your own eyes the great hospitality of people here as well as its fabulous dynamics.