为了尽量贴近日常语言、贴近读者，这类文章在使用各种专业术语的同时（如例a中的position等），还经常采用生动活泼的俚语（如例b中的dud)、形象比喻（如例c中的party .blew out the candles等）和其他修辞手段。在翻译时，应注意灵活运用本教程介绍的各种方法和技巧，尽可能再现原文的语言风格。

例a A bank's position changed from hour to hour, so that a bank which was a lender in the morning could be a borrower at midday and a lender again before the close of business.

银行的头寸ー小时ー个样：上午还在放债，中午就可能借钱，到收盘前又成了贷款行。

例b Saddam's vaunted "oil weapon” is a dud.

萨达姆吹嘘的“石油武器”纯属假货。

例c The great refinancing party of the mid-Nineties is oven. The Federal Reserve officially blew out the candles in March when it raised the Federal funds rates for the first time in two years.

90年代中期重筹资金的盛宴已告結束。美联储在3月正式吹灭了宴会的蜡烛：两年来头一次提高了联邦资金利率。

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