双语新闻：联通iPhone发布

After two years of waiting, Apple's wildly popular smartphone finally kicked off official sales in the world's largest mobile market, with almost 700m users. China Unicom, the country's second-largest carrier and the first telecoms group to make a distribution deal with Apple in China, threw an all-night celebration to mark the event.Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司
　　经过两年的等待，苹果(Apple)的畅销智能手机终于在拥有近7亿用户的全球最大移动通信市场正式开始销售。为纪念这一事件，中国第二大移动通信运营商——中国联通(China Unicom)举办了一场通宵庆祝活动。Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　But Mr Zhi may be forgiven if his smile for the cameras appeared slightly forced. He is not China's first iPhone owner at all.Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司
　　但是，如果说智献中面对照相机的微笑略显僵硬，那是有很好理由的。其实他并不是中国首位iPhone机主。Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　Since the gadget's global launch in 2007, more than 2m Chinese have smuggled iPhones from Hong Kong and elsewhere while the device waited to get the green light from Beijing.Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司
　　自这种智能手机在2007年全球推出以来，已有200余万中国人从香港和其它地方带进iPhone，在此期间，这种装置一直在等候北京方面的绿灯。Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　China Unicom has said it expects to sell 5m iPhones under its three-year deal with Apple. But that could be a difficult target. In a recent survey of more than 70,000 respondents by Sina, China's largest internet news portal, more than 90 per cent found Unicom's iPhone too expensive. Only 11.7 per cent said they considered buying one.Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司
　　中国联通表示，根据其与苹果的三年协议，预期将销售500万部iPhone。但这可能是一个难以达到的目标。根据中国最大互联网新闻门户网站——新浪(Sina)最近进行的一次调查，在7万余名答复者中，90%以上认为联通的iPhone定价过高。只有11.7%表示自己考虑购买。Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　The response at the launch seemed to confirm that. A small crowd of about 80 huddled in the large area cordoned off for queuing for a phone.Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司
　　发售仪式上的情形似乎确认这一点。在为顾客踊跃排队购买手机而隔离的大块场地上，只熙熙攘攘地聚集了大约80人。Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　The carrier has set the price for the device only without a mobile contract at between Rmb6,000-Rmb8,000 ($880-$1,170) for different models – more than double the average selling price of Rmb2,250 for other smartphones in China and also a lot more expensive than “grey market” iPhones, which sell at Rmb3,700 to Rmb5,700.Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司
　　根据中国联通的定价，若只买手机、不签服务合约，iPhone的售价在6000至8000元人民币（880至1170美元）之间，视具体型号而定，这样的价位比中国市场上其它智能手机2250元人民币的平均售价高出一倍多，也比“灰色市场”上iPhone手机3700至5700元人民币的价位贵了不少。Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　Even if purchased with a two-year contract for China Unicom's 3G services, the carrier's iPhones still look expensive as Unicom has chosen to subsidise the device much less than many international peers.Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司
　　即使在购买时签下中国联通3G服务的两年合约，该运营商的iPhone仍显得昂贵，因为相比许多国际同行，中国联通向iPhone买家提供的购买补贴少得多。Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　On top of this, the first batch of official iPhones came without WiFi. This is because Apple has tried to comply with government regulations demanding that handsets sold in China should be equipped with the country's Wapi standard instead.Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司
　　这还不算，首批正式发售的iPhone不带WiFi功能。这是因为苹果公司曾试图遵循政府法规，这些法规要求在中国销售的手机采用该国的Wapi技术标准。Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　The policy has now changed, allowing WiFi as long as the phones have Wapi as well, but the “official” iPhones will only reflect that from next year.Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司
　　这项政策已经改变，允许采用WiFi，只要相关手机同时具备Wapi功能，但“正式”发售的iPhone要从明年起才会反映这一点。Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　“I'm afraid the smuggled ones might still be more popular,” says Fang Meiqin, associate director at BDA, a Beijing telecom consultancy. “I think iPhone is still a gold brand in China and can attract many consumers, but Unicom needs to position it well to compete with not only other phones but also smuggled iPhones.”Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司
　　“恐怕还是偷偷带进来的手机更受欢迎，”北京BDA电信咨询公司副总监方美琴表示。“我认为iPhone在中国仍是一个黄金品牌，能够吸引大量消费者，但中国联通需要对其恰当定位，不仅与其它手机竞争，也要与走私的iPhone竞争。”Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

　　But at least the launch is a source of entertainment for China's technology-savvy. A mocking graphic comparing the iPhone's functions with those of a piece of rock is currently circling cyberspace.Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司
　　不过，至少iPhone的发售仪式对中国的高科技产品爱好者是一种娱乐。目前网上正在流传一幅搞笑图像，对比iPhone与石块的功能。Ru4厦门翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司