Although economic growth has reduced South Asia's poverty rate,i

Although economic growth has reduced South Asia's poverty rate,it has not fallen fast enough to reduce the total number of poor people.The number of people living on less than $1.25 a day increased from 549 million in 1981 to 595 million in 2005.In India,which accounts for almost three-quarters of this population,the numbers increased from 420 million to 455 million during this period.Besides the slow pace of poverty reduction,human development has not kept up with the pace of income growth,either.
【正确答案】：虽然经济发展已降低了南亚的贫困率，但其速度尚不足以减少贫困人口总数。在这里，每天生活费不足1.25美元的人口从1981年的5.49亿增加到2005年的5.95亿。在这些人口中，印度占了近3/4，这一时期的相应数字也从4.2亿增加到4.55亿。除了减贫速度缓慢之外，人类发展也没有跟上收入增长的步伐。【解析】原文共四句话，基本采用直译法。需要注意的是文中数字的汉译要根据汉语中数字的表达习惯。第一句中，it has not fallen fast enough to.…虽没有明确出现“速度”一词，但实指速度，因此汉译时意译为“其速度……”。第二句话中，living on less than $1.25作number的定语，汉译时译作前置定语。第三句中，which引导的非限制性定语从句修饰先行词India，汉译时单独译作一个分句“在这些人口中，印度占了近3/4。最后一句中，slow pace of poverty reduction汉译时将中心词slow pace后置，而将限定词poverty reduction前置。