1.国际贸易一般指不同国家当事人进行的交易，它涉及到许多因素。
因而比国内贸易要复杂的多。
International business refers to transaction between parties from different countries. It involves mort factors and thus is more complicated than domestic business.2.随着经济一体化进程的发展，很少人和公司能完全独立于国际商务之外而存在。
因此，在此方面具有一定的知识是十分必要的，这既有益于企业的发展，又有益于个人的进步With the development of economic globalization, few people or companies can completely stay away from international business. Therefore, some knowledge in this respect is necessary both for the benefit of enterprises and personal advancement3.其他参与国际贸易的形式有管理合同，承包生产和“交钥匙”工程。
Other forms for participating in international business are management contract, contract manufacturing, and turnkey project4.国际贸易最初以商品贸易的形式出现，即在一国生产或制造商品而出口或进口到另一国进行消费或转售。
International business first took the form of commodity trade, i.e. exporting and importing goods produced or manufactured in one country for consumption or resale in another.5.除了国际贸易和投资，国际许可和特许经营有时也是进入国际市场的一种方式Besides trade and investment, international licensing and franchising are some times taken as a means of entering a foreign market.（二）1.国民生产总值和国内生产总值是表明一国收入的两个重要概念，区别在于前者强调的是生产要素的所属权而后者着重于进行生产的国家。
GNP and GDP are two important concepts used to indicate a country's income. The difference between GNP and GDP is that the former focuses on ownership of the factors of production while the latter concentrates on the place where production takes place2.要估评某一市场的潜力，人们往往要分析其收入水平，因为它为那里居民的购买力高低提供了线索In assessing the potential of a market, people often look at its income level since it provides clues about the purchasing power of its residents.3.世界各国被世界银行分为三大领域，高收入国家、中等收入国家和低收入国家Countries of the world are divided by the World Bank into three categories of high-income, middle income and low income4.中国现在的年人均收入为1100 美元以上，但几年前它还是个低收入国家。
China with an annual per capita income of over $1100 is a middle income country though it was a low income country just a few years ago.5.就中国来说，周围还有其他应特别关注的市场，如亚洲四小虎，东盟国家，俄罗斯等国，这些国家都具有前景看好的市场潜力，能为中国提供很好的商机。
As far as China is concerned, other markets we should pay particular attention to are those around us: the Four Tigers, the ASEAN countries, Russia, etc. Those are countries with very promising market potential and can offer good business opportunities to China.（三）1.过去的几十年，地区经济一体化越来越严重。
The past decades witnessed increasingly growing importance of regional economic integration.2 经济联盟的成员国不仅要在税收、政府开支、企业策略等方面保持一致，而且还应适用同一的货币。
The members of an economic union are required not only to harmonize their taxation, government expenditure, industry policies, etc, but also use the same currency.3 欧洲委员会是欧盟的管理机构之一，此机构将提议呈交给部长理事会做决定，并监督各成员国根据所制定的条约履行自己的义务。
The European Commission is one of the governing organs of the EU. It is the body which puts proposals to the Council of Ministers for decision and sees that the members carry out their duties under the treaty 4APEC 建立与在澳大利亚首都堪培拉召开的一次部长级会议上。
当时有12 位成员国出席，分别是澳大利亚、美国、加拿大、日本、朝鲜、新西兰和东盟六国。
APEC was set up at the Ministerial Meeting held in the Australia capital Canberra attened by 12members of Australia，the united states，canada，japan，republic of korea，new zealand and six ASEAN countries.5 著名的自由贸易区是北美自由贸易区，它是由美国、加拿大和墨西哥于1991 年建立的。
The most notable free trade area is the North American Free Trade Area, the largest free market formed by the United States, Canada andMexico in 1991（四）1.经济全球化为世界经济发展提供了新的动力和机会, 同时也使各经济体更加相互依赖、相互影响。
Economic globalization is giving new impetus and opportunities to world economic development and meanwhile making the various economies more and more interdependent and interactive2.跨国公司是在一个以上国家拥有、控制和经营资产的商业组织。
A multinational enterprise is a business organization that owns, controls and manages assents in more than one country3.许多人欢呼经济全球带来的好处，但同时也有强烈的反对声音。
An MNE may also have various regional or operational headquarters, in addition to international headquarters4.跨国公司的内部交换在整个国际贸易的一个很大的比例。
The transfer of the intra-MNE transactions constitutes a very significant proportion of total international trade5.尽管公司的日常管理工作下放到跨国企业的子公司，但重要决策，如有关公司和新投资等都由母公司来决定。
Although the day-to-day running of corporate operations may be decentralized to the affiliate MNCS, the major decisions, such at those on corporate goals and new investments are made by the parent company6.无论人们是否喜欢，经济全球化已成为世界经济发展中的一个客观趋势。
Like it or not, economic globalization has become an objective trend in world economic development（五）1.在复杂的经济世界中，没有一个国家可以完全自给自足。
In the complex economic world, no country can be completely self-sufficient2.随着制造业和技术的发展，出现了另一个刺激贸易的因素，即国际专业化。