The Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2010. [Xinhua]

??? 在今年的兩會報道中，諸如“中等發達國家”、“全面建設小康社會”、“適度寬松的貨幣政策”等詞語不斷出現；這些詞句譯成英語有一個共同的特點，那就是其中都有一個單詞——“moderately”。

“moderately”的含義是“適度地”、“中庸地”、“有節制地”，可以根據不同的情況靈活理解。例如，我國提出的經濟建設“三步走”發展戰略，第三步目標包括，到21世紀中葉，人均國民生產總值達到中等發達國家水平。今年年初，中科院發布報告，預測中國可能提前10年左右實現這個目標。請看報道：

A recent statement claiming that the dream will be fulfilled a decade or so ahead of schedule to make China a "moderately developed country" around 2040 excited many. The latest Chinese Academy of Social Sciences report that the country has a slim 4-percent chance of becoming a developed country by the end of the century, however, sounds more frustrating than inspiring.

—— Excerpt from Illusion of modernity

再如，“小康”的意思是“家庭生活比較寬裕，可以安然度日”；因此，“小康社會”常常翻譯成“moderately prosperous society”。在全國政協第十一屆三次會議的開幕會上，政協主席賈慶林在工作報告中說道：

“一年來，人民政協……為有效應對國際金融危機沖擊、推進全面建設小康社會進程、促進祖國和平統一大業作出了重要貢獻。”

"The CPPCC (last year)...made important contributions to effectively responding to the impact of the global financial crisis, pushing forward the process of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and promoting the great cause of peaceful reunification of the motherland," Jia said.

—— Excerpt from CPPCC starts annual session

“moderately”也可以表示“適度地”的意思，這個例子可以在今年的政府工作報告中找到。溫家寶總理在2010年政府工作報告中指出，“要繼續實施積極的財政政策和適度寬松的貨幣政策……”：

Listing key government tasks for the year, Wen said the government will continue to implement a proactive fiscal policy and a moderately easy monetary policy, and continue to implement the stimulus package.

—— Excerpt from China starts parliament session

??? 我們還可以用“loose”來替換“easy”，將“適度寬松的貨幣政策”翻譯成“moderately loose monetary policy”，例如：

"China's moderately loose monetary policy provided strong support for the country's economic growth faced with the financial crisis, but it also helped create expectations of inflation reflected in rising consumer prices and soaring asset prices," Yin said.

—— Excerpt from China's economy faces 'complex' year: official