我觉得“企业”应该翻成“company”，而不应该翻成“enterprise”。虽然enterprise有company的意思，可是native speakers很少用。一般来说，我一看到“Enterprise”这个词，就知道文章使中国翻译的。Enterprise是带有情绪色彩的一个词语。至于什么样的情绪呢，这个很难解释。所以我建议你少用。
我会用enterprise来形容一个“新事业”，但这并不一定是一个公司。但是State-owned enterprise”[国有企业]是个例外。
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Angry Editor不是无所不知的。当然，我所有的博文都是可争辩的。欢迎大家畅所欲言！
#1 by Trockeneis on 2009/10/08 - 10:51 pm
This word is People’s Daily Online, China Daily and Xinhua’s favourite…
#2 by carreras on 2009/10/08 - 11:27 pm
I feel that “entreprise” is from French “entreprise”, like “entrepreneur” for those who run the companies. And modern English uses less the word entreprise. Right?
#3 by Chery on 2009/10/09 - 2:07 am
“The Enterprise” is a good ship.
#4 by Angry Editor on 2009/10/09 - 9:06 pm
Trockeneis: Yes, they love it. Still, I hate it.
carreras: Good point. However, the British probably stole the word when a company was something new, daring and exciting. Perhaps “企业” doesn’t have that adventurous feeling, but in my opinion, “enterprise” does…
… which is why it is used for Star Trek. Thanks Chery.
Please note, entrepreneur is not just someone who runs a company. Again there is a slight difference. I will explain in a post next week.
Thanks for the comments!
#5 by rhing on 2009/10/09 - 10:31 pm
it seems entrepreneur is similar to founder but this word is much more possitive, am I right?