經濟學人-The meaning of seven-5

The yuan is still a long way from being a free-floating currency. It is further away still from being a global one to rival the dollar.It is not a straightforward business to buy and sell yuan.

Traders joke that it is less liquid than the shares of Alibaba, a giant Chinese e-commerce firm, which is listed in New York.

Yet despite the constraints, the waxing and waning of the yuan’s value has had a growing influence on the foreign-exchange market and on asset prices more generally.

這是《經濟學人》8月刊的壹篇文章'The meaning of seven'第5段，***有3句。

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{'rival':'與...相匹配，比得上'}

{'straightforward':'adj.簡單的，容易的'}

這句話順著翻譯就好：人民幣距離成為完全浮動匯率貨幣還有很長的路要走，從壹個國際貨幣之壹到與美元分庭抗禮依然有很長壹段路要走，對於交易人民幣業務來說並不是容易的。

2、

{'commerce':'商業、貿易'}

這句話核心就是前半句，'that'介紹joke的內容，整句話試著翻譯：交易者開玩笑道：人民幣的流通性還不如阿裏巴巴公司的股票，壹家備案在紐約的中國的電子商業巨頭公司。

3、

{'constraints':'n.約束，限制'}

waxing and waning ：消長變化，盈虧

直接翻譯：盡管（人民幣）受到限制，但是人民幣價值的消長變化（漲跌）在國外外匯市場以及普遍的資產價格中的影響力在與日劇增。