With over 10,000 libraries opened worldwide and 7.4 million books already distributed to children in its 10 years, (46)Room to Read—a nonprofit that promotes global literacy— aspires to curb the staggering figure of 759 million illiterate adults living in emerging nations.
"If every charity was run with more of a business focus, the world would be a better place,", says John Wood, a former senior executive at Microsoft before founding Room to Read in 2000. "We’ve created what I consider to be a hybrid organization——the best of charity merged with the best of business."
The organization’s goal is to raise $30 million in 2010. In 2009, Room to Read raised $28.3 million in cash and stock—well above its $23 million goal and a 28% increase over its 2008 contributions.
Technology is key for the company to achieve its goals. The Salesforce.com Foundation has donated Salesforce CRM licenses to help Room to Read build their Global Solutions Database (GSD). (47)The GSD pay close attention to Room to Read’s implementation timeline, the number of students and teachers being supported, and the percentage of community contribution. This technology helps the company report figures to its donors.
(48)"Technology has been an invaluable tool that’s allowed us to reach out to our current investors as well as introduce ourselves to new supporters," explains Wood. "Twitter has opened the door to an entirely new base of supporters for us—now almost 430,000 p—and we like being able to reach out to them on a real-time basis about our latest news or stories they may find interesting." Room to Read was Twitter’s first corporate social innovation sponsor.
(49)The not-for-profit also aims to implant effective education programs in the developing world through its School Room program, along with improving literacy equality among the genders. Two-thirds of all illiterate adults are female. Already, over 9,000 female students are enjoying scholarships thanks to the Girls’ Education program.
Wood says Room to Read’s importance has only grown in light of the world’s struggling economy: "If there has been an upside to the financial crisis, it’s that people are being more careful than ever before about how they invest, and this applies also to their charitable investments," he explains. (50)"I think the markets are efficient, in the sense that a lot of business leaders see in Room to Read an organization that is run like a business and they therefore continue to invest in us."
(47)The GSD pay close attention to Room to Read’s implementation timeline, the number of students and teachers being supported, and the percentage of community contribution.
参考答案：
该数据库密切关注“阅读空间”的经营进展、获得帮助的师生人数以及社会对它的贡献程度。
解析：
[原文再现] The GSD pay close attention to Room to Read’s implementation timeline, the number of students and teachers being supported, and the percentage of community contribution.
[结构分析] 本句为简单句。主语为the GSD，谓语为pay close attention to，宾语则较长，由三部分组成，分别为Room to Read’s implementation timeline, the number of...以及the percentage of...。
[译点分析]
(1)The GSD...attention to: 主语为the GSD，由于前文中提到了GSD是一个“全球解决方案数据库”，因此，此处GSD可直接译为“该数据库”。pay close attention to可译为“密切关注；紧密追踪”。
(2)Room to Read’s...community contribution: 本句的宾语较长，由三部分组成，翻译时应综合对文章整体的理解，对部分信息进行灵活处理。implementation timeline单从字面上理解是“实施时间表”的意思，在这里可以根据上下文翻译为“经营进度”或“经营进展”，这样既能体现文章的具体内容，也不会显得生硬、费解。第二个宾语中的being supported作students and teachers的后置定语，由于其结构比较简单，可直接翻译为前置定语“获得帮助的；获得支持的”；percentage of community contribution字面意思为“社会贡献的比例”，可灵活译为“社会对它的贡献程度”。