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."
(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."
参考答案：
“许多企业领导人都认为‘阅读空间’是一个按照企业的运营方式经营的组织，因此他们还会继续向我们投资，从这个意义上说，我认为市场是高效的。”
解析：
[原文再现] "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."
[结构分析] 本句为复合句，主句结构为I think...，think后为省略that的宾语从句。in the sense至句末为介词结构作全句的状语，该状语中又包含两个由that引导的定语从句，分别修饰sense和organization。
[译点分析]
(1)in the sense that...organization： in the sense意为“从某种意义上而言”，表明说话的角度，其后that引导的从句则具体阐述“何种角度”，由于该定语从句较长，可直接将其独立成句翻译。see sth in sb/sth意为“认为或发现……有(某种品质或特质)”，此处正常语序应为see an organization in Room to Read，但由于宾语organization后有定语从句修饰，故将其后置。
(2)that is run like a business: 定语从句修饰organization，可译为前置定语，意为“像企业一样被经营的”，且为了整句语意的通顺，可将被动语态译为主动语态，即“按照企业运营方式经营的”。
(3)and they...in us: they指代a lot of business leaders，therefore意为“因此”，体现and前后句之间的因果关系，翻译时应注意。