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Malaysia has been a major trading hub and port center for centuries, and is mentioned in Chinese texts as early as 200-300 and in Claudius Ptolemy's Geography from about the same time.
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马来西亚数世纪以来一直都是重要的贸易枢钮与港口中心，早在西元两百到三百年间，马来西亚就出现在中国文献中，约在同时，希腊天文学家托勒密也在《地理学》一书中提过。 |
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Malaysia has long been a major exporter of tin, rubber and palm oil.
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马来西亚一向是锡、橡胶与棕榈油的重要出口国。 |
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Malaysia has undergone financial difficulties from the combined impact of the world financial crisis, decline in world oil prices and its own prolonged recession.
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马来西亚受世界金融危机，世界石油价格下跌以及本国长时间经济萧条的共同影响，经历了一段金融动荡/困难时期。 |
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Malaysia imposed a fixed exchange rate in 1998, pegging the ringgit at 3.8 to the US dollar as part of a package of capital controls to stabilise the currency.
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马来西亚1998年实施固定汇率，将林吉特兑美元汇率固定在3.8比1，将其作为一揽子资本控制措施的一部分，以稳定其货币汇率。 |
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Malaysia is dotted with plains, forested hills and mountains that cover both East and West Malaysia.
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马来西亚东西散布著平原、蓊郁的坡丘与山脉。 |
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Malaysia is one of the most culturally, ethnically and geographically diverse and unique countries in the world, not to mention beautiful.
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马来西亚是全球文化、种族与地理最多元独特的国家之一，更不用说是美不胜收。 |
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Malaysia is regarded as a net exporter of plastics products, with its exports posting a growth rate of 24 percent up from 5.4 billion Ringgit in 2004 to 6.7 billion Ringgit in 2005.
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马来西亚被认为是塑料产品的净出口国，在2005年其出口增长率高达24%，从2004年的54亿令吉增长到2005年的67亿令吉。 |
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Malaysia may become the first Asian country to require the replacement of diesel fuel with biofuel for vehicles and machinery, in an effort to cut costly fuel subsidies and boost the local palm oil industry.
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马来西亚可能成为首个要求用生物燃料替代柴油驱动车辆与机械的亚洲国家，以削减高额燃料补贴，并推动当地的棕榈油产业。 |
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Malaysia pour boiling-hot milky tea swiftly and repeatedly from one ve el held high in one hand into another held low, producing a distinctive layer of froth.
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马来西亚人泡制拉茶时两手一高一低各持一容器，然后将滚烫的奶茶快速、反复地在两只容器间倾倒，从而使茶产生一层特殊的泡沫。 |
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Malaysia will send its first astronaut into the heavens aboard a Russian rocket next year and attempt for the first time to make the nation‘s favourite hot drink, teh tarik, in space.
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明年，马来西亚将首次派遣宇航员搭乘俄罗斯火箭进入太空，并计划首次在太空泡制马来西亚最受欢迎的饮料——拉茶。 |
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Malaysia's biodiesel plants will be operated in a joint venture between the Malaysian Palm Oil Board and several local palm oil plantation companies.
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全球去年对生物柴油的需求为250万吨，并正以每年25%的速度递增。马来西亚的目标是占据10%的生物柴油市场份额。 |
