新闻翻译练习：28 March 2014 – UK current account deficit near record high at £22.4bn

28 March 2014 – UK current account deficit near record high at £22.4bn
2014年3月28日——联合王国的经常账户赤字接近创纪录高达两百二十四亿欧元

The UK's current account deficit was larger than expected in the final quarter of last year, official figures have shown.
官方数据显示联合王国的经常账户赤字要远庞大于去年的最后一季度的预期。

The deficit in the three months to December was £22.4bn, only marginally lower than the all-time high of £22.8bn recorded in the previous quarter.
第四季度的赤字是两百二十四亿欧元，只稍微低于上一季度记录的历史最高——两百二十八亿欧元。

Economists had expected the UK's deficit to narrow to about £14bn in the final three months of the year.
经济专家曾预料联合王国的赤字将在去年的最后三个月里缩小到约一百四十亿欧元左右。

One analyst described the deficit as "worryingly large".
一位分析师将赤字称之为最庞大的担忧。

The current account deficit for the year was £71.1bn, equal to 4.4% of UK GDP and slightly lower than the highest current account deficit of 4.6% of GDP recorded in 1989, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
国家统计局表示，这一年的经常账户赤字七百十一亿欧元，相当于联合王国的国内生产总值的百分之四点四，同时也低于1989年纪录的国内生产总值的最高经常账户赤字的百分之四点六。

The UK's trade deficit with the rest of the world - the difference between the value of goods and services the country imports versus what it exports - narrowed to £5.7bn in the fourth quarter from £10bn three months earlier, the ONS said.
联合王国与世界其他地区的贸易赤字——国家进出口商品和贸易的价值之间的差——从三个月前的一百亿欧元缩小到第四季度的五十七亿欧元。

The fall in the trade deficit was partly attributed to Britain's dominant service sector - which accounts for nearly 80% of UK economic growth - which recorded a surplus in the quarter of £1.4bn.
贸易赤字的下降应部分归因于英国占主导地位的服务行业。服务行业占英国经济增长的百分之八十，记录了本季度十四亿欧元的盈余

The UK's trade deficit in goods also narrowed by £3bn. But this was the result of falling imports rather than any increase in exports.
联合王国的商品贸易赤字也缩小了三十亿欧元，但这是由于进口的降低，而不是出口的增加。

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后来查到：
Current account deficit = 经常账(户)赤字

上面的好多句子算是直译的，大概写得也不够官方、正式，请吹毛求疵修改！^_^