如果你想从中文的角度去理解finance,我觉得是走错路了。finance这个词放在金融业就译成金融,放在一般企业译成财务。金融这个词大概是20世纪初才在**出现,至于财务一词,应该出现得更早。我觉得你最好理解finance一词内在的含义,维基是这么说的: finance(pronounced/fɪˈnænts/)** the science of funds management.the general areas of finance are business finance,personal finance,and public finance.finance includes s**ing money and often includes lending money.the field of finance deals with the concepts of time,money,r**k and how they are interrelated.it also deals with how money ** spent and budgeted. 至于如何翻译,只能说要“信、雅、达”了。