1、Ledger accounts are used to record business transactions' effect on an accounting entity.
分类帐户被用来记录交易对会计主体的影响。

2、A ledger account is simply a record of changes （increase and decrease）and balances in value of a specific accounting item.
分类帐户不过是特定会计项目价值的变动（增加与减少）和结余的记录。

3、The general ledger is the book used to list all the accounts established by an organization.
总分类帐是一本列出一个单位所设立的全部帐户的帐本。

4、Further simplification of the general ledger is brought about by the use of subsidiary ledger.
使用明细分类帐使总分类帐更加简化明了。

5、The advantages of subsidiary ledger are as following：（1）reduces ledger detail ；（2）permits better division of labor；（3）permits a different sequence of accounts；（4）permits better internal control。
明细分类帐的优点如下；（1）减少分类帐的细节；（2）使劳动分工更合理；（3）允许不同的帐户排序（4）便于更好地内部控制。

1、In a western accounting system ,the information about each business transaction is initially recorded in an accounting record called a Journal.
在西方会计体系中，有关每笔经济交易的资料最初是记在一本叫做“日记帐”的会计帐上。

2、A journal is a chronological(arrange in order of time ) record of business transactions.
日记帐是对经济交易的序时（即按时间的顺序）记录。

3、In a journal entry, the debits and credits for given transaction are recorded together, but when the transaction is recorded in the ledger, the debits and credits are entered in different  accounts.
在日记帐上记帐时，既定交易的借方和贷方一起被记录，但在分类帐记录中，一笔交易的借方和贷方进入不同的帐户中。

4、A journal may be a general journal or it may be a group of special journals.
日记帐可以是一本通用日记帐，也可以是一组特种日记帐。