1、(A)英语翻译高级口译英译中社会人文(一)及答案解析(总分:99.99,做题时间:90 分钟)一、试题 1(总题数:1,分数:25.00)At a time when the public is being assaulted with unsolicited e-mail ads, California is about to launch the toughest counterattack in the nation. A law that goes into effect on Jan. 1 allows computer users in the state to refuse un
2、wanted solicitations en masse and sue spammers who violate their wishes for as much as 1 million.Those potent weapons for deflecting pitches that offer everything from bigger body parts to lower mortgage rates have attracted the ire of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and mass marketers. Fearing the law
3、 will curtail advertising on the Internet, they are pushing for a far weaker national solution that would undercut the tough tactics in California and other states that are going the same route. But such self-interest is hardly enlightened. The growing flood of messages not only annoys PC users, it
4、also slows the transmission of wanted e-mail and forces businesses to spend billions to combat spam.In fact, a survey released Oct. 22 suggests the proliferation of pitches could hurt the very e-commerce these business groups say they want to preserve. The survey of computer users, funded by the Pew
5、 Charitable Trusts, a non-profit group that studies public issues, found 25% use e-mail less because of spam. And 75% were reluctant to give out e-mail addresses, even to online retailers.(分数:24.99)(1).At a time when the public is being assaulted with unsolicited e-mail ads, Califomia is about to la
6、unch the toughest counterattack in the nation.(分数:3.57)_(2).A law that goes into effect on Jan. 1 allows computer users in the state to refuse unwanted solicitations en masse and sue spammers who violate their wishes for as much as 1 million.(分数:3.57)_(3).Those potent weapons for deflecting pitches
7、that offer everything from bigger body parts to lower mortgage rates have attracted the ire of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and mass marketers.(分数:3.57)_(4).Fearing the law will curtail advertising on the Internet, they are pushing for a far weaker national solution that would undercut the tough tac
8、tics in California and other states that are going the same route. But such self-interest is hardly enlightened.(分数:3.57)_(5).The growing flood of messages not only annoys PC users, it also slows the transmission of wanted e-mail and forces businesses to spend billions to combat spam.(分数:3.57)_(6).I
9、n fact, a survey released Oct. 22 suggests the proliferation of pitches could hurt the very e-commerce these business groups say they want to preserve.(分数:3.57)_(7).The survey of computer users, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-profit group that studies public issues, found 25% use e-mail
10、less because of spam. And 75% were reluctant to give out e-mail addresses, even to online retailers.(分数:3.57)_二、试题 2(总题数:1,分数:25.00)The book shows us the progress of a remarkable American, who, through his own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey from Hope, Arkansas, to the White
11、 Housea journey fueled by an impassioned interest in the political process which manifested itself at every stage of his life: in college, working as an intern for Senator William Fulbright; at Oxford, becoming part of the Vietnam War protest movement; at Yale Law School, campaigning on the grassroo
12、ts level for Democratic candidates; back in Arkansas, running for Congress, attorney general, and governor.We see his career shaped by his resolute determination to improve the life of his fellow citizens, an unfaltering commitment to civil fights, and an exceptional understanding of the practicalit
13、ies of political life.We come to understand the emotional pressures of his youthborn after his fathers death; caught in the dysfunctional relationship between his feisty, nurturing mother and his abusive stepfather; drawn to the brilliant, compelling lady whom he was determined to marry; passionatel
14、y devoted, from her infancy, to their daughter, and to the entire experience of fatherhood; slowly and painfully beginning to comprehend how his early denial of pain led him at times into damaging patterns of behavior.(分数:25.00)(1).The book shows us the progress of a remarkable American, who, throug
15、h his own enormous energies and efforts, made the unlikely journey from Hope, Arkansas, to the White Housea journey fueled by an impassioned interest in the political process which manifested itself at every stage of his life.(分数:6.25)_(2)in college, working as an intern for Senator William Fulbrigh
16、t; at Oxford, becoming part of the Vietnam War protest movement; at Yale Law School, campaigning on the grassroots level for Democratic candidates; back in Arkansas, running for Congress, attorney general, and governor.(分数:6.25)_(3).We see his career shaped by his resolute determination to improve t
17、he life of his fellow citizens, an unfaltering commitment to civil rights, and an exceptional understanding of the practicalities of political life.(分数:6.25)_(4).We come to understand the emotional pressures of his youth-born after his fathers death; caught in the dysfunctional relationship between
18、his feisty, nurturing mother and his abusive stepfather; drawn to the brilliant, compelling lady whom he was determined to marry; passionately devoted, from her infancy, to their daughter, and to the entire experience of fatherhood; slowly and painfully beginning to comprehend how his early denial o
19、f pain led him at times into damaging patterns of behavior.(分数:6.25)_三、试题 3(总题数:1,分数:25.00)The three sacred words “duty“, “honor“ and “country“ reverently dictate what you should be, what you can be, and what you will be. They urge you to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith whe
20、n there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes abandoned. I am convinced that these words teach you to be proud and unbending in honest failure, but humble and gentle in success; not to substitute words for action; not to seek the path of comfort, but to face the stress
21、 of difficulty and challenge; to learn to stand up in the storm, but to have compassion on those who fall; to have a heart that is clean, a goal that is high; to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; to reach into the future, yet never neglect the past; to be serious, yet never take yourself
22、 too seriously; to be modest so that you will remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the meekness of true strength. In short, these words teach you to be both a militant fighter and a gentleman.(分数:25.00)(1).The three sacred words “duty“, “honor“ and “country“ rever
23、ently dictate what you should be, what you can be, and what you will be.(分数:6.25)_(2).They urge you to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when hope becomes abandoned.(分数:6.25)_(3).I am convinced that these words tea
24、ch you to be proud and unbending in honest failure, but humble and gentle in success; not to substitute words for action; not to seek the path of comfort, but to face the stress of difficulty and challenge; to learn to stand up in the storm, but to have compassion on those who fall; to have a heart
25、that is clean, a goal that is high; to learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep; to reach into the future, yet never neglect the past; to be serious, yet never take yourself too seriously; to be modest so that you will remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, the
26、meekness of true strength.(分数:6.25)_(4).In short, these words teach you to be both a militant fighter and a gentleman.(分数:6.25)_四、试题 4(总题数:1,分数:25.00)What a noble medium the English language is. It is not possible to write a page without experiencing positive pleasure at the richness and variety, th
27、e flexibility and the profoundness of our mother-tongue. If an English writer cannot say what he has to say in English, and in simple English, it is probably not worth saying. What a pity that English is not more generally studied. I am not going to attack classical education. No one who has the sli
28、ghtest pretension to literary tastes can be insensible to its attraction. But I confess our present educational system excites in my mind grave misgivings, which I cannot believe is the best or even reasonable, a system that thrusts upon reluctant and uncomprehending multitudes treasures which can o
29、nly be appreciated by the privileged and gifted few. To the vast majority of children who attend our public schools; classical education is from beginning to end long, useless and meaningless. If I am told that classical subjects are the best preparation for the study of English, I reply that by far
30、 this preparatory stage is incomplete and without deriving any of the benefits which are promised as its result.(分数:25.00)(1).What a noble medium the English language is. It is not possible to write a page without experiencing positive pleasure at the richness and variety, the flexibility and the pr
31、ofoundness of our mother-tongue.(分数:5.00)_(2).If an English writer cannot say what he has to say in English, and in simple English, it is probably not worth saying.(分数:5.00)_(3).What a pity that English is not more generally studied. I am not going to attack classical education. No one who has the s
32、lightest pretension to literary tastes can be insensible to its attraction.(分数:5.00)_(4).But I confess our present educational system excites in my mind grave misgivings, which I cannot believe is the best or even reasonable, a system that thrusts upon reluctant and uncomprehending multitudes treasu
33、res which can only be appreciated by the privileged and gifted few.(分数:5.00)_(5).To the vast majority of children who attend our public schools; classical education is from beginning to end long, useless and meaningless. If I am told that classical subjects are the best preparation for the study of
34、English, I reply that by far this preparatory stage is incomplete and without deriving any of the benefits which are promised as its result.(分数:5.00)_(A)英语翻译高级口译英译中社会人文(一)答案解析(总分:99.99,做题时间:90 分钟)一、试题 1(总题数:1,分数:25.00)At a time when the public is being assaulted with unsolicited e-mail ads, Californ
35、ia is about to launch the toughest counterattack in the nation. A law that goes into effect on Jan. 1 allows computer users in the state to refuse unwanted solicitations en masse and sue spammers who violate their wishes for as much as 1 million.Those potent weapons for deflecting pitches that offer
36、 everything from bigger body parts to lower mortgage rates have attracted the ire of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and mass marketers. Fearing the law will curtail advertising on the Internet, they are pushing for a far weaker national solution that would undercut the tough tactics in California and
37、other states that are going the same route. But such self-interest is hardly enlightened. The growing flood of messages not only annoys PC users, it also slows the transmission of wanted e-mail and forces businesses to spend billions to combat spam.In fact, a survey released Oct. 22 suggests the pro
38、liferation of pitches could hurt the very e-commerce these business groups say they want to preserve. The survey of computer users, funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, a non-profit group that studies public issues, found 25% use e-mail less because of spam. And 75% were reluctant to give out e-mail
39、 addresses, even to online retailers.(分数:24.99)(1).At a time when the public is being assaulted with unsolicited e-mail ads, Califomia is about to launch the toughest counterattack in the nation.(分数:3.57)_正确答案:(正当公众遭受不请自来的电子广告邮件之时,加州即将发动全国最为凌厉的反击。)解析:解析 unsolicited 意为“未被恳求的,主动提供的”。Unsolicited Bulk E
40、mail (UBE),指没获得收信者允许、向多数收信人一齐发送的邮件。(2).A law that goes into effect on Jan. 1 allows computer users in the state to refuse unwanted solicitations en masse and sue spammers who violate their wishes for as much as 1 million.(分数:3.57)_正确答案:(1 月 1 日生效的一项法律使加州计算机用户得以拒绝大量令人讨厌的电子垃圾广告,并起诉违反其意愿的电子垃圾广告发送者,要求得到
41、多达 100 万美元的赔偿。一项法律在 1 月 1 日生效后,加州计算机用户就可以拒绝大量令人讨厌的电子垃圾广告,而且可以起诉违反其意愿的电子垃圾广告发送者,要求得到多达 100 万美元的赔偿。)解析:解析 原句是个无灵主语句,译成汉语时,方法之一是译成使动结构,如第一个译文;第二个方法是把原来的使动结构的主语译成状语,如第二个译文。句中的 en masse 为法语,意为“全体地,一同地,大规模地”。(3).Those potent weapons for deflecting pitches that offer everything from bigger body parts to lo
42、wer mortgage rates have attracted the ire of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and mass marketers.(分数:3.57)_正确答案:(通过使用这些有力武器旨在摆脱种种商品广告,如推销较大的车身部件,较低的抵押利率等,这已引起美国商会和大规模专营销售公司的愤怒。)解析:解析 上述译文使用了增译法,增加了动词“使用”以使语义明确。chamber 多用于表达工商业、矿业和运输方面的协会。如:西澳大利亚的 Chamber of Mines(矿业协会)、American Chamber of Commerce(美国商业协
43、会)和 International Chamber of Shipping(国际航运协会)等;一些国家的翻译协会也用此词表达,如比利时的 Belgian Chamber of Translators, Interpreters and Philologists。而美国商务部则是 the Department of Commerce。此外,常用的表达“协会”的词还包括:1) academy:通常指学者、科学家和艺术家的协会。如:Royal Academy of Arts(英国皇家艺术协会)、Academy of Television Arts and Sciences(美国电视科学艺术协会),Academy of Country Music(美国乡村音乐协会),Acad