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1、中南大学考试试卷2007-2008 学年一学期 时间120分钟翻译理论与实践 A卷课程64学时4学分 考试形式：闭卷专业年级：英语系041234567.8班 总分100分，占总评成绩70%【Give your answers on ANSWER SHEET attached!I. Judging the following translations with“Y” (good) or“ N20 ot good):1. 中国有两点是靠得住的，一是讲原则，二是说话算数。译文： On two points China can be acco unt. First, it upholds prin c
2、iple and sec on d, it keeps its words.2. 青城山地质地貌独特，植被茂密，气候适宜，林木葱翠，层峦叠嶂，曲径逶迤，古观藏趣。译文.Endowed with special geological Iandforms and a mild climate, Qingcheng Mountain enjoys exuberant vegetations and forests through which the pathwind, as well as the ancient temples dispersing in ran ges ofmountains.3
3、. 一个人在原企业的优秀业绩可以为他今后求职提供敲门砖”。译文： An employee s previous outstanding performanee is a very important stepping stone to his or her job hun ti ng.4. My table manners are atrocious-n this respect I ve slipped back hundreds of years in fact, I have no manners whatsoever. If I feel like it, I eat with my
4、fin gers, or out of a can, or sta nding up-in other words, whichever is easiest.译文：我的吃相实在不雅，这方面一下就倒退了几百年，实在是一点规矩也没有。只要觉得合适， 我可用手抓着吃，直接拿着罐头吃，或是站着吃：反正怎么省事就怎么吃。5. When I rhaving trouble with a story and think about giving up or when I start to feel sorry for myself and thi nk thi ngs should be easier f
5、or me, I roll a piece of paper into that cranky old mach ine and type, word by painful word, just the way Mother did.译文：每当我写文章有麻烦想放弃时，或是开始为自己觉得遗憾和认为事情对我本应容易一些时， 我就往那台破旧的打字机里卷进一张纸，像母亲当年那样，打着一个又一个痛苦的字。II. Improve the following Translations:20%1. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are fre
6、sh today as when they first passed through their author s min ds, ages ago. What was the n said and thought still speaks to us vividly as ever from the prin ted page.译文：时间在伟大思想面前没有作用，这些伟大的思想仍像多年前初次闪现在作者心头时一样的 新鲜。当年说的和思考的东西至今仍生动地在印刷的纸上向我们诉说。2. Those who gain fame most ofte n gain it as a result of pr
7、ocess ing a sin gle tale nt or skill: singing, dancing, painting, or writing, etc. The successful performer develops a style that is marked aggressively and gains some popularity.译文：那些成名的人大多靠拥有某种单一的才能或技能而获得名声：唱歌、跳舞、画画，写作等 等。成功的表演者培养出了一种特色鲜明的风格，使他们获取了某些名声。3. 中华民族文化历史悠久，起源很早，内容极为丰富，是东方文明的主要组成部分，早在上古 时
8、期就已是人类文化的一个独立典型。译文：Chinese culture has a rich content, originating very early with a long history. As a main part ofthe Oriental civilization, it was an independent example of the human culture early in the Chinese ancient times.4. 琼岛东北部有“琼岛春阴”碑，为1751年建立。译文：In the northeast part of the Qiongdao Isla
9、nd there is a stone tablet engraved with 4 Chinese words “Qiong Dao Chun Yin ” , which set up in 175130%III. Tran slate the underlined partsnto Chin ese:The Weather in His Soul(英国人的内心世界)Let me come to the point boldly: what gover ns the En glishma n is his inner atmosphere, the weather in his soul.
10、It is nothing particularly spiritual of mysteri ous. In sti nctively the En glishma n is no missi on ary, no conq ueror. He prefers the country to the tow n, and home to foreig n parts. He is rather glad and relieved if only n atives remai n n atives and stra ngers stra ngers, and at a comfortable d
11、ista nee from himself. Yet outwardly he is most hospitable and accepts almost an ybody for the time being; he travels and conquers without a settled design, because he has the instinet of explorati on. His adve ntures are all exter nal; they cha nge him so little that he is n ot afraid of them. He c
12、arries his En glish weather in his heart wherever he goes, and it becomes a cool spot in the desert, and a steady and sane 理智的)oracle(神殿 / 圣贤)amon gst all the deliriums(谵妄 / 迷舌 L) of mankind. Never since the heroic days of Greece has the world had such a sweet, just, boyish master. It will be a blac
13、k day for the human race when scie ntific blackguards, con spirators, churls, and fan atics man age to suppla nt him.IV. Translate the underlined partSnto English:30%草儿似乎刚刚出浴。鲜嫩的叶片上溜滑着一滴两滴的露珠，在春阳的映照下，折射出一片耀眼的 晶莹，似一粒粒珍珠在熠熠闪光。微风清略湖畔的时候，露珠从叶尖上颤颤地滚落下来，使人想起杏 花春雨里的千点万点晶亮亮的檐滴，想起了生命成长的过程我久久地伫立于湖畔，聆听一种生命悄然拔节
14、的声音，心头如有暖流滚滚( I stoodfor a long time by the shore of the lake, listening to the sound of life, with warm currents filling my heart.)！杀U那间，心中 的春天已是万木竞秀，繁花缤纷。我强烈地感受到：禁锢了一冬的生命正在苏醒，心扉灵府里渗透了 一种全新的感觉，那些弱小但又顽强不屈的草儿，以其锲而不舍的执著，昭示出一种原始的壮美，使 我真切地感悟到人生的真谛和生命的意义！这以后，沉寂的万千生命开始喧闹起来。那片小草，也纷纷地擎起了一面面青春的旗幡，沐浴着 春风，欣欣然地
15、欢舞，自由自在歌唱。我的干涸已久的心田，被这一片碧绿种满了生机。答案I. Judging the following translations with“Y” (good) or“(N% (not good):NYYYNII. Improve the followi ng Tran slati ons:20%1. 伟大的思想不会因岁月的流失而消泯，前人的思想历久长新，其所言2. 凡成名者，大多有一技之长，或能歌，或善舞，或长于绘画，或精于写作，都因各自演艺中形成的强烈明风格而名声鹊起。3. As an importa nt comp onent of Orien tal civilizati
16、on, the Chin ese culture is rich and well-established with a long history,distinguished from ancient times by its characteristics in human culture.4. In the no rtheast part of the Qion gdao Isla nd sta nds a stone tablet, set up in 1751, which was en graved with 4 Chin ese characters “ Qiong Dao Chun Yin ”(Spring shades on the Qiongdand).III. Tran slate the un derl ined pa
