2017翻譯考試英語筆譯初級模擬題：贏得尊嚴
【英譯漢】
Winning Respect
By making it into the second round, Korea has grown up as a nation.1
BY HANNAH BEECH
No matter what mom said, it's never just a game. 2 Football is about ego, respect, national pride. South Korea, for one, has turned the sport into a quest for its very identity, its hopes captured in the cheer that rings through the nation's World Cup stadiums: "Great Republic of Korea."3 A country often consigned to an after-thought in East Asia is out to prove that it, too, matters. 4 Last week, it did so, by gliding through to the second round with skill and flair. That singular achievement, though, was not just about Korea's arrival as a football force but as a self- confident adult nation to be taken seriously. 5
Sandwiched between economic giant Japan and rising superpower China, Korea has always shouldered an inferiority complex. When the country won the right to co-host the World Cup, it saw a chance to showcase itself - particularly to Japan, its neighbor, and the U. S., its often- contentious ally.6 officials plugged Korea as Asia's most wired nation, and touted the country's capital as being as hip and caffeinated as any modern metropolis. 7 Said bleached-haired midfielder Kim Nam II on the eve of Korea's 2002 debut: "We want to show we are a team - and a nation - that can compete with the best, and win."8
The squad began with a historic triumph over sluggish Poland, then found itself face to face with the U.S. Korea's relations with America have long seesawed between peace and peril.9 Although America fought on the side of the South during Korea's civil war, the 37,000 U. S. troops still stationed in the country have strained relations with their hosts. 10
Perhaps the most contentious issue in modern U. S. -Korea relations stems from a little-known pastime called short-track speed skating. Earlier this year at Salt Lake City, the nation's top hope Kim Dong Sung was disqualified for blocking a U. S. skater. In a move that most Koreans consider fixed, the American, Apolo Anton Ohno, took the gold instead. 11 He's since been voted the most unwelcome foreigner in a Korean poll. When Korean midfielder Ahn Jung Hwan headed the ball home in the 77th minute of the U. S. -Korea match to tie the score l-1 and keep the country's hopes of advancement alive, his post-goal showboating gave way to the sweeping arm motions of a speed skater. 12 "People felt bad about the Ohno incident," says Ahn. "I wanted to fix that. "1-3 Score one for Korean pride.
The nation's next big test came in a do-or-die match on Friday night, when South Korea faced a star-studded side from Portugal. The Koreans needed at least a draw to guarantee advancing further in the Cup. Just hours before, Japan had qualified for the second round by dispensing with the hapless Tunisians. The possibility that Japan would advance while Korea stayed behind horrified the nation. Japan, after all, has perennially looked down upon its smaller neighbor, and brutally occupied it from 1910 to 1945.Since then, Korea feels like it has been stuck playing catch-up to the world's second-largest economy.
It needn't have fretted. In the 69th minute of the match, midfielder Park Ji Sung deftly executed one of the prettiest strikes of the Cup. As fire-works flashed overhead, more than 400,000 citizens poured onto the streets of Seoul to celebrate. Only one thing could possibly put a damper on the beer-soaked crowds14: the U. S. too had advanced to the second round, precisely because Park's goal had relegated the Portuguese. But for once, the Koreans felt no twinge of insecurity. "We are both powerful now," says 36-year-old reveler Lee So Jung. "We can celebrate together." For the Koreans, victory has brought maturity.
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贏得尊嚴
世界杯闖入第二輪，韓國人由此獲自尊
漢納·比奇
我媽媽總是說，足球只是一種游戲，可事實并非如此。足球事關自我、尊嚴、事關民族的自尊。比如韓國，就通過這項運動來尋求其真正的國家地位。“大韓民國萬歲”這句響徹世界杯的賽場歡呼聲，充分表達了這種希望。韓國，這個在東亞常常被人遺忘的國家正在努力證明，自己也是個舉足輕重的國家。上周韓國足球隊憑借著自己的技術和實力，闖入了世界杯第二輪，借此證明了這一點。這一非凡戰(zhàn)績不僅僅說明了韓國已經(jīng)成為足球強國，還標志著它已經(jīng)成長為一個自信、成熟、不可等閑視之的國家。
處在經(jīng)濟巨人日本和日益崛起的超級大國中國夾縫中的韓國，總是背負著沉重的自卑感。當這個國家獲得世界杯的合辦權時，它找到了向全世界，尤其是向其鄰國日本，以及與其矛盾不斷的盟國美國，展示實力的機會。韓國官員稱，韓國是全亞洲最具活力的國度，首都漢城更是個充滿活力的時尚之都，可與任何現(xiàn)代都市媲美。在2002年韓日世界杯的開場儀式上，染著白發(fā)的中場隊員金南一說：“我們會證明，我們的球隊是一支團結的球隊，我們的民族是一個團結的民族，我們有能力與世界上最強的隊伍對陣，并且戰(zhàn)而勝之�！�
韓國隊出師大捷，開局戰(zhàn)勝動作遲緩的波蘭隊，取得歷史性勝利，但緊接著便與美國隊狹路相逢。美韓關系時而平穩(wěn)，時而危機四伏。美國曾在朝鮮內(nèi)戰(zhàn)時支援南韓，但是至今仍然駐扎在韓國的3.7萬名士兵，把美韓關系弄得很緊張。
或許現(xiàn)今美韓關系中最大的爭端源于一個不起眼的消遣——短道速滑。在今年早些時候的鹽湖城冬奧會上，韓國奪金希望最大的選手金東圣因阻擋美國選手被取消比賽資格，而這枚大多數(shù)韓國人認為勝券在握的金牌則被美國選手阿波羅·安東·奧諾奪走。在此后的韓國民意測驗中，阿波羅·安東·奧諾被視為最不受歡迎的外國人。美韓兩隊比壘賽場時，韓國隊中場隊員安貞煥在開場第77分鐘頭球破門，將比分扳成1比1平，使韓國隊沖進決賽的夢想得以繼續(xù)。安貞煥得分后的慶祝動作正是模仿速滑運動員展開雙臂的動作，他說：“奧諾事件讓大家很沮喪，我要爭回這口氣。”這一分爭回了韓國的自尊。
該周五晚，韓國隊面臨一場生死較量，出戰(zhàn)群星璀璨的葡萄牙隊。韓國隊至少要逼平葡萄牙隊，才能進入下一輪;而日本隊已于數(shù)小時前，擊敗倒霉的突尼斯隊，取得了第二輪比賽的資格。日本入圍，而韓國出局的情景是韓國人都不愿看到的。畢竟，日本向來鄙視這個弱小鄰國，1910年到1945年間，還曾野蠻霸占了韓國。自那時起，韓國就一直在努力趕超這個世界第二大經(jīng)濟強國。
其實韓國的擔心是多余的。在與葡萄牙隊比賽的第69分鐘，中場隊員樸智星巧妙地踢進一球。這一球成為該屆世界杯上最精彩的進球之一。頃刻，煙花在漢城上空爛漫綻放，40多萬市民潮水般涌上街頭慶祝勝利。然而樸智星的一腳進球雖然淘汰了葡萄牙，卻同時也把美國隊帶進了第二輪。這大概是唯一讓舉杯狂歡人群少許掃興的事。不過這一次，韓國人沒有感覺到不安�！拔覀兒兔绹牰际菑婈�，”狂歡人群中36歲的李秀英說：“我們可以一起慶祝勝利”。的確，勝利使韓國人變得更為成熟了。
