2018上半年翻譯考試catti三級筆譯試題：多利亞港

　　英譯漢

　　Offshore supply vessels resembling large, floating flat-backed trucks fill Victoria Dock, unable to find charters in a sign of the downturn in Britain's oil industry. With UK North Sea oil and gas production 44 percent below its peak, self-styled oil capital of Europe Aberdeen fears the slowdown is not simply cyclical.

　　The oil industry that at one stage sparked talk of Scotland as "the Kuwait of the West" has already outlived most predictions.

　　Tourism, life sciences, and the export of oil services around the world are among Aberdeen's targeted substitutes for North sea oil and gas -- but for many the biggest prize would be to use its offshore oil expertise to build a renewable energy industry as big as oil.

　　The city aims to use its experience to become a leader in offshore wind, tidal power and carbon dioxide capture and storage.

　　Alex Salmond, head of the devolved Scottish government, told a conference in Aberdeen last month the market for wind power could be worth 130 billion pounds, while Scotland could be the "Saudi Arabia of tidal power."

　　"We're seeing the emergence of an offshore energy market that is comparable in scale to the market we've seen in offshore oil and gas in the last 40 years," he said.

　　Another area of focus, tourism, has previously been hindered by the presence of oil. Eager to put Aberdeen on the international tourist map, local business has strongly backed a plan by U.S. real estate tycoon Donald Trump for a luxury housing and golf project 12 km (8 miles) north of the city, even though it means building on a nature reserve.

　　The city also hopes to reorientate its vibrant oil services industry toward emerging offshore oil centers such as Brazil. "Just because the production in the North Sea starts to decline doesn't mean that Aberdeen as a global center also declines," said Robert Collier, Chamber of Commerce Chief Executive. "That expertise can still stay here and be exported around the world."

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　　維多利亞港到處停泊著近海補(bǔ)給船，這些酷似巨型卡車的平底龐然大物漂浮在水上等待出租，卻無人問津，從側(cè)面反映了英國石油產(chǎn)業(yè)已然陷入衰退。阿伯丁市自稱“歐洲石油之都”。現(xiàn)如今北海油氣產(chǎn)量相比峰值下降了 44%，不由令人擔(dān)心此番下滑絕非周期性衰退那么簡單。

　　阿伯丁的石油工業(yè)發(fā)展曾經(jīng)如日中天，人們也每每將蘇格蘭比作是“西方科威特”。不過，有人曾經(jīng)指出該地區(qū)石油工業(yè)的蓬勃發(fā)展態(tài)勢不會(huì)持續(xù)太久，阿伯丁的石油工業(yè)能撐到今天已經(jīng)超出了多數(shù)人的預(yù)料。

　　隨著北海油氣產(chǎn)量的持續(xù)下滑，阿伯丁也不得不尋找替代產(chǎn)業(yè)，旅游業(yè)、生命科技、與石油工業(yè)相關(guān)的服務(wù)外包等都在考慮之列。但是，許多人認(rèn)為最理想的產(chǎn)業(yè)轉(zhuǎn)型是，充分利用當(dāng)?shù)亟�海石油開采的豐富經(jīng)驗(yàn)和優(yōu)勢，逐步建立起規(guī)�？氨仁�油工業(yè)的可再生能源產(chǎn)業(yè)。

　　阿伯丁市政府希望充分利用上述經(jīng)驗(yàn)和優(yōu)勢，逐步樹立在近海風(fēng)能和潮汐能發(fā)電、碳捕獲與碳封存領(lǐng)域的世界領(lǐng)先地位。蘇格蘭首席部長亞歷克斯·薩蒙德上月在阿伯丁舉行的一次會(huì)議上演講時(shí)稱，風(fēng)能市場規(guī)模可達(dá) 1300 億英鎊，而蘇格蘭潮汐能發(fā)電潛力巨大，堪比“潮汐能領(lǐng)域的沙特阿拉伯”。

　　他說，“過去四十年來，我們的近海油氣市場規(guī)模著實(shí)令人驚嘆，現(xiàn)如今，一個(gè)規(guī)模相當(dāng)?shù)慕�海能源市場正逐步形成。”過去，旅游業(yè)受到當(dāng)?shù)厥�油工業(yè)的影響，毫無起色，現(xiàn)在逐漸受到當(dāng)局的重視。美

　　國房產(chǎn)大亨唐納德·特朗普計(jì)劃在阿伯丁市以北 12 公里處開發(fā)一個(gè)帶有高爾夫球場的高檔住宅項(xiàng)目，不過該項(xiàng)目會(huì)占用當(dāng)?shù)氐囊黄�自然保護(hù)區(qū)。盡管如此，一心想把阿伯丁打造成為世界級旅游勝地的當(dāng)?shù)毓ど探缛匀欢αχС衷撻_發(fā)項(xiàng)目。

　　阿伯丁市政府同時(shí)希望對蓬勃發(fā)展的油田服務(wù)業(yè)進(jìn)行重新定位，把外包目標(biāo)轉(zhuǎn)向巴西等新興近海石油開采中心。當(dāng)?shù)厣虝?huì)會(huì)長羅伯特·科利爾說，“北海油氣產(chǎn)量下滑并不等

　　于說阿伯丁全球石油中心的地位也在下降。我們的經(jīng)驗(yàn)和優(yōu)勢仍在，可以大力發(fā)展近海油田服務(wù)外包。”