習題一
2000 年 3 月考題
TRANSLATION TEST (1) (30 minutes)
Directions: Translate the following passage into Chinese and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us the choice of brave resistance or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or to die.
Our own, our country’s honor, calls upon us for a vigorous and manly exertion; and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world. Let us then rely on the goodness of our cause, and the aid of the Supreme Being, in whose hands victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble actions. The eyes of all our countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have the blessings and praises, if happily we are the instruments of saving them from the tyranny meditated against them. Let us animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a free man contending for liberty on his own ground is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.
分析：
�、� The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army.
譯文一：蒼天之下，數(shù) / 千 百萬我們的后代 / 尚未出生的人，命系 / 其命運將取決于我們這支軍隊的勇氣和斗志 / 表現(xiàn)。
譯文二：蒼天之下，我們這支軍隊的勇氣和斗志將決定千百萬我們后代的命運。
考點：
形容詞→名詞 unborn → 后代
→ 未出生的(反譯)
�、� Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us the choice of brave resistance or the most abject submission.
譯文：敵人冷酷無情 / 鐵石心腸，我們要么頑強抵抗，要么屈膝投降。
考點：
1) fair and square → 公平
2) There is a hard and fast rule against smoking. → 嚴格
3) He is dead and gone. → 他的確死了。
4) His father is a man who forgives and forgets. → 他父親非常寬容。
5) wise and clever → 非常聰明; silly and foolish → 很笨
6) She shakes and trembles with fear. → 她嚇得不停地發(fā)抖。
7) He is a man of culture and learning. → 他是個很有學問的人。
8) goal and aim → 目的
9) ache and pain → 百般疼痛
10) right and proper → 完全正確
11) cozy and comfortable → 非常舒適
12) She was surprised and taken aback. → 大吃一驚
13) really and truly → 千真萬確
14) hustle and bustle → 擁擠不堪
15) cruel and unrelenting (文中) → 殘酷無情
16) 頑強抵抗 ，屈膝投降(文中) → 四字格
→ 冷酷無情(反譯)
形容詞 → 動詞 abject→ 屈膝
�、� We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or to die.
譯文一：因此，我們必須下定決心，若不克敵制勝，就得捐軀疆場。
譯文二：因此，我們必須下定決心，不成功就成仁。
譯文三：因此，我們必須下定決心，不想化為塵土，就得得勝歸來。
考點：
�、� Our own, our country’s honor, calls upon us for a vigorous and manly exertion; and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world.
譯文：我們的榮譽，祖國的榮譽，要求我們置死地于后生 / 發(fā)揚大無畏精神，如果我們無顏戰(zhàn)敗，將羞愧于整個世界 / 在全世界名譽掃地。
考點：
vigorous: strong; energetic
manly: brave
exertion: effort
→ 無顏(反譯)
infamous→ 臭名昭著(正譯)
�、� Let us then rely on the goodness of our cause, and the aid of the Supreme Being, (in whose hands victory is), to animate and encourage us to great and noble actions.
譯文一：因此，讓我們憑借正義的事業(yè)和上帝的恩助——勝利在他手中——來激勵自己偉大地戰(zhàn)斗。
譯文二：因此，讓我們憑借正義的事業(yè)和上帝的恩助來激勵自己偉大地戰(zhàn)斗，因為勝利站在上帝這邊。
考點：
名詞 → 動詞 actions→ 戰(zhàn)斗
action: military fighting 參考譯文翻得不好，“業(yè)績”
形容詞 → 副詞 great and noble→ 偉大地
�、� The eyes of all our countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have the blessings and praises, if happily we are the instruments of saving them from the tyranny meditated against them.
譯文：全國同胞都在關注我們，如果我們有幸能夠拯救他們脫離強加于身的暴政 / 把他們從強加于身的暴政中解救出來，那將得到他們的祝福和贊頌。
考點：
�、� Let us animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a free man (contending for liberty on his own ground) is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.
譯文：讓我們彼此激勵，昭告全天下：在祖國為自由而斗爭的自由人民，會戰(zhàn)勝世上任何盲從的雇傭軍。
考點：
mercenary: n. soldier hired to fight in a foreign army 雇傭兵
adj. interested only in making money 圖利
TRANSLATIONS TEST (2) (30 minutes)
Directions: Translate the following passage into English and write your version in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
祖國和平統(tǒng)一，乃千秋功業(yè)。臺灣同胞可安居樂業(yè)，兩岸各族人民可解骨肉分離之痛，在臺諸前輩及大陸去臺人員亦可各得其所，且有利于亞太地區(qū)局勢穩(wěn)定和世界和平。
當今國際風云變幻莫測，臺灣上下眾議紛紜。歲月不居，來日苦短，夜長夢多，時不我與。試為貴黨計，如能依時順勢，負起歷史責任，毅然和談，達成國家統(tǒng)一，則兩黨長期共存，互相監(jiān)督，共圖振興之大業(yè)。
分析：
�、� 祖國和平統(tǒng)一，乃千秋功業(yè)。
譯文： The peaceful reunification of the motherland is a great undertaking of lasting importance.
考點：
�、� 臺灣終必回歸祖國，早日解決對各方有利。
譯文一： Taiwan is bound to return to (the embrace of) the motherland. An early settlement of the issue will be in the interest of all.
譯文二： Taiwan is bound to return to (the embrace of) the motherland. An early settlement of the issue will be beneficial to each party.
考點：
be beneficial/helpful/advantageous/favourable/good/wholesome/salutary/conducive
�、� 臺灣同胞可安居樂業(yè)，兩岸各族人民可解骨肉分離之痛，在臺諸前輩及大陸去臺人員亦可各得其所，且有利于亞太地區(qū)局勢穩(wěn)定和世界和平。
譯文： The compatriots in Taiwan will live in peace and work happily, the people of all nationalities on both sides of the Taiwan Straits will no longer endure/suffer from the pains of family separation//will be exempt/released from the pains of family separation. The elders/senior in Taiwan and people moving from the mainland will be properly provided for//get what they want, which is conducive to the stability of the Asian-Pacific region and the peace of the world at large.
考點：
→will no longer endure the pains of family separation (反譯)
�、� 當今國際風云變幻莫測，臺灣上下眾議紛紜。
譯文一： The current/present international situation is changeable. The opinions of the people in Taiwan are widely divided.
譯文二： The current/present international situation is changeable. People in Taiwan disagree on their future.
考點：
⑤ 歲月不居 ，來日苦短，夜長夢多，時不我與。
譯文： Time does not stay and brief is the day. A long night is fraught with dreams//A long delay may mean trouble. Time and tide wait for no man.
�、� 試為貴黨計，如能依時順勢，負起歷史責任，毅然和談，達成國家統(tǒng)一，則兩黨長期共存，互相監(jiān)督，共圖振興之大業(yè)。
譯文： For the sake of your party, if you would keep up with the tide to shoulder the historical responsibility and resolutely join in the peace talks for our national reunification, our two parties will coexist for a long time to come, supervising each other and joining in tremendous efforts to revitalize/rejuvenate China.
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