2012年4月英語翻譯自考試題

I. Multiple Choice (30 points, 2 points each)
A. This part consists of ten sentences, each followed by four different translation versions marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best version in terms of meaning and expressiveness and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.
1. From both sides of the valley little streams slipped out of the hill canyons and fell into the Salinas River.
A.洼地兩面的峽谷流出的澗水注入薩利納斯河。
B.從峽谷洼地的兩面流出的澗水匯入薩利納斯河。
C.從峽谷洼地的兩面流出了澗水，注入薩利納斯河。
D.洼地兩面的峽谷都有澗水流出，匯入薩利納斯河。
2. It will strengthen you to know that your distinguished career is so widely respected and appreciated.
A.知道你的杰出事業(yè)如此廣泛地受到人們的尊敬和贊賞，你就會力量倍增。
B.知道你的杰出事業(yè)如此廣泛地受到人們的尊敬和贊賞，你就會堅定信念。
C.這會使你堅定地認識到，因為你的杰出事業(yè)是如此廣泛地受到人們的尊敬和贊賞。
D.這會使你進一步堅定信念，因為你的杰出事業(yè)是如此廣泛地受到人們的尊敬和贊賞。
3. True friendship is like health, the value of which is seldom known until it is lost.
A.真正的友誼就像健康一樣，它的價值很少有人知道，直到失去以后。
B.真正的友誼就像健康一樣，它的價值直到失去后才被少數(shù)人知道。
C.真正的友誼就像健康一樣，價值要到失去后才能體驗到。
D.真正的友誼就像健康一樣，失去了才覺得寶貴。
4. At present people have a tendency to choose the safety of the middle-ground reply.
A.現(xiàn)在，人們往往采取安全回答問題的態(tài)度，這樣比較不偏不倚。
B.現(xiàn)在，人們有一種傾向，即選擇不偏不倚地回答問題的安全方法。
C.現(xiàn)在，人們往往采取不偏不倚的態(tài)度來回答問題，這樣比較安全。
D.現(xiàn)在，人們有一種安全的選擇傾向，即不偏不倚地回答問題。
5. What aids there were to lighten labor were immemorial, like the mill, which was already ancient in Chaucer’s time.
A.像磨房一樣的一些旨在減輕勞動強度的古代機械，在喬叟時代就已經(jīng)是古董了。
B.一些旨在減輕勞動強度的機器不知從何時代起就有了，比如磨房，在喬叟時代就已經(jīng)是古董了。
C.一些旨在減輕勞動強度的古代機械，比如磨房，在喬叟時代就已經(jīng)是古董了。
D.像磨房一樣的一些在喬叟時代就已經(jīng)用了很久的機器，旨在減輕勞動強度，不知從何時代起就有了。
6.這種果汁有蘋果的味道。
A. The juice tastes of apple. B. The juice tastes from apple.
C. The juice tastes as an apple. D. The juice tastes like an apple.
7.他把兒子鎖在屋里，以免他再次逃學。
A. He locked his son in, in case he play truant again.
B. He locked his son in, in case he played truant again.
C. He locked his son in, in case he might play truant again.
D. He locked his son in, in case he would play truant again.
8.做完那件事后，他就直接去了醫(yī)院。
A. That done he went straight to the hospital.
B. That done, he went straight to the hospital.
C. He went straight to the hospital, that done.
D. He went straight to the hospital that done.
9.你把需要的那本書放在什么地方啦？
A. Where have you put the book which needed?
B. Where have you put the book that needed?
C. Where have you put the book needed?
D. Where have you put the book to need?
10.我們無論怎樣贊美他的工作，都不過分。
A. We should not praise him very much for his work.
B. We must not praise him very much for his work.
C. We may not praise him too much for his work.
D. We cannot praise him too much for his work.
B. This part consists of five incomplete statements, each followed by four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the statement and write the corresponding letter on your Answer Sheet.
11.與鳩摩羅什的譯文相比，玄奘的譯文更______。
A.傾向于直譯 B. 傾向于意譯
C.傾向于音譯 D.傾向于音意結(jié)合
12.______在1 954年全國文學翻譯工作會議上指出：“我們對翻譯工作決不能采取輕率的態(tài)度。翻譯工作者必須具有高度的責任感。”
A.傅雷 B.茅盾
C.郭沫若 D.王佐良
13. According to Eugene A. Nida, the extent to which the forms must be changed in order to preserve the meaning will depend upon the ______ distance between languages.
A. linguistic B. cultural
C. structural D. linguistic and cultural
14.原文: It is no use telling grown-up children not to make mistakes, both because they will not believe you, and because mistakes are an essential part of education.
譯文：告誡成年子女不要犯錯誤，那是沒有用的，一來他們不聽你的，二來犯錯誤本身也是受教育的一個重要部分。
翻譯本句時，譯者運用的主要翻譯方法是______。
A.省略法 B.增詞法
C.詞類轉(zhuǎn)換法 D.反說正譯
15. ______ is a strategy in which a transparent, fluent style is adopted in order to minimize the strangeness of the foreign text for target language readers. This method is “an ethnocentric reduction of the foreign text to target-language cultural values, bringing the author back home.”
A. Literal translation B. Rigid translation
C. Foreignization D. Domestication
II. Word and Phrase Translation (20 points, 1 point each)
A. Translate the following words and phrases into Chinese. Write down your translation on your Answer Sheet.
16. gamma rays   17. the New Testament
18. ecologist 19. entrepreneurial spirit
20. court of appeals 21. Royal Society
22. a letter of patent 23. consecutive interpretation
24. instrument of ratification 25. the six-party talks
B. Translate the following words and phrases into English. Write down your translation on your Answer Sheet.
26.諾貝爾獎獲得者 27.福利基金
28.國際經(jīng)濟合作 29.珠江三角洲
30.北洋軍閥政府 31.民族團結(jié)
32.金融服務(wù)業(yè) 33.大陸架
34.世界文化遺產(chǎn) 35.聯(lián)合國教科文組織
III. Translation Revision (20 points, 2 points each)
A. Correct or improve the translation of the following sentences. Write the revised versions on your Answer Sheet.
Example:
原文：Adelaide enjoys a Mediterranean climate.
譯文：阿德萊德享有地中海型氣候。
改譯：阿德萊德屬地中海型氣候。
36.原文：All the boys are being quiet today. I wonder what they’re up to.
   譯文：男孩們今天都規(guī)規(guī)矩矩的，我真不知道他們怎么啦。
37.原文：The street peddler hawked, ‘‘Now or never!’’
   譯文：小攤販吆喝道：“要買快買，不買拉倒！”
38.原文：I do not believe that she ever had time to notice that she was getting old.
   譯文：我不相信她曾有時間去注意自己正在日益衰老。
39.原文：What’s more, according to intelligence in the West, this troop could be doubled in its strength within 30 days.
   譯文：更有甚者，據(jù)西方情報，這支部隊在數(shù)量上有可能在三十天內(nèi)翻兩番。
40.原文: He’s already past recovery.
譯文：他已經(jīng)過了康復期。
B. Correct or improve the translation of the following sentences. Write the revised versions on your Answer Sheet.
 Example:
原文：能為他的這本散文集子作序，我覺得很榮幸。
譯文：To write a preface to this collection of his essay gives me a great honor.
改譯：I find it a great honor to write a preface to this collection of his essays.
41.原文：奪取這個勝利，已經(jīng)不需要很久的時間，不要花費很大的氣力了；鞏固這個勝利，則是需要很久的時間和花費很大的氣力的。
   譯文：To win this victory will not require much more time or effort, but to consolidate this victory will require much more time and effort.
42.原文：他送來的稿子，我不能仔細全部欣賞完，但我卻充分感覺到了他的文章的魅力。
   譯文：He had sent me his articles, I was unable to read carefully and enjoy them all,1 was fully aware of the charm of his writings.
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