高级口译全真试题集翻译部分习题答案及讲评.pdf

习题一 2000 年年 3 月考题月考题 年年 月考题月考题 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： ① The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. 译文一：苍天之下，数 / 千千 百万我们的后代我们的后代 / 尚未出生的人，命系命系 / 其命运将取决于 千千 我们的后代我们的后代 命系命系 我们这支军队的勇气和斗志斗志 / 表现。 斗志斗志 译文二：苍天之下，我们这支军队的勇气和斗志将决定千百万我们后代的命运。 考点： 转性译法：名词 → 形容词 million → 千百万 形容词→名词 unborn → 后代 正反译法： unborn → 后代 （正译） → 未出生的 （反译） ② Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us the choice of brave resistance or the most abject submission. 译文：敌人冷酷无情 / 铁石心肠，我们要么顽强抵抗，要么屈膝投降。 考点： 合词译法——无论是英语还是汉语，都喜欢连用同义词以强调其