2002年英语专业八级翻译试题及答案

PART Ⅳ TRANSLATION ［60 min］ SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH

Translate the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.

大自然对人的恩赐, 无论, 一律平等。所以人们对于大自然全部一致并深深地依赖着。尤其在乡间, 上千年来人们一直以不变的方式生活着:种植庄稼和葡萄, 酿酒和饮酒, 喂牛和挤奶, 锄草和栽花; 在周末去教堂祈祷和做礼拜, 在节日到广场拉琴、跳舞和唱歌。往日的田园依旧是今日的温馨家园。这样, 每个地方都有自己的传说, 风俗也就衍传了下来。

Literal translation:

Equal are the gifts granted by nature to all human individuals, whether they are wealthy or impoverished. Therefore, all human individuals are deeply indebted to nature. This is particularly true in rural areas, where people’s ways of life remain grazing and milking cows, hoeing the fields and planting flowers, going to churches for religious prayers and services on weekends, and in the festivals playing musical instruments, dancing and singing on squares. The fields in former times are still their present-day homes glowing with human warmth. In such a way, each locality has evolved its own unique folk tales and has transmitted its distinctive habits and customs.

Free translation:

Nature favors everyone alike, rich or poor. So, all humans depend equally on nature, especially in the countryside. There for thousands of years, people have been living the same life. They plant crops and grapes, they brew and drink, they feed the cattle and milk the cows, they hoe the fields and plant flowers. At weekends they go to church, and during the festivals they play the instruments on the plaza, dancing and singing too. The rural farms of yesterday remain the warm homes of today. Thus, each locality has its own legends, and this way customs pass down.

SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

Translate the following underlined part of the text into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.

The word \"winner\" and \"loser\" have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one who makes someone else lose. To us, a winner is one who responds authentically by being credible, trustworthy, responsive, and genuine, both as an individual and as a member of a society.

Winners do not dedicate their lives to a concept of what they imagine they should be; rather, they are themselves and as such do not use their energy putting on a performance, maintaining pretence and manipulating others. They are aware that there is a difference between being loving and acting loving, between being stupid and acting stupid, between being knowledgeable and acting knowledgeable. Winners do not need to hide behind a mask. Winners are not afraid to do their own thinking and to use their own knowledge. They can separate facts from opinions and don’t pretend to have all the answers. They listen to others, evaluate what they say, but come to their own conclusions. Although winners can admire and respect other people, they are not totally defined, demolished, bound, or awed by them. Winners do not play \"helpless\nor do they play the blaming game. Instead, they assume responsibility for their own lives.

直译：

“胜者”与“败者”这两个字眼含有很多的意思。当我们将某人称为胜者时，我们并非指他是一个致使他人一败涂地的人。对我们来说，胜者乃这样一位君子，他无论是作为个人抑或是作为社会的一分子，一切反应均能由衷而发，做到诚信，可靠，乐善好施，且决不伪善。

胜者不会穷其毕生之精力，去拘泥于某个他们所想象的为人之道；相反，他们会保持其真我本色，并且，作为这种追求真我的仁者，他们不会耗费精力来装腔作势，维持一种自命不凡的姿态，或去操纵他人。他们深知，在爱戴他人和装做爱戴他人之间，在愚顽不化和大智若愚之间，在学识渊博和佯装学富五车之间，实质上存在着天壤之别。胜者断无必要去藏匿于面具背后。

胜者无畏于的思维和运用其自己的知识。他们能够在事实和之间明辨是非，不会假称自己无所不晓。他们会倾听他人的见解，对他人所言做出鉴别，而最终所得出的却是其自己的结论。虽然胜者可能会钦佩并敬重他人，但他们不会受制于他人，惧悚于他人，为他人所囿，或被他人所摧垮。

胜者决不耍“凄惨无助”之把戏，也决不玩“委过于人”之游戏。相反，他们会毅然肩负起对自己人生的责任（忍辱负重，无怨无悔）。

意译：

“嬴家”和“输家”这两个词含义很多。我们把某人称作赢家，并不是说他使别人输。在我们看来，赢家的一切反应均是由衷而发，可信、可赖、即时、真实，无论是作为一个个体，还是作为社会的一员。

赢家不会穷其毕生，去实现某个想象中的为人之道；相反，他们保持自己的本来面目。这样，就不会耗费精力以粉墨登场，维持伪装，操纵他人。他们知道，真爱不同于装爱，真傻有异于装傻，学识渊博有别于装腔作势。赢家没有必要躲藏在面具背后。

赢家不怕思考，不怕运用其自己的知识。赢家能够区分事实与观点，从不装做事事皆通。他们会倾听他人的见解，仔细鉴定，得出自己的结论。虽然赢家也可能会钦佩他人，敬重他人，但是他们却不会受制于他人，惧悚于他人，被他人所束缚，或被他人所摧垮。

赢家从不耍“无助”，也不玩“责备”。相反，他们会毅然扛起自己的责任。