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汉译英《追忆往事》 中文原文: 老太太总以自家花园里那棵高大的玫瑰树为荣。她非常喜欢告诉别人,数年前她初次结婚时从罗马带回来的枝条,是如何长成如今这般高大的。那时,她与丈夫乘马车从罗马旅行归来(那时还没有火车),途经锡耶那南部的崎岖路段时,马车坏了,他们被迫就宿于路边的小屋里。住宿条件当然非常差;她一夜未能安眠,一早便起身穿好衣服,立于窗前,感受着扑面而来的席席凉风,等待着黎明的到来。事隔多年,她仍然记得那情景。明月高悬在青山群峦之上,远处山峰上的小镇逐渐明亮起来,月亮慢慢消退,晨曦把群山涂得粉红。突然之间,一束阳光照亮了城镇。城里的窗户相继明亮起来,反射出耀眼的光芒。最后,整个小城宛若繁星,在天空中不停闪烁。 参考译文: The old lady had always been proud of the great rose-tree in her garden, and was fond of telling how it had grown from a cutting she had brought years before from Italy, when she was first married. She and her husband had been travelling back in their carriage from Rome ( it was before the time of railways ) and on a bad piece of road south of Siena they had broken down, and had been forced to pass the night in a little house by the road-side. The accommodation was wretched of course; she had spent a sleepless night, and rising early had stood, wrapped up, at her window, with the cool air blowing on her face, to watch the dawn. She could still, after all these years, remember the blue mountains with the bright moon above them, and how a far-off town on one of the peaks had gradually grown whiter and whiter, till the moon faded, the mountains were touched with the pink of the rising sun, and suddenly the town was lit as by an illumination, one window after another catching and reflecting the sun' beam, till at last the whole little city twinkled and sparkled up in the sky like a nest of stars. <汉译英>进取的幸福 中文原文: 正是因为不停地追求进取,我们才感到生活幸福。一件事完成后,另一件随之而来,如此连绵不绝,永无止境。对于往前看的人来说,眼前总有一番新天地。虽然我们蜗居于这颗小行星上,整日忙于锁事且生命短暂,但我们生来就有不尽的希望,如天上繁星,遥不可及。只要生命犹在,希望便会不止。真正的幸福在于怎样开始,而不是如何结束,在于我们的希翼,而并非拥有。 参考译文: We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series. There is always a new horizon for onward-looking men, and although we dwell on a small planet, immersed in petty business and not enduring beyond a brief period of years, we are so constituted that our hopes are inaccessible, like stars, and the term of hoping is prolonged until the term of life. To be truly happy is a question of how we begin and not of how we end, of what we want and not of what we have. 汉译英 中文原文: 传道者感叹到:“著书立说没有止境”,却没发觉他已高度评价了作家这一职业。的确,写作、旅行、积聚财富都是没有终结的。一个问题引发另外一个问题。我们不断学习,且永远达不到心中所渴望的那般学识渊博。我们永远雕刻不出自己心仪的塑像。当发现一个新大陆,或翻过一座山脉时,我们总会看到远方还有未曾涉足的海洋与陆地。宇宙浩渺,总会有供我们勤奋努力的东西,总会有供我们探索的空间。它不像卡莱尔的著作,可以读完。即使在其一角,在一个私人花园,或一个农庄附近,四季轮回,天气瞬息万变,哪怕在那里生活了一辈子,也总会有让我们惊喜的事情。 参考译文: "Of making books there is no end," complained the Preacher; and did not perceive how highly he was praising letters as an occupation. There is no end, indeed, to making books or experiments, or to travel, or to gathering wealth. Problem gives rise to problem. We may study for ever, and we are never as learned as we would. We have never made a statue worthy of our dreams. And when we have discovered a continent, or crossed a chain of mountains, it is only to find another ocean or another plain upon the further side. In the infinite universe there is room for our swiftest diligence and to spare. It is not like the works of Carlyle, which can be read to an end. Even in a corner of it, in a private park, or in the neighbourhood of a single hamlet, the weather and the seasons keep so deftly changing that although we walk there for a lifetime there will be always something new to startle and delight us. <汉译英>婚姻的旅程 中文原文: 当你步入婚姻的殿堂,你可能认为已经爬到了山顶,剩下的只是悠闲地沿着平缓的山坡下山。然而,这只是恋爱的结束,婚姻的开始。拥有一颗骄傲而又叛逆的心,坠入爱河与赢得爱情都是难事;但维持爱情也很重要,夫妻都应相敬如宾,互相关爱。当真爱起始于圣坛之时,夫妻之间便开始了一场智慧与慷慨的竞争,一场为了一个不可能实现的理想而持续一生的奋斗。不可能实现?啊,当然不可能,因为他们不是一个人,而是两个呀。 参考译文: Again, when you have married your wife, you would think you were got upon a hilltop, and might begin to go downward by an easy slope. But you have only ended courting to begin marriage. Falling in love and winning love are often difficult tasks to overbearing and rebellious spirits; but to keep in love is also a business of some importance, to which both man and wife must bring kindness and goodwill. The true love story commences at the altar, when there lies before the married pair a most beautiful contest of wisdom and generosity, and a life-long struggle towards an unattainable ideal. Unattainable? Ay, surely unattainable, from the very fact that they are two instead of one. 英文原文: Lehman shares dip in spite of earnings surge Lehman Brothers yesterday reported a 47 per cent jump in second-quarter earnings but its shares fell sharply amid investor fears that volatile markets and rising interest rates could cut into Wall Street's recent run of blockbuster profits. The Wall Street bank said it earned $1bn, or $1.69 a share, in the second quarter, up from $683m, or $1.13 a share, a year earlier. Strong fixed-income trading results offset a sharp drop in debt-underwriting revenue. 参考译文: 雷曼第 2 季度收益大增47% 雷曼兄弟(Lehman Brothers)昨日公布,公司第二季度收益大增47%,但其股价却大幅下挫,原因是投资者担心波动较大的市场和不断上升的利率,会中止华尔街投行近来利润大增的趋势。 这家华尔街投行表示,公司第二季度收益为 10 亿美元,合每股收益1.69 美元,而上年同期的收益为6.83 亿美元,合每股 1.13 美元。该公司固定收益产品交易业务业绩强劲,抵消了债券承销收入大幅下降的负面影响。 英文原文: Britain Loses Half Of Its Millionaires Suddenly everyone is talking about disappearing millionaires. Tuesday there was The Wall Street Journal talking about the vanishing Maryland millionaires. Now comes word that Britain has lost about half its millionaires. The reason isn't emigration or tax revolts. It is personal finances. As I have been writing for the past year, the rich have been hammered by this crisis, largely because of the plunge in the value of their investments and real estate. As a result, the millionaire population (especially the lower end) is taking a dive. 参考译文: 英国百万富翁人数减少近半 突然之间,人人都在谈论不断消失的百万富翁们。 周二,《华尔街日报》有篇文章谈到了美国马里兰州百万富翁越来越少。现在有消息说,英国的百万富翁人数减少了约一半。 这并不是因为富翁们移民或是避税去了,而是个人财务状况出了问题。 正如过去一年中我所写的,富人们在此次危机中遭受了重创,原因主要是他们的投资和房地产的价值锐减。正因为如此,百万富翁(特别是富翁中的“贫困户”)的人数骤减。 专八翻译必备词汇(1) (1) 把握大局:grasp the overall situation (2) 摆谱儿:put on airs;keep up appearances (3) 白手起家:start from scratch (4) 拜年:pay New Year call (5) 班门弄斧:teach one's grandma to suck eggs (6) 报销:apply for reimbursement (7) 爆冷门:produce an unexpected answer (8) 曝光:make public (9) 奔小康:strive for a relatively comfortable life (10) 闭门羹:given cold-shoulder 专八翻译必备词汇(2) (11)比上不足,比下有余:fall short of the best,but be better than the worst (12)逼上梁山:be driven to drastic alternatives (13)变相涨价:disguised inflation (14)边远贫困地区:outlying poverty-stricken areas (15)边缘知识人:Marginal intellectuals (16)表面文章:Lip service;surface formality (17) 博导:Ph.D supervisor (18)补发拖欠的养老金:Clear up pension payments in arrears (19)不眠之夜:white night (20)菜鸟:green hand 专八翻译必备词汇(3) (21)产品科技含量technological element of a product (22)长江三角洲:Yangtze River delta (23)长江中下游:the middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River (24)超前消费:pre-mature consumption (25)城镇居民最低生活保障:a minimum standard of living for residents (26)城镇职工医疗保险制度:the system of medical insurance for urban workers (27)重复建设:building redundant project;duplication of similar projects (28)充值卡:rechargeable card (29)春运:passenger transport around the Chinese lunar new year (30)打破僵局:break the deadlock/stalemate 专八翻译必备词汇(4) (31)电脑盲:computer illiterate (32)点球:penalty kick (33)电视会议:video conference (34)电视直销:TV home shopping (35)定向培训:training for specific posts (36)动感电影:multidimensional movie (37)豆腐渣工程:jerry-built projects (38)对...毫无顾忌:make no bones about (39)夺冠:take the crown (40)政治多元化:political pluralism 专八翻译必备词汇(5) (41)服务行业:catering industry (42)复合型人才:inter-disciplinary talent (43)岗位培训:on-the-job training (44)高等教育自学考试:self-study higher education examination (45)高新技术产业开发区:high and new technological industrial development zone (46)各大菜系:major styles of cooking (47)各行各业:every walk of life (48)功夫不负有心人:Everything comes to him who waits (49)各尽其能:let each person do his best (50)公益活动:public welfare activities 专八翻译必备词汇(6) (51)工薪阶层:state employee;salaried person (52)过犹不及:going too far ia as bad as not going far enough (53)函授大学:correspondence university (54)好莱坞大片:Hollywood blockbuster (55)核心竞争力:core competitiveness (56)虎父无犬子:A wise goose never lays a tame egg (57)基本国情:fundamental realities of the country (58)激烈竞争:cut-throat competition (59)极限运动:maximal exercise/X-games (60)集中精力把经济建设搞上去:go all out for economic development 专八翻译必备词汇(7) (61)加班:work extra shifts (62)嘉宾:distinguished/honored guest (63)加快市场步伐:quicken the pace of marketization (64)假冒伪劣产品:counterfeit and shoddy products (65)减负:alleviate burdens on sb (66)江南水乡:the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River (67)教书育人:impart knowledge and educate people (68)脚踏实地:be down-to-earth (69)解除劳动关系:sever labor relations (70)扩大内需:expand domestic demand (69)解除劳动关系:sever labor relations (70)扩大内需:expand domestic demand 专八翻译必备词汇(8) (71)拉拉队:cheering squad (72)论文答辩:(thesis)oral defence (73)马到成功:achieve immediate victory (74)三维电影/动画片:three-dimensional movie/animation (75)森林覆盖率:forest coverage (76)社会保险机构:social security institutions (77)社会热点问题:hot spots of society (78)社会治安情况:law-and-order situation (79)申办城市:the bidding cities (80):身体素质:physical constitution 专八翻译必备词汇(9) (81) 生计问题:bread-and-butter issue (82) 生意兴隆:business flourishes (82) 市场疲软:sluggish market (83) 市政工程:municipal works/engineering (84) 事业单位:public institution (85) 试用期:probationary period (86) 首创精神:pioneering spirit (87) 手机充值:cellular phone replenishing (88) 台湾同胞:Taiwan compatriots (89) 脱贫致富:cast off poverty and set out on a road to prosperity (90) 西部大开发:Development of the West Regions 专八翻译必备词汇(10) (90)西部大开发:Development of the West Regions (91)新秀:up-and-coming star (92)学生处:students' affairs division (93)舆论导向:direction of public opinion (94)招生就业指导办公室:enrolment and vocation guidance office (95)支柱产业:pillar cornerstone industry (96)中专生:secondary specialized or technical school student (97)专题报道:special coverage (98)《阿Q正传》:The True Story of Ah Q (99)《春秋》:Spring and Autumn Annals (100)知识产权:intellectual property rights (101)保质期:guarantee period