2017年翻译资格考试英语笔译中级模拟题（2）
【英译汉】
But Americans are a restless people who are always ready to move. So, although they enjoy the life in the suburbs, they will by no means end their pursuit there. When his income rises as his career makes progress, he soon looks for a better house, in a better district, with more land, a better view, a bigger and finer swimming pool. He may be attached to the house which is home for the time being but this does not mean that he will put his roots there. Today’s job, today’s income, today’s friends and neighborhood: all these are part of an American’s (and his family’s) identity. Instant coffee, instant friends—but nothing is seen as permanent; an American hopes and expects to exchange them all for something better; and he finds no difficulty in identifying himself with the new.
【参考译文】
然而，美国是一个静不下来的民族，他们时刻准备搬家。因此就算他们在郊区享受生活，他们也绝不会停止他们的追求。只要事业有进步，收入有所提高时，他就会很快寻找在更高的街区，更宽敞的有着更好的视野的，有更大更高的游泳池的，更棒的住所，可能在暂时在那里落脚定居一段时间，但这并不意味着他就一直会在那里扎根。今天的工作，今天的收入，今天的朋友，今天的邻居，所有的一切都是一个美国人和他的家庭的身份象征。速溶咖啡，瞬间的朋友——好似没有什么被看成是永恒的;美国人总是希望，期盼着该改变现状。以求更好。并且，美国人发现先于新事物打交道并不困难。
【汉译英】
联合国大会。一个政治中心论坛。由193个成员国组成。几乎包括了世界上所有国家。其中三分之二是发展中国家，其人口总数达世界总人口的四分之三左右。
联合国大会决策是比较困难的事。尤其是所有按照惯例决出的协议必须是全体赞成才能通过。因此，一些重要协议经常被少数特殊利益集团所控制，大部分协议的通过都是为了使自己的利益最大化，然后其中最大的问题就是世界上的主要大国是否愿意高度民主。
联合国安理会，负责和安全，处理重大的政治问题。安理会由15个成员国组成，所以经常举行会里处理危机。安理会曾一度因冷战对抗而无所作为，然后现在安理会已重新获得联合国赋予的许多权力。
【参考译文】
The UN General Assembly, the central political forum, is composed of 193 members, including virtually all the world’s nation-states. Two thirds of its members are developing countries, which account for about three-quarters of the world’s population.
Reaching decisions is difficult, especially since all agreements by custom must be reached by consensus. As a result, important agreements are often held hostage by narrow special interests, and most agreements are reached only by reducing them to their lowest common denominators. But the real question is whether the major countries of the world will allow democracy to function at the highest level.
The Security Council, which is responsible for peace and security, deals with issues of the greatest political importance. The Council has only 15 members so it can meet frequently and deal with crises. Once impotence due to Cold War rivalries, it has regained much of the authority accorded by the UN charter.
