2014年3月上海中级口译考试真题及答案_第5页

　　Passage Translation 2

　　If your great grandparents were born in a rich country in the early 1900s, their lifespan would have been about 50. Today people in developed countries have a life expectancy of 80 or more. This is because the improvements of public health, such as running water and flushing toilets and then medical care. But these improvements have mostly benefited richer nations. There are still places in the world that don’t have clean water, enough food and enough doctors. So people there often suffer from famine and disease.

　　【参考译文】

　　如果你的祖父母出生于1900年代早期的富裕国家，他们的寿命可能是50来岁。现今在发达国家，人的平均寿命可达80岁甚至以上。这是由于自来水、冲水马桶以及医疗等公共卫生条件的改善。但这些改善大多惠及富裕国家。世界上仍有许多地方没有干净的水、足够的食物和医生。因此，那里的人们经常被饥饿和疾病折磨。

　　【点评】

　　本篇短文属于社会生活类。谈到了公共卫生与人的寿命之间的关系。其中有几处约定俗成的翻译，需要注意：life expectancy(寿命)，running water(自来水)，flushing toilets(冲水马桶、抽水马桶)，medical care(医疗)。虽然结合日常生活经验，文章内容考生较为熟悉，但可能由于缺乏相关词汇的积累而译成文字的表面意思。这就再次提醒大家，口译需要准备时处处做个有心人，记录一切遇到的常用表达。

　　原文：

　　国际金融危机爆以来，国际组织和各国政府、企业界和专家学者都在深刻反思，探究危机产生的原因，寻求世界经济和各国经济未来发展之路。对中国经济发展的成就，有喝彩的，也有怀疑的;对中国经济的未来，有看好的，也有唱衰的。对此，我们的头脑是清醒的，胸中是有数的，信心是坚定的。

　　我们坚持用改革的办法破解发展难题，不断完善社会主义市场经济体制。我们全面推进社会事业发展，覆盖城乡的社会保障体系初步形成，使“学有所教、劳有所得、病有所医、老有所养、住有所居”的理想逐步变成现实。

　　参考译文：

　　Since the outbreak of the international financial crisis, profound reflection has multiplied among international organizations, governments, business communities and the academia as a method for exploring causes of the crisis and ways for global and national economy. China’s economic achievement has arisen both cheers and boos, so does its future prospect. However, in this regard, we are clear in mind with thoughtful plans and firm confidence.

　　We will adhere to the reforms in addressing problems relating to the development and continuously perfect the economic system in the socialist market. We will propel the thrive of social undertakings and preliminarily form the social security system covering urban and rural areas so as to gradually achieve the aim that students have access to education, employees to pay, patients to medical treatments, elders to good care and residents to housing.

　　【评析】

　　文本节选自第五届夏季达沃斯论坛中温家宝出席开幕式时的演讲。此次演讲中，他清楚表明了关于中国未来发展的立场、政策，并传达了中国希冀与世界共同繁荣的美好愿景。

　　原文表述通俗易懂，语言具有中国特色。在翻译时应当抓住句子的本质内涵，切忌按部就班、字字对译。对于“学有所教、劳有所得、病有所医、老有所养、住有所居”这类表述，应当做到清楚明了，句式符合英文语法。此外，考生还应注意译文与原文文风保持一致。