无锡市第十二届英语翻译比赛试题与参考答案
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无锡市第十二届英语翻译比赛决赛
（本科组）
一、英译中
US Risks Epic Blunder By Treating China As An
Economic Enemy
The United States
has handled its economic diplomacy with shocking myopia.
The US Treasury's
attempt to cripple the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank(AllB) before it
gets off the ground is clearly intended to head off China’s ascendancy as a
rival financial superpower, whatever the faux-pieties from Washington about
standards of"governance”.
Such a policy is misguided at every level,
evidence of what can go wrong when a lame-duck president defers to posturing
amateurs in Congress on delicate matters of global geostrategy.
Washington has
enraged Britain by trying to browbeat Downing Street into boycotting the
project. It has forced allies and friendly countries across the Far East to
make a fatal choice between the US and China that none wished to make, and has
ended up losing almost everybody. Germany, France, and Italy are joining.
Australia and South Korea may follow soon.
The AllB is
exactly what the world needs. China must recycle its trade surpluses and its
$3. 8 trillion reserves by one means or another. It can buy US Treasuries,
Bunds, or Gilts, perpetuating a global bond bubble. It can make surgical
investments abroad to acquire technology for its champions and pursue a narrow
national interest.
Or it can recycle
the money in concert with other members of the AIIB with a start-up capital of
$50bn--for sewage projects, clean energy, ports, roads, and railways in Asia,
helping to plug a $700bn shortfall in infrastructure investment that the World
Bank is too small to cover and which is of collective benefit to the world.
Britain recycled
its surpluses in the 19th Century by building the world's railways. America did
so in the 1950s through the Marshall Plan. China must do likewise, and it is
hard to see why the AIIB is considered such a villainous variant.
American
officials castigated Britain for breaking ranks and embracing the project, as
if it were kowtowing to an enemy. "We are wary about a trend of constant
accommodation of China, which is not the best way to engage a rising power,”
one US official told the Financial Times.
One is left
breathless at the historical folly of such a view in any case. As Henry
Kissinger told Caixin magazine this week, the greater danger is that the US
fails to accommodate the rise of China in an enlightened fashion, repeating
errors made by the status quo powers faced with a prickly Germany before the
First World War.
二、中译英
惠山泥人
无锡,是我国著名的民间工艺品—惠山彩塑泥人的故乡。
惠山彩塑的美术特点是“彩塑结合”,先捏出形象,再画染彩色,形成了自己的艺术风格。惠山彩塑泥人,内容丰富,造型夸张,色彩鲜艳,富有浓厚的江南乡土气息,历来为人民群众所喜爱,在国际上也享有盛誉。现在,泥塑产品远销五大洲六十多个国家和地区,成为我国人民与世界各国人民进行文化艺术交流的友谊花朵。
一九五九年六月,诗人郭沫若在参观了惠山泥人厂后写了一首诗:
人物无古今,须臾出手中。
衣冠千代异,肝胆一般同。
造化眼前妙,流传域外雄。
集中人八百,童叟献神工。
至于惠山彩塑艺术究竟始于何时,因为没有史料可供查考,至今众说纷纭。有的说,战国时齐国的大将孙膑为了要破五雷阵,就捏制了不少泥人、泥马,取得了胜利,从此捏造泥人就流传下来,有的说,是明初军师刘伯温为了破坏惠山风水,免出能人,夺取明朝的江山,因而掘取惠山泥土制作泥人。一九五四年惠山一带出土了一批汉代和唐代的陶俑,其中有的很象早期泥人《大阿福》、《和合二仙》等艺术形象。由此可以设想,惠山泥塑可能早在距今2000年前就出现了。因此,可以说它是一种古老的民间艺术,是祖国的文化遗产之一。
本科组参考译文
一、英译中
美视中国为经济敌人会铸成大错
美国的经济外交表现出令人震惊的短视。
美国财政部企图使亚洲基础设施投资银行(AIIB)未及起步便陷入瘫痪, 不管华盛顿如何假慈悲地大谈“管理”标准, 但其意图显然是要阻止中国取得与之分庭抗礼的金融超级大国地位。
这一政策在各个层面受到错误思想的引导, 一个跛脚鸭总统在棘手的全球地缘战略事务上听信国会里那些矫情的外行, 便是事情出错的证明。
华盛顿试图威逼唐宁街抵制亚投行, 令英国大为恼火。美国迫使远东地区的盟国和友好国家在美中两国间做出它们谁都不想做出的重大抉择,结果失去了几乎所有国家。德国、法国和意大利已申请加入。澳大利亚和韩国也许很快会效仿。
亚投行正是这个世界所需要的。中国必须以这样或那样的方式将其贸易顺差和3.8万亿美元外汇储备投入再利用。它可以购买美国国债、德国国债或英国国债, 使全球债劵泡沫长久保持。它可以在海外大举投资为本国优秀企业获取技术并谋取狭隘的国家利益。
它也可以与亚投行---启动资金为500亿美元---其他成员国一道, 将这些钱用于亚洲的排污工程、洁净能源、港口、道路和铁路, 帮助填补世界银行力所不能及的7000亿美元基础设施投资缺口并普惠全世界。
19世纪, 英国曾利用其盈余资金在世界上修铁路。上世纪50年代, 美国通过马歇尔计划对其盈余资金进行再利用。中国也必须这样做, 很难看出为什么亚投行要被视为洪水猛兽。
美国官员严厉批评英国擅自离队而接受亚投行, 就好像英国是在对敌人卑躬屈膝似的。一名美国官员对《金融时报》记者说: “对于不断迁就中国的趋势,我们十分警惕, 那不是与一个崛起中的大国交往的最佳方式。”
这种无论如何基于史实来看都是愚蠢的观点令人咋舌。正如亨利·基辛格本周对财新杂志记者所说的, 更大的危险在于美国未能以开明的态度接纳中国的崛起, 重复了第一次世界大战前安于现状的大国面对桀骜不驯的德国时曾犯的错误。
二、中译英
Huishan Clay Figurines
Wuxi is
the home of Huishan painted clay figurines----well-known products of
traditional Chinese handicraft.
The
making of clay figurines involves two processes, i.e. first molding clay
figurines by kneading with the fingers, and then painting the surfaces with
colors, which represents an artistic style distinctively its own. Multifarious
in theme, grotesquely out of proportion in features and shape, bold and bright
in color paint, Huishan clay figurines carry an unmistakable flavor typical of
country life south of the Yangtse River. Not only are they well liked
throughout China, they are also extremely popular in the world. At present clay
figurines are being marketed in over sixty countries and regions in five
continents. Small play things as they are, these lovely figurines have become
an important link in China's cultural and art exchange with peoples of various
countries. In June 1959, after visiting the figurines workshop, the famous poet
Guo Moruo composed a poem which reads:
Characters
whether old or present-day,
In a
minute they all take shape.
Figurines
attired in fashions different
But one
with prototypes in spirit.
Lucky
that I've seen miracles wrought
That go
unmatched abroad.
Eight hundred
artisans, old or young,
Their
prowess is second to none!
As there
is no mention of them in recorded history, it has long been a point of
controversy when these clay figurines were first molded. Some suggest that Sun
Bin, celebrated general of the State of Qi during the period of the Warring
States, in order to break through the enemy battle array of Five Thunders,
ordered clay figures of men and horses to be molded which finally helped him
vanquish the rival army. Others put the first molding of clay figurines at the
beginning of the Ming Dynasty, when the founding emperor's military counselor
Liu Bowen in an attempt to call down a curse on Huishan so that nobody here,
however able, would ever covet the power of the Ming court, told his subordinates
to mold figurines with clay dug from Huishan. But judging from a number of
pottery figurines of the Han and Tang
Dynasties excavated in 1954 near Huishan, and having found a striking
resemblance between them on the one hand and the early clay figurines like
"Lucky Fatty"and"Celestial Twosome of Harmony and Peace” on the
other, specialists have concluded that Huishan clay molding might have to be
traced back to as early as two
thousand years ago. Anyway, it is a folk craft
with a long tradition and part of the fine cultural heritage of the Chinese
nation.
无锡市第十二届英语翻译比赛决赛
（专科组）
一、英译中
We’ re All Hypocrites About Online Privacy
Why are conversations Donald Sterling had in the sanctuary
of his home fair game to pick through and ridicule, but if someone steals nude
celebrity photos and posts them on the internet, a crime has been committed
against humanity?
The recent photo hacking scandal involving Jennifer Lawrence
and a hundred other celebrities has put America at great odds with itself. It
has pitted our feeling of overwhelming entitlement to other people's private information
in direct contrast with our mortal terror that any of our own private
information may somehow be made public.
And just as ugly as the scandal itself is the
unquestionable revelation that Americans have become increasingly comfortable drowning
in double standards and hypocrisy.
Don’t get me wrong. The national disgust over these hacked
photos is completely appropriate. I guess I'm just not used to us actually
caring.
Whoever is responsible for this hacking crime robbed these
actresses of a lot more than a few pictures; they were robbed of the very basic
ability to control what confidential and personal information was shared
publicly. It’s a right most of us undoubtedly don’t appreciate until someone
removes it by correctly guessing one of our passwords.
The only problem I have with this perfectly
appropriate outrage is how it unintentionally holds up a mirror to the completely
inappropriate lack of outrage to an infinite number of other privacy violations
Is our tolerance for privacy infringement based solely
on likability?
二、汉译英
百里飘香话果园
江南盛夏季节,我们来到了梅园茶果场。进入果园只见山坡上下茶树层层,桃树成林,梨树成片,茶的清香、桃的蜜香、梨的芳香扑鼻而来,沁人心脾,令人陶醉。水蜜
桃,是无锡地区的著名特产,历史悠久,在国际国内市场上素来享有盛誉。现在,出口远销至港澳等地的水蜜桃,主要产地就在无锡。无锡水蜜桃,色、香、味俱佳,
营养丰富,具有底色玉白、略带香气、果皮易剥、果肉细腻、甜蜜多汁,素被群众称为果中珍品。
离开梅园茶果场,横渡太湖,再到马山。岛上峰嶂相迭,果树满坡。陪同者告诉我们,无锡杨梅闻名全国, 而马山杨梅尤为佳品。杨梅有紫、红、白三种颜色,紫种最好，白者也佳。据说,杨梅性味甘酸而温,功能生津、解渴、和胃、消胀。群众惯用杨梅浸高粱酒,制成红艳艳的杨梅酒。一旦受寒腹泻,喝上一点酒,立见功效。
专科组英语比赛参考译文
一、英译中
在网络隐私问题上我们都是伪君子
为什么唐纳德•斯特林在自己家那么安全的地方进行的交谈理当被大谈特谈、讥讽嘲笑，但如果有人窃取了名人裸照并将它们发布在互联网上就是犯下了反人类罪？
最近涉及詹妮弗·劳伦斯以及其他100位名人的照片网上遭窃的丑闻让美国陷于自相矛盾中。这使得我们那种自认为绝对有权获得他人隐私的想法与对我们自己的隐私或许会不知怎地就被公之于众的极度恐惧形成了鲜明对比。
与这场丑闻本身同样令人厌恶的是,它无疑揭露出美国人对深陷双重标准和虚伪变得越来越坦然。
别误解我的意思。全国上下对这些网上遭窃照片的反感完全理所应当。我想我只是不习惯我们居然还有同情心。
不论是谁该为这项网络盗窃罪行负责,此人从这些女演员那里盗取的远不止几张照片；她们被夺走的还有对于将哪些秘密和个人信息与公众分享的非常基本的掌控能力。这是项我们大多数人肯定不会重视的权利,除非有人猜中我们的那个密码而将其剥夺。
我对这种完全理所应当的愤怒仅有的异议是,
这种愤怒怎样无意中树立了一面镜子，照见我们完全不该有的对其他无数侵犯隐私行为的愤怒的缺失。
我们对侵犯隐私的容忍度仅取决于遭侵者的受喜爱度吗？
二、中译英
Fruit Fragrance Far and Wide
It was high summer south of the Yangtse River when we
paid a visit to Meiyuan (the Plum Garden) Tea and Fruit Farm, where the
hillsides were covered with tiers of tea trees and groves of peach and pear
trees. As we got into the farm, we were
immersed deeper and deeper in an intoxicating sea of fragrance-- the delicate
tea scent, the honey aroma of peaches, the fresh sweet smell of pears.
Shuimitao(the honey sweet peach), a traditionally
well-known peach variety cultivated in and around Wuxi, has always enjoyed tremendous
popularity on home and international markets. Accounting for most of the honey
sweet peaches shipped to and sold in Hong Kong and Macao, the Wuxi Shuimitao is
tempting in texture, appetizing in smell and taste, and rich in nutritive
value. The Wuxi peach is jade-white in base color, faintly fragrant, its skin
easy to peel off, its fine-grained pulp tender and juicy --a really dainty
fruit widely liked.
Having bidden farewell to the farm, we sailed across
Taihu (the Tai Lake) and arrived at Mashan (the Horse Hill) Isle, where against
a background of undulating peaks were seen vast stretches of fruit trees on
hill slopes. Our guide told us that of all the Wuxi bayberries reputed
throughout the country the Mashan variety certainly ranks first. There are
three different strains of them- the purple, the pink and the white. The purple
strain is definitely the best; the white strain quite good too. It is said that
with a spicy sweet and sour flavor, bayberries
help secretion of saliva and can serve to quench thirst, allay the stomach and
dispel indigestion. Widespread is the folk recipe for preparing a dark red
beverage by bayberries in white kaoliang (Chines sorghum) spirit. The bayberry
beverage has a swift therapeutic effect on diarrhea caused by chills.
