2009年5月翻译资格考试二级英语笔译实务真题及答案

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2009 年 5 月翻译资格考试二级英语笔译实务真题及答案

第一部分英译汉必译题

There was, last week, a glimmer of hope in the world food crisis. Expecting a

bumper harvest, Ukraine relaxed restrictions on exports. Overnight, global

wheat prices fell by 10 percent.

By contrast, traders in Bangkok quote rice prices around $1,000 a ton, up from

$460 two months ago.

Such is the volatility of today‟s markets. We do not know how high food prices

might go, nor how far they could fall. But one thing is certain: We have gone

from an era of plenty to one of scarcity. Experts agree that food prices are

not likely to return to the levels the world had grown accustomed to any time

soon.

Imagine the situation of those living on less than $1 a day - the “bottom

billion,”the poorest of the world‟s poor. Most live in Africa, and many might

typically spe ndtwo-thirds of their income on food.

In Liberia last week, I heard how people have stopped purchasing imported rice

by the bag. Instead, they increasingly buy it by the cup, because that‟s all

they can afford.

Traveling though West Africa, I found good reason for optimism. In Burkina

Faso, I saw a government working to import drought resistant seeds and better

manage scarce water supplies, helped by nations like Brazil. In Ivory Coast, we

saw a women‟s cooperative running a chicken farm set up with UN funds. The

project generated income - and food - for villagers in ways that can easily be

replicated.

Elsewhere, I saw yet another women‟s group slowly expanding their local

agricultural production, with UN help. Soon they will replace World Food

Program rice with their own home-grown produce, sufficient to cover the needs

of their school feeding program.

These are home-grown, grass-roots solutions for grass-roots problems -

precisely the kind of solutions that Africa needs.

参考译文：

上周，世界粮食危机出现了一线转机。乌克兰预期粮食丰收，因而放宽了粮食出口限制。一

夜之间，全球小麦价格下挫 10%。

相比之下，曼谷大米报价为每吨 1,000 美元左右，相比两个月前每吨 460 美元的价格有

了大幅上涨。

这就是当今市场剧烈波动的真实写照。我们无从知晓价格的涨跌幅度，但是有一点可以肯

定，那就是：我们已经告别了富足时代，转而进入了匮乏时代。专家们一致认为，短期内

粮价不太可能恢复到正常水平。

现在全球“最底层的 10 亿人”每天生活费不足 1 美元，是世界上最贫苦的人群，我们

不妨设身处地想想他们现在的处境如何。这个群体中大部分人生活在非洲，对于他们当中

的许多人而言，食品开支往往要占到收入的三分之二。

我听说上周利比里亚的民众不再拿袋子去购买进口大米，更多的人是拿着杯子去买米，因

为他们的钱只够买一杯米。

走访西非国家后，我发现我们仍有理由保持乐观。在布基纳法索，当地政府积极进口抗旱

粮种，同时在巴西等国家的帮助下改善对宝贵水资源的管理。在科特迪瓦，一个女性合作

社在联合国基金的扶持下开办了一家养鸡场，为当地村民创收又增产，这种模式也很易于

推广。

在其他国家和地区，有的妇女团体在联合国的帮助下逐步扩大当地农业生产规模。

用不了多久，她们就可以生产出足够多的大米来满足当地学校供餐的需要，届时世界粮食

署也将终止在当地的粮援工作。

对于基层问题总可以找到因地制宜的解决方案，对非洲而言尤其如此。

英译汉选译题试题一

For a decade, metallurgists studying the hulk of the Titanic have argued that

the storied ocean liner went down quickly after hitting an iceberg because the

ship's builder used substandard rivets that popped their heads and let tons of

icy seawater rush in. More than 1,500 people died.

Now a team of scientists has moved into deeper waters, uncovering evidence in

the builder's own archives of a deadly mix of great ambition and use of low-

quality iron that doomed the ship, which sank 96 years ago Tuesday.

The scientists found that the ship's builder, Harland and Wolff, in Belfast,

struggled for years to obtain adequate supplies of rivets and riveters to build

the world's three biggest ships at once: the Titanic and two sisters, Olympic

and Britannic.

Each required three million rivets, and shortages peaked during Titanic's

construction.

"The board was in crisis mode," said Jennifer Hooper McCarty, a member of the

team that studied the company's archive and other evidence. "It was constant

stress. Every meeting it was, There's problems with the rivets, and we need to

hire more people.' "

The team collected other clues from 48 Titanic rivets, using modern tests,

computer simulations, comparisons to century-old metals and careful

documentation of what engineers and shipbuilders of the era considered state of

the art.

The scientists say the troubles began when the colossal plans forced Harland

and Wolff to reach beyond its usual suppliers of rivet iron and include smaller

forges, as disclosed in company and British government papers. Small forges

tended to have less skill and experience.

Adding to the threat, the company, in buying iron for Titanic's rivets, ordered

No. 3 bar, known as "best," not No. 4, known as "best-best," the scientists

found. They also discovered that shipbuilders of the day typically used No. 4

iron for anchors, chains and rivets.

So the liner, whose name was meant to be synonymous with opulence, in at least

one instance relied on cheap materials.

The scientists argue that better rivets would have probably kept the Titanic

afloat long enough for rescuers to have arrived before the icy plunge, saving

hundreds of lives.

参考译文：

过去十年一直研究“泰坦尼克”船体的冶金学家认为，这艘著名的远洋邮轮在撞上冰山后

之所以会迅速沉没，是因为当时的造船商使用了劣质铆钉，在撞上冰山后铆钉头开始崩脱

(致使钢板开裂)，冰冷刺骨的海水大量倒灌入船体，最终造成 1,500 人殒命。

一组科学家进行了深度调查研究，他们从造船厂的档案记录中发现了相关证据。据档案记

载，造船厂一方面要建造豪华巨轮，另一方面却使用劣质铁铆，为海难埋下了祸根，最终

导致“泰坦尼克”号在 96 年前的那个周二沉入海底。

科学家们研究发现，位于贝尔法斯特的哈兰德与沃尔夫(Harland and Wolff)造船厂当时

决心要同时建造 3 艘当时世界上最大的超级邮轮，分别命名为“泰坦尼克”号、“奥林

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