2005年11月翻译资格考试二级英语笔译实务真题

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2005 年 11 月翻译资格考试二级英语笔译实务真题

Section 1: English-Chinese Translation（英译汉）

Part A Compulsory Translation（必译题）

Hans Christian Andersen was Denmark's most famous native son. Yet even after

his fairy tales won him fame and fortune, he feared he would be forgotten. He

need not have worried. This weekend, Denmark began eight months of celebrations

to coincide with the bicentenary of his birth, and Denmark is eager that the

world take note as it sets out to define the pigeon-holed writer in its own

way.

The festivities began in Copenhagen on Saturday, Andersen's actual birthday,

with a lively show of music, dance, lights and comedy inspired by his fairy

tales before a crowd of 40,000people -- including Queen Margre the II and her

family -- at the Parken National Stadium. The opening, called Once Upon a Time,

will be followed by a slew of concerts, musicals, ballets, exhibitions, parades

and education programs costing over US$40 million.

So more than in recent memory, Danes -- and, they hope, foreigners -- will be

reliving the humor, pain and lessons to be found in evergreen stories like The

Little Mermaid, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Ugly Duckling, The Little Match-

Seller, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Shadow, The Princess and the Pea and

others of Andersen's 150 or so fairy tales.

In organizing this extravaganza, of course, Denmark is also celebrating itself.

After all, Andersen is still this country's most famous native son. Trumpeting

his name and achievements not only draws attention to Denmark's contribution to

world culture, but could also woo more foreign tourists to visit his birthplace

in the town of Odense and to be photographed beside the famous bronze statue of

the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen's harbor.

And Denmark has even more in mind. Local guardians of the Andersen legacy

evidently feel his stories have lost ground in recent years to the likes of

J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter. Andersen's

fairy tales may remain central to the Danish identity, serving as homespun

guides to the vagaries of human behavior, but what about the rest of the world?

"What we really need is a rebirth of Andersen," noted Lars Seeberg, secretary

general of the Hans Christian Andersen 2005 Foundation. "Two centuries after

his birth, he still fails to be universally acknowledged as the world-class

author he no doubt was.

Part B Optional Translation（二选一题）

Topic 1（选题一）

Independent Information and Analysis from the USA

The Gap between Rich and Poor Widened in U.S. Capital Washington D.C. ranks

first among the40 cities with the widest gap between the poor and the rich,

according to a recent report released by the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute on

July 22nd. The top 20 percent of household in D.C. have an average yearly

income of $186,830, 31 times that of the bottom 20 percent, which earns only

$6,126 per year. The income gap is also big in Atlanta and Miami, but the

difference is not as pronounced.

The report also indicates that the widening gap occurred mainly during the

1990s. Over the last decade, the average income of the top 20 percent of

households has grown 36 percent, while the average income of the bottom 20

percent has only risen 3 percent.

"I believe the concentration of the middle- to high-income families in the D.C.

area will continue, therefore, the income gap between rich and poor will be

hard to bridge," David Garrison told the Washington Observer. Garrison is a

senior researcher with the Brookings Institution, specializing in the study of

the social and economic policies in the greater Washington D.C. area.

The report attributed the persistent income gap in Washington to the area's

special job opportunities, which attract high-income households. Especially

since the federal government is based in Washington D.C., Government agencies

and other government related businesses such as lobbying firms and government

contractors constantly offer high-paying jobs, which contribute to the trend of

increasing high-income households in the D.C. area. For example, a single young

professional working in a law firm in D.C. can earn as much as $100,000 in his

or her first year out of law school.

"In addition, high-quality housing available in Washington D.C. is one of the

main reason swhy high-income families choose to live here, while middle and

low-income families, if they can afford it, choose to move out of Washington

D.C. to the Virginia and Maryland suburbs so that their kids can go to better

schools," stated Garrison.

"As rich families continue to move into D.C. and middle and low-income families

are moving out, the poorest families are left with nowhere to move, or cannot

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