2004年英语专业八级考试翻译试卷及参考译文

2004年英语专业八级考试翻译试卷及参考译文（共2篇）

篇1：2004年英语专业八级考试翻译试卷及参考译文

Part Ⅳ Translation(60 min)

SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH

Translate the underlined part of the following text into English.Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.在人际关系问题上我们不要太浪漫主义。人是很有趣的，往往在接触一个人时首先看到的都是他或她的优点。这一点颇像是在餐馆里用餐的经验。开始吃头盘或冷碟的时候，印象很好。吃头两个主菜时，也是赞不绝口。愈吃愈趋于冷静，吃完了这顿宴席，缺点就都找出来了。于是转喜为怒，转赞美为责备挑剔，转首肯为摇头。这是因为，第一，开始吃的时候你正处于饥饿状态，而饿了吃糠甜如蜜，饱了吃蜜也不甜。第二，你初到一个餐馆，开始举筷时有新鲜感，新盖的茅房三天香，这也可以叫做“陌生化效应”吧。

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We should not be too romantic in interpersonal relations.Human beings are very interesting.Often when you meet a person for the first time, you only notice his or her merits first.This is quite like your dining experience in a restaurant.When you are having the first course / starter or the cold dishes you are full of praise.The more courses you have, the calmer you will become.When the feast/dinner is over, you will have found all its demerits/ defects.Then, delight turns into anger, praise into complaint, and a nodding head into a shaking one.This is because: first, when you begin to eat you are hungry, and when you are hungry even husk/chaff tastes sweeter than honey;whereas when you are full, even honey does not taste sweet at all.Second, when you arrive at the restaurant, and when you pick up the chopsticks, everything there is new to you.A newly built latrine smells fragrant for the first three days.This may be called the defamiliarization effect.Version 2：

It is advisable not to be too romantic on interpersonal matters.Humans are peculiarly interesting so that in their contact with a person, they tend to notice noting but his or her merits.This is rather analogous to our experience of dining in a restaurant.At the beginning, when we take the starter or cold dishes, we are very much impressed.For the first two main courses, we are also profuse in praise.However, we calm down as we eat on.After we finish the feast, all sorts of faults are found.Then we are no longer pleased but angry;no longer complimentary but complaining and fastidious;no longer nod our satisfaction but keep shaking our heads.All this happens because, first, we were in a state of hunger at the time we began to eat.When hungry, one may feel even the taste of chaff especially delicious, but may not feel the sweetness of honey after eating his or her fill.Version 3：

We should not be too romantic in terms of interpersonal relations.We are such interesting beings that when we meet someone for the first time we notice only his/her merits.This is quite like having dinner in a restaurant.Usually the first course or the cold dishes leave us a good impression.And we also praise the first two main courses.The more we have, the calmer we

become.By the end of the feast/dinner, all the demerits/shortcomings of the dishes are found out.And delight turns into anger, praise into complaint, and approval into disapproval.The reasons for the change are: first, when we begin to eat, even husk/chaff seems sweeter than honey as we are hungry;whereas when we are full, honey does not taste sweet at all.Second, when we begin to eat upon arrival, everything in the restaurant appears new, even a new latrine smells fragrant.The defamiliarization effect, isn’t it?

Hunger is the best sauce.SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE

Translate the underlined part of the following text into Chinese.Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.For me the most interesting thing about a solitary life, and mine has been that for the last twenty years, is that it becomes increasingly rewarding.When I can wake up and watch the sun rise over the ocean, as I do most days, and know that I have an entire day ahead, uninterrupted, in which to write a few pages, take a walk with my dog, read and listen to music, I am flooded with happiness.我在过去的二十年间一直单独生活。单独生活对于我来说最为有趣的事情是，它的回报越来越多。当我醒来时可以亲眼看着太阳在海洋上升起，多数情况下我都可以这么做，清楚地知道自己有一个完整的新的一天，没有任何间断地供我写上几页东西，然后，遛遛狗儿，读读书，听听音乐，我就充满了幸福。

只有当我疲惫不堪，长时间不间断地工作，或者一时间感到空虚而想充实自己时，孤独感便悄然袭来。有时，我讲演完后回到家中，或者会见了许多人而且说了许多话，满脑子纷乱的头绪有待梳理，这时我也会感到孤独。一时间，屋子变得又空又大，自我不知藏身何处。只有浇浇花草，也许看看花草，把它们一一当人一样的看看，只有这样，才能慢慢地找回自我。

自我的回归需要一段时间。我遥遥望着那犹如喷泉激起的浪花，不一会，感到周围的世界慢慢隐退，自我便从无意识深处再次浮现，带回我刚才经历的一切，供我探究，让我领悟。

篇2：2004年英语专业八级考试翻译试卷及参考译文

C-E原文：

近读报纸，对国内名片和请柬的议论颇多，于是想起客居巴黎时经常见到的法国人手中的名片和请柬，随笔记下来，似乎不无借鉴之处。在巴黎，名目繁多的酒会，冷餐会是广交朋友的好机会。在这种场合陌生人相识，如果是亚洲人，他们往往开口之前先毕恭毕敬地用双手把自己的名片呈递给对方，这好像是不可缺少的礼节。然而，法国人一般却都不大主动递送名片，双方见面寒暄几句，甚至海阔天空地聊一番也就各自走开，只有当双方谈话投机，希望继续交往时，才会主动掏出名片。二话不说先递名片反倒显得有些勉强。

法国人的名片讲究朴素大方，印制精美，但很少有镶金边儿的，闪光多彩的或带香味的，名片上的字体纤细秀丽，本人的名字也不过分突出，整张纸片上空白很大，毫无拥挤不堪的感觉。

参考译文：

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In reading recent newspapers, I have come to find that people in China have become more and more interested in discussing name cards and invitation letters.This reminds me of the name cards and invitation1

letters of the French people that I saw when I was sojourning in Paris.In writing down those random reminiscences, I believe that they might provide some useful information for us to learn.The French tend to take extraordinary precaution in making their name cards, simple yet elegant.Exquisitely designed and printed, their name cards are seldom golden-framed, or colorfully shiny, or tinted with fragrant smells.The letters which appearing on their name cards tend to be diminutive but beautiful, not allowing the name of the card-bearer t be overly prominent / salient.The entire card leaves much empty space, imparting no sense of over-crowdedness.Version 2:

Recently, I find from newspapers that people at home are interested in cards, name and invitation alike.This reminds me of my experiences in Paris.Random as they may seem, I write them down.Perhaps, the French way of handling name cards and invitation cards provide some useful lessons for us.The French people’s name cards are simple but elegant.They are seldom golden-framed, colorfully shiny, or with fragrance.Words on the cards are very fine and beautiful, and the name of the bearer does not stand particularly out.Their cards leave much space, and incur no over-crowdedness whatsoever.Version 3:

In Paris, cocktail parties and buffet receptions of different kinds offer great opportunities for making friends.On such occasions, strangers may get to know each other.If they are Asians, they will, very respectfully and with both hands, present their calling cards to their interlocutors before any conversation starts.This seems to be the required courtesy on their part.The French, however, usually are not so ready with such a formality.Both sides will greet each other, and even chat casually about any topic and then excuse themselves.Only when they find they like each other and hope to further the relationship will they exchange cards.It will seem very unnatural to do so before any real conversation gets under way.E-C英译汉

Four mouths before the Election Day, five men gathered in a small conference room at the Reagan-Bush headquarters and reviewed an oversize calendar that marked the remaining days of the 1984 presidential campaign.It was the last Saturday in June and at ten o’clock in the morning the rest of the office was practically deserted.Even so, the men kept the door shut and drapes carefully drawn.The three principals and their two deputies had come form around the country for a critical

meeting.Their aim was to devise a strategy that would guarantee Ronald Reagan’s resounding reelection to a second term in the White House.It should have been easy.They were battle-tested veterans with long ties to Reagan and even longer ties to the Republican Party, men who understood presidential politics as well as any in the country.The backdrop of the campaign was hospitable, with lots of good news to work with: America was at peace, and the nation’s economy, a key factor in any election, was rebounding vigorously after recession.Furthermore, the campaign itself was lavishly financed, with plenty of money for top-flight staff, travel, and television commercials.And, most important, their candidate was Ronald Reagan, a president of tremendous personal popularity and dazzling communication skills.Reagan has succeeded more than any president since John F.Kennedy in projecting a broad vision of America – a nation of renewed military strength, individual initiative, and smaller federal government.参考译文：这应该不是件难事。这都是些跟着里根多年、久经沙场的老将，他们跟共和党则有更深厚的渊源，是这个国家里最熟悉总统政治的人。竞选的背景也很有利，也很多好消息可供炒作。例如，美国上下一片和平，美国经济这一竞选要素也在经过一段时间的衰退之后开始强劲反弹。此外，这次竞选本身得到了慷慨资助，因此有充裕的资金用于组织一流的竞选班子、支付巡回演讲和电视广告的费用。而最重要的一点是，他们的候选人是罗纳德·里根，他可是位极具个人魅力和沟通技巧的总统。自约翰·F·肯尼迪总统以来，里根是最成功地勾勒出美国蓝图的总统：一个军事力量复兴、富有个人进取心、联邦政府得以精简的国家。