2013年1月
Part I: E-C Translation. Please translate the following sentences
into Chinese by using the designated translating methods.
1. The significant inscription （铭文）found on an old key — “If I rest, I rust”— would be an excellent motto（箴言，座右铭） for those who are afflicted（使苦恼） with the slightest bit of idleness（懒散）.（拆分法）
2. （否决，驳回） and declared his own son guilty（有罪）.（引申法）
3. If you fail to settle the payment in two weeks, we’ll have to pass the matter to the law court （法院）in our country. （正反译法）
4. If you evade taxes（偷税漏税）colleagues(同事best friend might tell on you. （省略法）
1.在一把旧钥匙上发现了一则意义深远的铭文— “我若休息，我则生锈”。对于那些哪怕只为一丁点懒散而苦恼的人来说，这也会是一句金玉良言。
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3. 如果你方两星期内不付清货款的话，我方将会把此事移交我国的法院处理。
4.如果你偷税漏税，你的上司，秘书，同事，父亲，妻子，儿子，好友，都可能告发你。
Part II: C-E Translation. Please translate the following sentences
into English by using the designated translating methods.
1.看小报(tabloids)呢？还是打麻将(mah-jong)呢？还是努力做一个学者(scholar)呢？全靠你们自己的选择！（合并法）
2.事实上，枪支暴力(gun-violence)已经成为美国最为严重的社会问题之一。据报道，每年死于枪击的美国人多达3万以上，受伤者超过20万人。(主被动转换法)
3.要掌握一门外语，非下苦功不可。（增补法）
4.你赢得了一笔特别奖学金(a special scholarship)。（词性转换法）
1. Reading tabloids, playing mah-jong or striving to be a scholar, the choice lies with you(or: it is up to you to make the choice/decision).
2. In fact, the gun-violence has become one of America’s most serious social problems. It is reported that more than 30,000 Americans have been killed by guns and more than 200,000 Americans have been injured by guns every year.
3. mastering a foreign language.
2013年6月
Part I Please translate the following sentences into Chinese with the designated translating methods. (8分，每题2分)
1. The poor are the first to experience technological progress as a curse（祸患；祸根） which destroys the old muscle-power jobs that previous generations used as a means to fight their way out of poverty.（句序重组法）
2. The ancient battlefield has become a holy place. It was almost untouched.（正反译法）
3. The old man said, “They say his father was a fisheman. Maybe he was as poor as we are.”（增补法）
4. There is a mixture of the tiger and the ape in the character of the hero in the novel.（引申法）
1.对于过去的几代人来说，传统的体力劳动是穷人赖以摆脱贫穷的手段，而技术进步却剥夺了他们的体力劳动。因此，首当其冲身受科技进步之害的是穷人。
2.古战场已成了圣地，它几乎保持着当年的风貌。
3.老人说：“听人说，从前他爸爸是个打渔的。 他过去也许和我们现在一样穷。”
4. 这部小说中的主人公性格既残暴，又狡诈。
Part II Please translate the following sentences into English with the designated translating methods. （12分，每题3分）
1. 你不会使用电脑在你求职时可能是个严重的不利条件(disadvantage)。（词性转换法）
Your inability to use a computer could be a serious disadvantage when you are applying for jobs.
2. 你们取得的成就把你们带到人生的转折点(transition)上，我希望你们引以为荣。（合并法）
I hope you are proud of the accomplishments that have brought you to this important transition in your lives.
3．城市经济要注入（inject）历史、艺术和情感的内涵（connotation），文化资源的潜在（potential）价值要转化（transform）为现实的社会财富。（主/被动语态转换法）
Historic, artistic and emotional connotation will be injected into the city’s economy, and the potential value of cultural resources will be tranformed into realistic social wealth.
4. 中国有13多亿人口，陆地自然资源人均占有量（per capita）低于世界平均水平。（省略法）
China has a population of more than 1.3 billion and its land natural resources per capita are lower than the world average.