2020年天津商业大学英语翻译基础考研真题.doc

2020年天津商业大学英语翻译基础考研真题

I.ReadthefollowingpassageandexplainVenuti’s“Domesticating”strategyinnomorethan100Englishwords.(20points)
Thisrelationshippointstotheviolencethatresidesintheverypurposeandactivityof
translation:thereconstitutionoftheforeigntextinaccordancewithvalues,beliefsandrepresentationsthatpre-existitinthetargetlanguage,alwaysconfiguredinhierarchiesofdominanceandmarginality,alwaysdeterminingtheproduction,circulation,andreceptionoftexts.Translationistheforciblereplacementofthelinguisticandculturaldifferenceoftheforeigntextwithatextthatwillbeintelligibletothetargetlanguagereader.(LawrenceVenuti1995)
II.Translatethefollowingitemsintotheirrespectivetargetlanguage.(30points)
1.biennial
2.Aristotle
3.ubiquitous
4.mobileetiquette
5.paradox
6.braindrain
7.baby-boomers
8.KublaiKhan
9.theNile
10.Ginicoefficient
11.downsizing,restructuringandoutsourcing
12.Jason,leaderoftheArgonautsinsearchoftheGoldenFleece
13.垃圾邮件和钓鱼软件
14.（网购）打分和评价
15.条形码
16.智库
17.新常态
18.（股票）上市
19.（公司间的）收购
20.大宗交易
21.住院和门诊服务
22.“发展体育运动，增强人民体质”
23.“百花齐放，百家争鸣”
III.
Translatethefollowingtwosourcetextsintotheirrespectivetargetlanguage.(100points)
SourceText1:(50points)
Howstrangeisthelotofusmortals!Eachofusishereforabriefsojourn;forwhatpurposeheknowsnot,thoughhesometimesthinkshesensesit.Butwithoutdeeperreflectiononeknowsfromdailylifethatoneexistsforotherpeople–firstofallforthoseuponwhosesmilesandwell-beingourownhappinessiswhollydependent,andthenforthemany,unknowntous,towhosedestiniesweareboundbythetiesofsympathy.AhundredtimeseverydayIremindmyselfthatmyinnerandouterlifearebasedonthelaborsofothermen,livinganddead,andthatImustexertmyselfinordertogiveinthesamemeasureasIhavereceivedandamstillreceiving.IamstronglydrawntoafrugallifeandamoftenoppressivelyawarethatIam
engrossinganundueamountofthelaborofmyfellowmen.Iregardclassdistinctionsasunjustifiedand,inthelastresort,basedonforce.Ialsobelievethatasimpleandunassuminglifeisgoodforeverybody,physicallyandmentally.
Idonotatallbelieveinhumanfreedominthephilosophic