2016年11月翻译资格考试二级英语笔译实务真题

2016年11月翻译资格考试二级英语笔译实务真题
英译中
Passage 1
Everyone knows that weddings—
the most elaborate and costly form of old school pageantrystill accep
table in modern society—
are stupid expensive. But it turns out Americans are nowblowing even
more money than ever before on what’
s supposed to be the most magical day ofany couple’
s life together. Money that, to be honest, could be spent on much,
much coolerstuff.

The Knot released its annual wedding survey this week, with findings
showing that couples arespending a mind-numbing average of $$32,641 o
n matrimonial celebrations. The study includesdata from nearly 18,000
pairs across the country. While the cost of a wedding varied greatly
from city to city—reaching a nauseating high of $$82,300 in Manhattan
—
the price was steep nomatter where couples chose to get hitched. All
this despite the fact that weddings (andmarriages in general, honest
ly) can be a fairly impractical thing to invest in. Seriously, even
50Cent doesn’t spend as much in a day as you’
re spending on a reception band alone. Thinkabout that.

So rather than buying into the Marriage Industrial Complex on a unio
n that may or may notwork out, wouldn’
t it make more sense to save your hard-earned money by forgoing the
bigceremony for the major expenses you’
re likely to face in married life? You know, like amortgage. Or bra
ces for your wallet-draining children-to-be. And if your fiance
é is dead set ona fairytale wedding? You could always just blow you
r financial load on a plenty fulfilling single life.

With nearly $$33,000 to spend in the life of a singledom, you could
get pretty far when it comesto amenities and entertainment. Perhaps
the best part of being free from the shackles ofwedding planning i
s the opportunity to treat yourself. Like, why drop $$1,400 on a fri
lly dressyou’
ll wear once before it turns to moth food when you can rock the m
ost expensive shoes ofthe season and look great doing it?

And while weddings are supposed to be all about the happy couple, e
veryone knows that’

s bull,because you have to feed your guests and provide them enterta
inment and put a roof overtheir heads for a couple of hours and li
kely go into debt doing it.

In addition to simply having fun, there are some more practical ways
to spend your weddingpurse as well. For instance, purchasing and pr
oviding for a nice house cat rather than droppingmajor dough on fing
er bling intended for fending off hotties for the rest of your life
. Fluffywon’t care if you bring home someone new every weekend—he’
ll just hate everyoneindiscriminately.

Passage 2

My teenage son recently informed me that there is an Internet quiz
to test oneself fornarcissism. His friend had just taken it.
“How did it turn out?” I asked. “He says he did great!”
my son responded. “He got the maximum score!”

When I was a child, no one outside the mental health profession tal
ked about were more concerned by inadequate self-este
em, which at the time was thought tolurk behind nearly every issue.
Like so many excesses of the 1970s, the self-love cult spunout of
control and is now rampaging through our culture like Godzilla thro
ugh Tokyo.

A 2010 study in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Scie
nce found that theproportion of college students exhibiting narcissisti
c personality traits – based on their scoreson the Narcissistic Pers
onality Inventory, a widely used diagnostic test – has increased by
morethan half since the early 1980s, to 30 per cent.

In their book, The Narcissism Epidemic, psychology professors show tha
t narcissism hasincreased as quickly as obesity has since the 1980s.
Even our egos are getting fat. This is acostly problem. While full
-blown narcissists often report high levels of personal satisfaction,th
ey create havoc and misery around them. There is overwhelming evidenc
e linkingnarcissism with reduced honesty and increased aggression. It’
s notable for occasions likeValentine’
s Day that narcissists struggle to stay committed to romantic partner
s, in no smallpart because they find themselves superior.

The full-blown narcissist might reply, “So what?” But narcissism isn’
t an either-orcharacteristic. It’
s more of a set of progressive symptoms (like alcoholism) than anide

ntifiable state (like diabetes). Millions of Americans exhibit symptoms
, but still have aconscience and a hunger for moral improvement. At
the very least, they really do not want tobe terrible people.

A healthy self-love that leads to true happiness builds up one’
s intrinsic well- being, asopposed to feeding shallow cravings to be a
dmired. Cultivating amour de soi requires beingfully alive at this mo
ment, as opposed to being virtually alive while wondering what others
think. The soulful connection with another person, the enjoyment of a
beautiful hike alone, or aprayer of thanks over your sleeping child
could be considered expressions of self-love.
中译英
Passage 1

浙江杭州是 风景秀美之地，也是创新活力之城。G20杭州峰会的会标，就是用20根线条，
勾勒出一个桥型轮廓， 同时辅以“2016年G20”的英文和篆隶“中国”印章。

桥，在G20独具含义。曾几 何时，全球经济治理为发达国家所垄断。G20是第一个发达国家
和发展中国家平等参与全球经济治理的 机制，是历史的进步。在这个意义上，G20本身就是
一座桥，一座连接历史与未来、发达国家与发展中 国家的桥梁。

在2016年的杭州，在世界经济发展的当下，桥又有了新的含义。它寓意着 对G20成为全球
经济之桥、国际社会合作之桥、面向未来的共赢之桥的殷切期望。桥梁线条形似光纤， 寓意
信息技术应用带来的互联互通，具有强烈的时代感。我们希望，以杭州峰会为桥梁，各国间
的联系将更加紧密，世界经济的前景将更加广阔。

The city of Hangzhou in China’
s Zhejiang province is known both for its beautiful scenery andfor b
eing a dynamic city with an innovative spirit. The logo of the G20
Hangzhou Summitfeatures the image of a bridge, drawn in 20 lines.
On top of it are the English for “G20
2016China”, supplemented with the imprint of a traditional Chinese se
al bearing the two Chinesecharacters for “China”.

Bridge bears a special meaning for the G20. The G20 is in fact the
first global mechanism thatallows developed and developing countries
alike to take equal part in global economicgovernance, something that
used to be the monopoly of developed countries. This representsa pr
ogress in the evolution of global governance and renders the G20 a
bridge that connectshistory with the future, and developed countries w
ith developing countries.

Given the current world economic situation, the bridge bears some new
implication for theHangzhou Summit. It implies a keen hope for the

G20 to become a bridge in the globaleconomy, a bridge that brings
parties together in win-win global cooperation oriented towardthe fut
ure. The symmetrically curved lines in the bridge are meant to be r
eminiscent of fiber-optic cables, referring to an interconnected world
in an information age. It is our hope that theHangzhou Summit will
serve as a bridge through which countries will build stronger links
witheach other and together open up broader prospects for the world
economy.

Passage two
< br>纵观世界文明史，人类先后经历了农业革命、工业革命、信息革命。每一次产业技术革命，
都给人 类生产生活带来巨大而深刻的影响。

现在，以互联网为代表的信息技术日新月异，引领了社 会生产新变革，创造了人类生活新空
间，拓展了国家治理新领域，极大提高了人类认识世界、改造世界的 能力。互联网让世界变
成了“鸡犬之声相闻”的地球村，相隔万里的人们不再“老死不相往来”。可以说 ，世界因
互联网而更多彩，生活因互联网而更丰富。

中国正处在信息化快速发展的 历史进程之中。中国高度重视互联网发展，自21年前接入国
际互联网以来，我们按照积极利用、科学发 展、依法管理、确保安全的思路，加强信息基础
设施建设，发展网络经济，推进信息惠民。

十三五时期，中国将大力实施网络强国战略、国家大数据战略、“互联网+”行动计划，发展
积 极向上的网络文化，拓展网络经济空间，促进互联网和经济社会融合发展。我们的目标，
就是要让互联网 发展成果惠及13亿多中国人民，更好造福各国人民。

Looking at the history of world civilizations, humanity has progressed
along with agricultural,industrial and information revolutions. Each o
f these industrial and technological revolutions hashad great and prof
ound impact on our way of production and life. Today, informationtech
nologies represented by the Internet are experiencing rapid changes wi
th each passing day.

They have brought about new ways of social production, created new s
pace for people’
s life,opened new horizons of state governance, and enhanced our abil
ity to understand and shapethe world. The Internet has turned the wo
rld into a global village where distance no longerprevents people fro
m interacting with each other. Communication is made easier than ever
before. Indeed, thanks to the Internet, our world has become more co
lorful and people now livea fuller life.

China is going through a historic process of rapid application of in

formation attaches great importance to Internet devel
opment. Since China was connected to WorldWide Web 21 years ago, we
have, in keeping with the principles of proactive utilization, ratio
naldevelopment, law-based regulation and assurance of security, strength
ened ITinfrastructure, developed cyber economy and made life better fo
r our people through ITapplication.

During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, China will vigorously implement
the national cyberdevelopment strategy, the national big data strateg
y and the “Internet Plus” action plan. Wewill develop an uplifting
cyber culture, open up more space for cyber economy, and promotethe
integration of Internet development with economic and social progress
. Our goal is toensure that the more than 1.3 billion Chinese peopl
e and people across the world can all enjoythe benefits of Internet
development.