上海师范大学外国语学院试卷

上海师范大学标准试卷 2007 ~ 2008 学年 第2学期 考试日期 2008 年 6月 23日 科目：翻译理论与实践（必修课） C卷 英语 专业 本科 2005 级 _1-3_ 班 姓名 学号 题号 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 我承诺，遵守《上海师范大学考场规则》，诚信考试。签名： 一、Answer the following questions in English. (50%) How do you define context? (5 %) What is your definition of translation? (5%) What do you think the translation criteria should be? Give your reasons for the translation standards which you approve of. (10 %) Describe in detail the translation process. (10%) Define and illustrate the literal translation approach and the liberal translation approach. (10%) Explain the translator’s subjectivity. (5%) What requirements is the translator supposed to fulfill before he is able to exert his subjectivity? (5%) 二、 Translate the following Chinese sentences into English. (10%) (1) 不要班门弄斧。 (2) 持一个中国的原则，是实现和平统一的基础和前提。 (3) 实施西部大开发战略，关系全国发展的大局，关系民族团结和边疆稳定。 (4) 老实实的学问，来不得半点虚假，需要付出艰巨的劳动。 (5) 使用细菌武器显然违反国际法。 (6) 读史使人明智，读诗使人灵秀。 (7) 不要在过冷、过热、灰尘过重、湿度过大的情况下使用此电脑。 (8) 完成这一重大科研项目是很有意义的。 三、Translate the following English sentences into Chinese. (15%) (1) The opposition leader’s speech stole the headlines from the government. (2) Similarly, to talk about a car culture, a throw-away culture, or the generation gap as exclusively American concerns makes little sense today. (3) It is not just Britain’s breathing in which makes it so international, but also its breathing out. (4) I have an unending love affair with dictionaries. (5) Do you see any green in my eye? (6) Don’t cross the bridge till you get to it. (7) China’s rapid emergence as a major world actor is a tribute to the drive and entrepreneurial spirit of her people, and more particularly to the fundamental economic reforms she has pursued over the past two decades. (8) I would draw a further conclusion, which I believe is central to assessing China’s future place in the world economy. (9) Marriage, with peace, is this world’s paradise; with strife, this life’s purgatory. (10) We shall establish a government of, by and for the people. 四、Translate the following English passage into Chinese. (10％) To summarize, the information revolution is making obsolete old institutions and old modes of operation, requiring the individual, the firm, and the nation to change. For the individuals, here are three words of advice: knowledge, information, skills. The economic prospects of those without knowledge, information and skills are bleak. For the firms, cannibalization. That is, a company should deliberately destroy existing profitable activities to allow for new and more promising business operations. And for the nations, investment. A country expecting a sustainable economic growth should constantly increase investment in education, infrastructure and R&D. 五、Translate the following Chinese passage into English. (15%) 论历史，上海在宋代成镇，元代设县，明代筑城，在中国灿若群星的各城古都中，并不耀眼夺目，远不能比西安、开封、洛阳、近不能比南京、苏州、杭州。但是上海自开埠以来，以超常的速度发展。自改革开放以来，尤其是自20世纪90年代以来，上海开始了新的腾飞，城市面貌日新月异，在建设现代化国际大都市的征途上高歌猛进，其巨大成就，举世瞩目。“两千年看西安，五百年看北京，一百年看上海。”上海已成为现代中国城市的象征。 上海师范大学标准试卷 答题纸 2007 ~ 2008 学年 第2学期 考试日期 2008 年 6月 23日 科目：翻译理论与实践（必修）C卷 英语 专业 本科 2005 级 1-3_ 班 姓名 __学号 ____ 题号 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 我承诺，遵守《上海师范大学考场规则》，诚信考试。签名： 一、Answer the following questions in English. 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