穆雷《英汉翻译基础教程》配套题库（含考研真题）.pdf

第1章　词汇翻译 一、翻译下面的句子，注意所选用词的感情色彩。 1. ①As luck would have it, no one was in the building when the explosion occurred. ②As luck would have it, there was rain on the day of the picnic. 【译文】 ①幸运的是，爆炸发生时，没人在建筑物里。 ②不凑巧的是，野餐那天下雨了。 2. ①One player in particular deserves a mention. ②He deserves to be locked up forever for what he did. 【译文】 ①一名运动员特别值得表扬。 ②他做了这样的事，活该终身监禁。 3. ①Those who do not remember the past are condemned to relive it. ②That athlete tried to relive his glory days. 【译文】 ①凡是忘掉过去的人注定要重蹈覆辙。 ②那运动员试图重温他的光辉岁月。 4. ①The bell is not working. ②Your idea won’t work in practice. ③Professor White is at work on a new book. 【译文】 ①铃不响了。 ②你的想法实际上行不通。 ③怀特教授正在写一本新书。 5. ①Our plan succeeded. ②The underwriter realizes this and certainly does not set out to make life difficult for his agency colleagues. However, he has a job to do. Part of that job is to e
ure that people who attempt to buy policies because they expect to “die” soon do not succeed in fooling him and his company. 【译文】 ①我们的计划成功了。 ②核保人如果认识到这一点，当然不会让他的代理处的同事难堪。然而，他又肩负着责任，其责任之一便是，确保那些因预计很快“死亡”而设法购买统保单的人欺骗核保人自己及其公司的企图不会得逞。 6. ①Many people think that he is one of the most ambitious politicia
of our times. ②He’s a very ambitious lad and he wants to play at the highest level.（宁波大学2019研） 【译文】 ①许多人认为他是我们这个时代最有野心的政治家之一。 ②他是个很有抱负的小伙子，想参加最高水平的比赛。 【解析】ambitious意为“野心勃勃的；有抱负的”，在翻译的过程中应根据句子的感情色彩进行相应的选择。 7. ①He is the last man to come. ②This is the last place where I expected to meet you. 【译文】 ①他是最后来的。 ②我怎么也没料到会在这里遇到你。 【解析】在第一句中，last意为“最后的”。在第二句中意为“最不可能的，最不适当的”，用来表示强调。 8. ①Aggressive natio
threaten world peace. ②A salesman must be aggressive if he wants to succeed. 【译文】 ①侵略成性的国家威胁世界和平。 ②推销员如果想要获得成功，必须有闯劲。 9. ①He is a funny writer. ②There is something funny about the matter. ③You will be sorry if you try anything funny in class. 【译文】 ①他是个风趣的作家。 ②事情有些蹊跷。 ③你要是在课堂上玩什么鬼花样，肯定要后悔的。 10. ①This typewriter is indeed cheap and fine. ②He is making himself cheap. 【译文】 ①这种打字机确实便宜又好用。 ②他这么做正使他的名誉受损。 11. ①She is fidgety and restless. ②All the invento