翻译课第三次作业
第三次翻译作业
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A central principle of a just society is that every person has an equal right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. The essential basis on which community is built requires each citizen to honor the rightful dimes of others. The preciousness of life in a moral community must be so highly honored that those who do not honor the life of others make null and void their own right to membership. These who violate the personhood of others, especially if this is done persistently as a habit, must pay the ultimate penalty. This punishment must be inflicted for the sake of maintaining the community whose foundation has been violated. We can debate whether some non-lethal alternative is a fitting substitute for the death penalty. But the standard of judgment is whether the punishment fits the dime and sufficiently honors the nature of moral community.
一个公正的社会的核心原则是每个人都有平等的权利：“生命，自由和对幸福的追求”。这种社会的建立要基于要求每个成员都尊敬其他成员的合理的权利。这种在这样一个珍贵的社会中的生活必须得到高度的尊敬。而那些不尊敬其他成员的人会被清除并取消成员资格。那些侵犯他人人格的人，尤其是像习惯一样固执得做，必须得到极大的处罚。这些处罚必须以维护团体中基本权利受到侵犯的人为目的而实施。我们可以讨论是否用一些合适的不致死的处罚来替代处死。但是调整的标准是处罚是否符合公正并且足够尊敬道德社会的本质。
By contrast, Agape, or Christian love, is unconditional. It does not depend on the worthiness or merit of those to whom it is directed. It is persistent in seeking the good of others regardless of whether they return the favor or even deserve to be treated well on the basis of their own incessant wrongdoing. An ideal community would be made up of free and equal citizens devoted to a balance between individual self-fulfillment and the advancement of the common good. Communal life would be based on mutual love in which equality of giving and receiving was the norm of social practice.
通过对比，基督教徒间的友情，或基督教的爱是无条件的。它不依赖于它们对于某人有价值或有优点。那是执着得寻找他人的优点不管他们是否回馈他们的爱，不管他们自己不断地做坏事而是否值得被好好对待。一个理想的团队应由这样平等自有的成员组成，他们献身于维系实现自我并是团队利益进步的平衡中去。那些基于公正的付出与收获集体爱心的公共生活是社会实践的基准。
What would a community based on this kind of love do with those who committed brutal acts of terror, violence, and murder? Put negatively, it would not live by the philosophy of “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and a life for a life.” It would act to safeguard the members of the community from further destruction. Those who had shown no respect for life would be restrained, permanently if necessary, so that they could not further endanger other members of the community. It would show mercy even to those who had shown no mercy. It would return good for
evil. The aim of isolation is reconciliation and not revenge. Agape never gives up. It is over hopeful that even the worse among us can be redeemed so that their own potential contribution to others can be realized.
那一个基于这种爱的社会会如何对待那些做出恐怖、暴力，谋杀的残忍行为的人呢？推开消极因素，我们不应以一种“以眼还眼，以牙还牙，以一生换一生”的心理生活。它起到保护社会成员免受进一步损害的作用。那些显露出对生命不敬的人应得到，如果必要的话永久的抑制，那样他们就不会进一步危及团队里其他的人了。应当对那些不仁爱的人仁爱。应
当以德报怨。隔离的目的是为了调和且没有报复。爱永远不会消失。我们中所有的过失都是可以倪补的，以至于其他人会发现你潜在的贡献。
Such, in brief, is the argument for and against capital punishment, one founded on justice and the nature of moral community, the other resting on love and the nature of an ideal spiritual community.
这样，简而言之，是支持和反对死刑的论据，一个建立于公正和道德社会的本质，另一个源于爱和精神理想社会的本质。
实用英文写作与翻译作业与参考答案21
实用英文写作与翻译2-1作业及参考答案 第一次作业： Americans Eat Out More often and Less Healthfully Although food cooked at home is far more healthful than meals eaten at restaurants, Americans are dining out more than ever, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Tuesday. Restaurant food accounted for（[在数量，比例方面] 占） 39 percent of U.S. meals bought in 1996, up from 26 percent in 1970, the department said in a report, ``Away-From-Home Foods Increasingly Important to Quality of American Diet.'' ``While（尽管）the nutritional quality（营养质量）of foods consumed by Americans has improved overall, foods prepared at home are generally much more healthful than away-from-home foods,'' the department said. ``Despite nutritional gains at home, Americans will find it difficult to improve their diets because they purchase so many meals outside the home,'' the study said. While （尽管）the nutritional content of food prepared both at home and in restaurants has improved in recent years, food eaten out contains more of the nutrients Americans typically（一般地；通常）eat too much of, including fat and saturated fat（饱和脂肪）, and less of what is lacking from most diets, such as calcium, fiber and iron. The department recommended nutrition education programs should place more emphasis on teaching U.S. consumers about how to order healthful meals when dining out. Improved diets have been found to prevent risk of heart disease, stroke（中风）, cancer, diabetes（糖尿病）, osteoporosis-related hip fractures（与骨质疏松症有关的髋关节骨折） and neural tube birth defects（神经管先天缺损）. Osteoporosis-related hip fractures cost up to $10.6 billion each year in the United States in medical care expenses, missed work and premature deaths（早亡）, the department said. 参考译文：美国人外出用餐频繁而饮食健康水准美况愈下 据美国农业部星期二称尽管在家煮烧的食物远比餐馆里所用之餐有益于健康，美国人外出用餐更频繁。餐馆里的食物占1996年美国人购餐的39%，比1970年增长了26%。该部门在报告中称：“外出所用之餐对于美国人饮食质量日益重要”。该部门还称：“虽然美国人消费的食物的营养质量总体改善了。但是，一般来说，家里所备的食物远比外出用餐的食物有益于健康。”研究表明：“尽管在家里用餐能获取养份，美国人发觉他们难以改善自己的饮食，因为他们多次在外购餐。”近年来在家里和餐馆里所备的食物的营养结构都得到了改善，然而，外出用餐的食物包含了较多典型的美国人汲取过多的养份，包括脂肪和饱和脂肪，也包含了较少多数饮食中所缺少的，如钙，纤维和铁。该农业部提议营养教育计划应更着重于教导美国消费者外出用餐时如何预定有益于健康的一餐。人们发现改善后的饮食结构能预防心脏病，中风，癌症，糖尿病，与骨盆炎相关的髋部骨折以及试管婴儿的神经缺陷所带来的危险。该部门称，在美国与骨盆炎相关的髋部骨折每年在医疗照料费用，医疗失误和早产死亡之上的耗费高达106亿美元。 第二次作业 1、Kill one’s appetite ?Kill time ?Kill the peace ?Kill the mood ?Kill the proposal ?Kill the engine ?Kill the child with kindness 2、If the doctor had been available, the child would not have died. 3、This ticket is available in all parks. 4、I’ll have Mr. Perkin call you back as soon as he is available.
英文翻译练习作业
英文翻译练习（一） The status of Philosophy in Chinese culture has always been regarded as a comparison with that of religion in other cultures. In China, Philosophy is the concerned field by each educated one. Long time ago in China, a person would firstly accept enlightened education in Philosophy if he could be given education. Children should read the Analects, Mencius, The great Learning, The Doctrine of mean once they entered school. The Four Books were regarded as the most important documents after Song(regarded as “new Confucianism”in west).When children began to learn words, the commonly used textbook is Three Words, in which every three words a group, every six words one sentence, and the even sentence rhyme has rhyme, easy to read aloud and easy to remember. In fact, this book is used to learn words for Chinese children. The first sentence of Three Words “Man’s nature is good at birth.” Is the basic idea of philosophy of Mencius.
《英汉翻译课程教学大纲》
英汉翻译课程教学大纲 一、课程的目的和任务 《英汉翻译教程》和《汉英翻译教程》的教学目的和任务是，从英译汉和汉译英的一般规律和原则出发，围绕翻译的基本理论、英汉异同的对比以及翻译实践中成功或失败的实例，介绍汉英两种语言的对比与分析、各类文体的语言特点以及不同翻译方法，向学生传授基本的翻译理论和常用方法、技巧，通过反复实践培养学生汉英翻译基本技能。通过学习，学生能够熟练地运用已掌握的英语基本语法和词汇等知识，忠实、准确、通顺、完整地将汉语句子、段落和短文译成英语，并对文化差异有着较强的敏感性，能够较好地处理英汉互译中具有民族特色的形象、比喻等，胜任一般性的政治、经济、文化、科技、应用文等的翻译工作。同时，还要注重培养学生严谨的学风，避免不求甚解、逐词死译和望文生义。 适当补充口译实践，训练学生在政治、经济、文化等方面的能力，并提高学生的政策水平和涉外工作能力。 二、课程的基本要求 《英汉翻译教程》和《汉英翻译教程》课程的教学分为翻译方法和技巧训练阶段和短文翻译两个阶段，其分别要求是： １、翻译方法和技巧训练阶段的基本要求： （1）、词汇： 掌握10000－12000 个词汇以及这些单词构成的常用词组；正确而熟练地使用其中5000－6000 个词 汇及最常用的搭配，能够运用到汉英互译中。 （2）语法： 熟练地使用各种衔接手段，连贯地表达思想，侧重语法结构在翻译过程中的理解和应用。 （3）阅读能力： 能读懂一般英美报刊杂志上的社论和书评，理解文章大意，分辨事实与细节；能读懂有一定难度的 历史传记及文学作品，理解其真实含义；能分析上述题材文章的思想观点，语篇结构，语言特点和修辞手法。 （4）翻译能力： 能借词典将文字资料译成理解正确、表达准确、译文连贯通顺具一定修辞手段的规范语句，写译的速度达到每小时250－300 词。 2. 短文翻译阶段的基本要求： （1）词汇 1
国际结算第二次作业
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英语翻译作业
Americans are much more likely than citizens of other nations to believe that they live in a meritocracy, i.e. Government by people selected according to merit. But this self-image is a fantasy: America actually stands out as an advanced country in which it matters most who your parents were, the country in which those born on one of society’s lower rungs have the least chance of climbing to the top or even to the middle. And if you ask why America is more class-bound in practice than the rest of the Western world, a large part of the reason is that our government falls down on the job of creating equal opportunity. The failure starts early: in America, the holes in the social safety net mean that both low-income mothers and their children are all too likely to suffer from poor nutrition and receive inadequate health care. It continues once children reach school age, where they encounter a system in which the affluent send their kids to good, well-financed public schools or, if they choose, to private schools, while less-advantaged children get a far worse education. 美国人可能比任何其他国家的人都更相信他们生活在一个精英制度之下，人们推选的政府也是据其优势。然而，这个自我形象是一种幻想：作为先进国家，实际上美国的突出特点是出身至关重要，在这个国度里，来自社会底层的人几乎没有机会爬到社会中层，更不用说社会顶层。 如果你要问为什么实际上美国比其他西方国家都要阶级分明，主要原因就是我们的政府在创造公平机会方面的失败。 这种不公平很早以前就开始了：在美国，由于社会安全网存在漏洞，这就意味着低收入的母亲和他们的孩子完全有可能存在营养不良，得不到足够的医疗服务。孩子到了上学年龄这种情况也不会得到改观，他们所遇到的体制是富人可以送自己的孩子到资金充足的好的公立学校上学，如果愿意，还可以从送到私立学校上学，而穷人孩子接受的教育却非常差。
第三次英语作业答案
精读二作业(3) 翻译题： I.Translate the following phrases into English: 1．面临诱惑be faced with the temptation 2. 对学生们过分严厉be hard on the students 3. 认为某事当然Take something for granted 4. 编智力测试题make up the intelligence tests 5. 表扬的温暖阳光The sunlight of praise 6. 靠吃野菜生活live on wild plants 7. 对老师的话不予理睬shrug off the teacher’s words 8. 转达一句赞美的话pass on a compliment II.Translate the following sentences into English: 1.据说，他们为新建一所山村小学开展筹款运动。 It is said that they launched a campaign to raise money for a mountain village primary school. 2. 如果你总是偷东西，肯定不会有好下场的。 If you keep stealing you will surely come to a bad end. 3不要想当然地认为大学毕业生就什么都能做。 Don’t take it for granted that college graduates can do everything in all aspects
新编实用英语综合教程(第二版)课后翻译习题解
Unit 1 5. 1.她一家商店一家商店的看，最后以她能付出的价格买了她所需要的东西。She shopped around till she got what she wanted at a price she could afford. 2.除了向我要东西，他从不跟我说话。 He never speaks to me other than to ask for something. 3.你永远应该以搞好你的工作为目的。 You should always aim at doing your job well. 4.几个星期来她一直呆在家中照顾有病的父亲。 She has been tied to the house for weeks looking after her invalid father. 5.修建这条路是为了缓解交通拥挤。 The route was designed to relieve traffic congestion. 6.社会是由形形色色的人组成的。有些人很好，有些人很坏，也有些人介乎两者之间。 Society is made up of a wide variety of people; some are good, others (are) bad, and still others (are) in between. Unit 2 5 1.这个星期你每天都迟到，对此你如何解释？ How do you account for the fact that you've been late every day this week? 2.政府已经承诺改善落后地区人民的生活条件。 The government has committed itself to improving the life conditions of the people living in the underdeveloped areas. 3.据最新报道，这次火车交通事故造成多名乘客死亡。 According to the latest report, the train accident resulted in the death of several passengers. 4.多呼吸新鲜空气有助于身体健康。 Plenty of fresh air contributes to good health. 5.他试图竞争学校学生会主席，但是没有成功。 He attempted to compete for the position of chairman of the Students' Union,
翻译第三次作业
翻译第三次作业：请大家翻译下文中黑体划线部分。祝大家学习愉快啊！ Most Americans have great vigor and enthusiasm. They prefer to discipline themselves rather than be disciplined by others. They pride themselves on their independence, their right to make up their own minds. They are prepared to take the initiative, even when there is a risk in doing so. They have courage and do not give in easily. They will take any sort of job anywhere rather than be unemployed. They do not care to be looked after by the government. The average American changes his or her job nine or ten times during his or her working life. Americans have a warmth and friendliness which is less superficial than many foreigners think. They are considered sentimental. When on ceremonial occasions they see a flag, or attend parades celebrating American's past, tears may come to their eyes. Reunions with family and friends tend to be emotional, too. They like to dress correctly, even if “correctly”means flamboyantly. They love to boast, though often with tongue in cheek. They can laugh at themselves and their country, and they can be very self-critical, while remaining always intensely patriotic. They have a wide knowledge of everyday things, and a keen interest in their particular city and states. Foreigners sometimes complain, however, that they have little interest in or knowledge of the outside world. The Americans have a passion for grandeur. Their skyscrapers, bridges and dams often have a splendor which matches in beauty and scale the country's natural wonders. Is the sole aim of most Americans to make money and possess luxuries which could be called excessive? The majority of Americans would certainly deny this, though most feel proud to amass wealth and possessions through hard work. In the USA, about 90% of the population is well enough off to expect a brighter future. The USA still has one of the highest standards of living in the world, although, at the present time, 10% are below what the Government considers to be the “poverty line.”While these underprivileged people receive help from the Government, they have no high hopes for their future. It is from this “underclass,”and those who take advantage of it, that most of the violence springs the violence which is one of the least pleasant aspects of American society. Americans are beginning to realize that this terrible problem of poverty is their problem and not just the Government’s. It has been said that the individual American is generous, but that the American nation is hard. The USA is reputed to be a classless society. There is certainly not much social snobbery or job snobbery. The manual worker is usually quite at ease in any company. This is partly explained by the fact that people of all income groups go together to the same schools. Americans are far more race-conscious than they are class-conscious.
英语翻译作业1
一、改译 宰客slaughter customers(cheating customers) 自学self learn(study on one’s self) 彩票colorful tickets(lottery) 救火save a fire(Firefighting) (电脑)死机systerm dead(computer crash) 吃食堂eat the canteen(eat in the canteen) 风凉话cold word(sarcastic remark) 太平门safe door(emergency exit) 三角债triangle debts(chain debts) 扣帽子put a hat on(put a label on) 文化程度cultural degree(education level) 抓紧时间grasp time firmly(hurry up) 来信写道the latter writes(the letter reads) 提高英语水平raise the level of one’s English(Improve one’s English) 胸有成竹have a bamboo in one’s stomach(have a well-thought-out plan) 二、直译 大海捞针Look for a needle in the ocean 猫哭耗子假慈悲Cat cry for mouse 嫁鸡随鸡嫁狗随狗Marry a chicken with chicken married dog follows dog 挥金如土Spend money like water 易如反掌As easy as to turn one's hand 打草惊蛇To beat the grass and frighten away the snake 呆若木鸡Dumb as a wooden chicken 千里之行始于足下Every journey begins with the first step 瑞雪兆丰年A timely heavy snow promises a good harvest . 跑得了和尚跑不了庙Run a monk can not run the temple 三、重点翻译 她经常在邻里之间搬弄是非 She always makes mischief between neighbors. 她毛遂自荐来这所学校当老师 She recommending herself to be a teacher in this school. 正真的好朋友应该是雪中送炭 True friend is who provides you timely help. 我要有个三长两短，你给我娘捎个话 If something happens to me, please give my mother a massage. 留得青山在，不愁没柴烧 As long as the green mountains are there, one need not worry about firewood. 你这人真的是狗嘴里吐不出象牙 他对你的许诺不过是个空头支票而已 His promise to you just a blank check. 我喜欢那套房子，但美中不足的是离上班的地方太远 I like that house,but the fly in the ointment is too far away from the work place.
翻译作业3
The Meaning of the 21st Century At the start of the 21st century, humankind finds itself on a non-sustainable course-the course that, unless it is changed, could lead to grand scale catastrophes. At the same time, we are unlocking formidable new capabilities that lead to more exciting lives and glorious civilizations. This could be either humanity’s last century or the century that sets the world on a course toward a spectacular future. We live on a small, beautiful and totally isolate planet, but its population is becoming too large; enormous new consumer societies are growing, of which China is the largest; and technology becoming powerful enough to wreck the planet. We are travelling at breakneck speed into an age of the extremes --- extremes in wealth and poverty, extremes in technology and the experiments that scientists want to perform, extreme forces the globalism, weapons of mass destruction and terrorists acting in the name of religious. If we are to survive, we have to learn how to manage this situation. Formidable problems confront us, but this is a book about solutions --- many solutions. With these solutions
实用翻译教程作业3
第三次翻译作业14号4班周金柱4/25/2010 Translation 第四章课外第二题P.103 试将下列英语句子译成汉语，特别注意划线部分的措辞。 1.Between two high cliffs runs a swift stream. 急流飞泻于悬崖之间。 2.We shall regard as a personal favor any help you’ll give Mr. Chadwick. 任何你将你给予Mr. Chadwick的帮助我们会把它当做人情。 3.Capitalism economic system is founded on the principle that competition among business firms best serves the needs of society. 资本主义经济制度建立在企业之间的竞争最好地服务于社会的需求的原则上。 4.They spoke in smothered whispers, as though the night were listening.(Edith Wharaton : Ethan Frome ) 他们说话的声音低得不能再低，好像怕黑夜也在偷听。 5.Like every commander , Father expected instant obedience , and he wished to deal with trained troops.(Clarence Day : Life with Father) 像每个指挥官一样，父亲期望的是快速的服从，而且他渴望着指挥受过训练的军队。
英语翻译作业
AC500kV Substation Design In China Transmission and Substation Department,CPECC Abstract:Some brief informations about AC500kV substations in China,historical data of their design and essential design principles are presented in this paper.Some technical and engineering problems of AC500kV substation design and construction are discussed.It is emphasized to introduce the500kV substation scales,main electrical connections,selection of equipment and apparatus,insulation coordination,distribution switchyard,control and protection etc.Here we also discuss the policy of project cost control at present time and a prospective view of China AC substations in future. 1.Introduction The research and design of500kV substations in China were started in1977,and the first substation was put into operation in1981.From that time,because of the rapid development of electricity demand in China,design and construction of500kV substations have a great development.Especially in recent years,due to the increase of capital investment for power system construction from the State Government,500kV power system has developed even faster.Till1998about55substations(500kV)were already put into operation,in which217transformers were installed,and the total capacity reached60410 MVA.At present,there are30substations(total capacity26500MVA)under construction.In addition,it has been planned to construction/extends30substations(33transformers,24750 MVA)in accordance with the power delivery from Three Gorges Power Plant. A complete design system of AC500kV substation in China has been gradually established based on the past design and construction experiences and the use of new technologies.This system includes design procedures,design standards,rules and regulations, design management and so on. The essential design principles are safe and reliable,technically advanced,economical and reasonable,and good quality. 2.Size of Substations China is a developing country with broad territory.The economic development is very different from one region to another.In accordance with this fact,the500kV substation size is different at different time and for different region.
心灵哲学第三次作业行为主义心理语句翻译的困难
心灵哲学作业 2.心理语句翻译为行为语句的困难在哪里？请举例说明。 心灵与行为之间真的具有某种逻辑关联吗？的确从整个社会历史的经验中人们总结出了很多看似一般性的结论，比如最简单的笑代表快乐，但这不代表这些结论是必然成立的。以下列举几种反例： 第一：任何翻译都会面临的困境——不同语言体系间文字意义不对称。比如中英名字的翻译，Jack翻译成杰克。在中文中，“杰”和“克”都有其本身作为汉字的含义，同样Jack这个词在英文中也有独特的意义。所以“Jack”真的等同于“杰克”吗？未必。不同语种的人们，即便学习了彼此间的语言，也还是无法真正理解彼此。中文里的“冰箱”指英文中的“fridge”，这实际上是通过同一个物质而引导的粗糙的语言对应关系。“冰箱”这个中文词从功能和形状上对此物命名，英文“fridge”却不等于“icebox”。如果我只会英语，又如何能体会到“冰箱”这个命名的妙处呢？在这里可以很显然地看到，因为强行翻译的缘故，我们很可能就会将不同语言间真正重要的信息丢失了。因此翻译或许能达到“知道”的程度，但却很难做到真的理解。类比地，我们就可以想象心灵翻译成行为将会有多大的误差了。 第二：即使是同语种也还需要面对个体间的差异性。我们知道不同地域的人们往往会具有不同的心理特征。地域间的差别说明人类不是天生具有某些心理共性的。因此我们也就不得不考虑个体的差异性。这种差异性又主要包括两方面，一方面是个体间认知水平、范围不同。老师上课提的关于美洲豹的问题就是典型例子——如果我没有美洲豹的概念，如何向我传达S有关于美洲豹的信念，如何以S的行为术语，定义下面语句：“S相信北美洲没有原始美洲豹”？而另一个方面是，即使是具有相同认识水平、范围的人们，也存在着个体间定义的不同。我把这种交流的误差叫做词汇的色彩。随着我们的世界观逐渐成熟，对物体的认知也逐渐个人化，同样的词语在不同人之间色彩是几乎不可能相同的。人和人的交流是这样，如果一个人想要用语句表达自己，他首先要找到与自己的感情对应的词汇和符号，另一个人看到时，则要把这些词汇转化成自己的感情、精神，因为各自语言的色彩不同，所以即便抛开个体表达能力与理解能力的发展程度差异不讲，交流也还是会存在误差。
实用综合教程第二版单元课文翻译
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