高级英语翻译部分
翻译：
第一单元
1.每架飞机起飞前必须经过严格的检查。
Each and every plane must be checked out strictly before taking off.
2.居民坚决反对在附近建立垃圾焚烧厂，因为他们担心工厂排放的气体会污染周围的空气。
The residents were firmly opposed to the construction of a waste incineration plant in their neighborhood, because they were concerned about the plant’s emissions polluting the surrounding air.
3.在这个地区，生态工程的投资额高达数十亿元。
In this area, investments in ecological projects mount up to billions of yuan.
4.干枯的河道里布满了大大小小的石块。
The dry riverbed is strewn with rocks of all sizes.
5.虽然战争给这个国家造成巨大的损失，但当地的文化传统并没有消亡。Although war caused great losses to this country, the local culture traditions did not perish.
6.为了建筑现代化的高楼大厦，许多古老的，具有民族特色的建筑物都被拆毁了。In order to build modern high-rises, many ancient buildings with ethnic culture features were demolished.
7.在地震中多数质量差的房子的主体结构都散架了。
In the earthquake, the main structures of most of the poor-quality houses disintegrated.
8.他为实现自己的目标付出了最大的努力，但最后美好的梦想还是化成了泡影。He made greatest efforts to achieve his goal, but still, his wonderful dreams vanished into the air at last.
第二单元
1.礼堂里一个人都没有，会议一定是延期了。
There is not a soul in the hall. The meeting must have been put off.
2.那座现代建筑看上去像个飞碟。
That modern construction looks like a flying saucer.
3.四川话和湖北话在北方人听起来很相似，有时难以区别。
Sichuan dialect sounds much like as Hubei dialect to the northerner. It is sometimes difficult to tell one from the other.
4.一看见纪念碑就想起了在战斗中死去的好友。
The very sight of the monument reminds me of my good friend who was killed in the battle.
5.他陷入沉思之中，没有理会同伴们在谈些什么。
He was so deep in thought that he was oblivious of what his friends were taking about.
6.他干的事与她毫无关系。
What he did had nothing to do with her.
7.她睡不着觉，女儿的病使她心事重重。
She couldn’t fall sleep as her daughter’s illness was very much on her mind.
8.这件事长期以来一直让我放心不下。
I have had the matter on my mind for a long time.
9.他喜欢这些聚会，喜欢与年轻人交往并就各种问题交换意见。
He loves these gatherings at which he rubs shoulders with young people and exchanges opinions on various subjects.
10.几分钟后大家才领悟到他话中的含意。
It was only after a few minutes that his words sank in.
11.土壤散发着青草的气味。
The soil smells of fresh grass.
12.我可以占用你几分钟时间吗？
Could you spare me a few minutes?
13.你能匀出一张票子给我吗？
Could you spare me a ticket?
14.那个上了年纪灰头发的人是铜匠。
That elderly grey-haired man is a coppersmith by trade.
第四单元
1.我没有预料到会卷入这场争端。
I did not anticipate that I would get involved in this dispute.
2.如果你想学到一些东西，那你自己就应该参加到这项工作中去。
You should involved yourself in the work if you want to learn something.
3.虽然种族隔离室违法的，但种族歧视在美国仍然以不同形式存在着
Racial discrimination still exists in various forms in the US though racial segregation violates the law.
4.陪审团议论了一番，最后裁决他有罪。
The jury deliberated and finally brought in a verdict of guilty.
5.他认为这两个观点是可以一致起来的。
He thought the two views could be reconciled.
6.观众对被告充满了同情心。
The spectator’s hearts went out to the defendant.
7.他阅读文章时总把字典放在手边。
When he read articles, he always had a dictionary on hand.
8.还没有进行环境影响评估筑坝工程就开工了。
The construction of the dam got under way before any environment impact assessment had been done.
第十四单元
1.这对农村和城市都一样适用。
This is true of the rural area as well as the urban area.
2.他指望他们给予支持。
He was counting on their support.
3.我不记得他是怎么说的，但我肯定他讲话的大意是那样的。
I do not remember his exact words, but I’m sure he did say something to that effect.
4.客人们对受到的热情接待感到过意不去。
The guests were overwhelmed by the warm reception.
5.他们用出其不意的进攻打垮了敌人。
They overwhelmed the enemy by a surprise attack.
6.他们的困难就是我们的困难，正如我们把他们的胜利看做我们自己的胜利一
样。
Their difficulty is our difficulty just as we regard their victory as our own victory.
7.很明显，德国法西斯企图使那个地区的人民屈服于他们的统治。
It is clear that German fascists were attempting to subjugate the people in that region.
高级英语翻译练习
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法律英语翻译(2)
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法律英语翻译练习与答案-0609
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高级法律英语翻译实践,第二课
第二课法律、民主与道德分歧 最近人们常听说，在美国及其他的地方，在公开演讲和市民生活中，对手之间的相互尊重和待人接物的礼仪风尚正在减弱。有些人从种种雄辩理念中找到一种指标可能，即重要的是在许多道德分歧问题上“赞同不同意见”。许多这些观念对此类问题存在客观真理。实践共识或者两者都存在的可能性，趋于持怀疑态度。其他人则倾向于把实质性的道德争议完全排除于政治领域之外，以免不可避免要表达的道德上的政治分歧的观念危害到社会的稳定性。然而，在两本有价值的关于道德分歧的政治和法律含义的新书中，则体现了另一种不同的趋势。《民主和意见分歧：政治上难免道德冲突之探源及其对策》，政治理论家艾美?古特曼和丹尼斯?托普逊著；《法律推理和政治冲突》，法律学者卡斯桑斯坦著，提出了对公民生活行为道德分歧内涵的反思，和我们的政体如何处理牢固的道德分歧的具体建议。 1.罗尔斯和理性分歧之事实 曾参加过鸡尾酒会或在大学里教授过伦理学或政治学理论的人，很可能熟悉下列驳论的套路。社会主流不赞同，比如堕胎、色情或者同性恋行为的道德准则。道德分歧的现象表明，这些问题不存在客观真理，只有主观观点。在更大范围内，任何人都没有权利将他自己的主观观点强加于那些恰恰不赞同他们的人身上。因此法律禁止、限制甚至反对堕胎、色情或者同性恋行为的做法不正当的侵犯了人们的自由。 然而稍作反思，人们就会发现这种推理套路中有大量的谬误。也许最受争议的便是它从道德分歧之存在中得出不存在客观道德真理的推论，而这一推论违背了社会常规性。打个比方，如果埃里克斯主张奴隶制是道德性的错误，那么贝尔塔不赞同的现象并不意味着埃里克斯的观点是错误的。实际上，埃里克斯也许对奴隶制的道德性错误想法有误，但贝尔塔不赞同的这一仅有的现象是不构成埃里克斯主张错误的充分理由的。毕竟，贝尔塔的主张也有可能是错误的。如果查尔斯还没有形成自己关于奴隶制的观点，但正希望形成一个正确的观点，那么在得出一个判定之前，他将会把埃里克斯关于奴隶制的道德性的论证和贝尔塔的反证放在一起加以考虑。仅仅从埃里克斯和贝尔塔分歧这一现象中，查尔斯是不可能理性地得出该问题不会有客观真理的结论。此外，如果埃里克斯和贝尔塔的争论从奴隶制转向论证堕胎、同性恋行为、色情、娱乐性使用毒品或其他任何当前有争议的道德问题上，这样的结论依然是不合理的。 但是如果埃里克斯和贝尔塔都是“理性之人”，又该如何呢？如果理性之人对某行为是否不道德发生分歧，是否就意味着该问题不存在客观真理而只有主观观点呢？并非如此。他们的分歧仅表明他们其中之一是错误的，或者他们都是错误的。即便是理性之人也会犯错误，有时也会信息不全。埃里克斯或贝尔塔可能完全或部分的忽视了或者未能充分注意到某些相关的现象或价值。你或他（或者我们大家）都可能正在推理中犯逻辑性的错误或其他的错误。这样或那样的偏见也许或妨碍一个关键的推论或其他的洞悉。 当然，相信客观道德真理的人（像我一样）并非认为那些客观真理总是那么明显，道德问题也从不棘手。相反，某些道德问题特别的棘手。有些道德问题是自身棘手，而有些道德问题的棘手是因为人们所处的文化环境中的物质、偏见、私利或其他因素使相关价值趋于模糊，并妨碍了关键洞察力。理性之人遇见此种情况也难以幸免。然而道德问题的棘手并不是暗示着问题没有正确的答案。即使理性的分歧也并不表明客观真理的缺失。 至此，我一直想表明的是，与人们在鸡尾酒会或大学教室的听闻不同，分歧存在并不意味无客观道德真理——即便是“理性的分歧”，即，有关理性之人自己在多数场合下也可能产生分歧的棘手的道德问题之分歧。但是，有一个不太直接但相当精妙的，从理性之人间道德分歧之事实，论证得出涉及法律和公共政策中充满特定道德问题的、开明结论的方法。约翰?罗尔斯最近的著作中借助于他所谓的“理性多元主义”事实，作为其他问题除外而包含
高级英语课后翻译习题及答案
II . 1) little donkeys thread their way among the throngs of people. little donkeys went in and out among the people and from one side to another 2) Then as you penetrate deeper into the bazaar, the noise of the entrance fades away, and you come to the muted cloth-market. Then as you pass through a big crowd to go deeper into the market, the noise of the entrance gradually disappear, and you come to the much quieter cloth-market. 3) they narrow down their choice and begin the really serious business of beating the price down they drop some of items that they don't really want and begin to bargain seriously for a low price. 4) he will price the item high, and yield little in the bargaining He will ask for a high price for the item and refuse to cut down the price by any significant amount. 5) As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear As you get near it, a variety of sounds begin to strike your ear. X．1) 一条蜿蜒的小路淹没在树荫深处 A zig-zag path loses itself in the shadowy distance of the woods. 2) 集市上有许多小摊子，出售的货物应有尽有At the bazaar there are many stalls where goods of every conceivable kind are sold. 3) 我真不知道到底是什么事让他如此生气。I really don't know what it is that has made him so angry. 4) 新出土的铜花瓶造型优美，刻有精细、复杂的传统图案。The newly unearthed bronze vase is pleasing in form and engraved with delicate and intricate traditional designs. 5) 在山的那边是一望无际的大草原。Beyond the mountains there is a vast grassland that extends as far as the eye can see. 6) 他们决定买那座带有汽车房的房子。They decided to buy that house with. a garage attached. 7 )教师们坚持对学生严格要求。The teachers make a point of being strict with the students.
法律英语翻译
Legal English (revised version for the students) Ch.1 The Main Features of Legal English 一、法律英语的英译： David Mellinkoff（加州大学洛杉矶分校法学院教授）：《The Language of the Law》1963 1.legal English---Lawful English Legal parlance（说法、用语）/legal lingo（行话、隐语）/legal jargon（行话、黑话）/legalese( 法律八股文)/language of jurisprudence(法理语言) 2. the English Language of the Law or shortened as “the language of the law” 3. 法律英语与法学英语 二、法律英语的范围： 是否凡是涉及法律的英语（词汇、表达方法、句子结构……）都是法律英语？ 英美法学界所公认的法律英语主要是指普通法国家（common-law countries）的法律人所用的习惯语言（customary language），包括某些词汇、短语，或具有特色的一些表达方法(mode of expressions)。 三、法律英语的主要特点： I. precise or exact (准确) 正常情况下，起草法律文件时，用词造句务必十分精准（with great exactness），因为一旦笔者的思想、观点、企图落实成文字，即成为法庭判断是非的重要依据，因为按严格解释原则(principle of strict construction)或唯名论原则(principle of nominalism)，尽管实践中还存在推测意图原则(principle of presumed intent)，但其不占主导地位，书面文字仍然是法官解释法律文件的唯一依据。 实务中鉴于对法律文件中文字的理解不一，也是常有纠纷出现： e.g. The Charter required that directors “shall be elected on a vote of the stockholders representing not less than two-thirds of outstanding capital st ock of the corporation.” 甲方理解成：被选上董事的人需三分之二的股东投票赞成(a candidate to be elected needs the votes of two-thirds of the stockholders ) 乙方则认为：选董事时须有三分之二的股东出席(two-thirds of the stockholders must be present at the meeting at which the election is held) What’s the judge’s opinion? e.g. 一个阿肯色州的美国人临终前写了一个遗嘱，遗嘱写道： The remainder of the testator’s property should be “divided equally between all of our nephews and nieces on my wife’s side and my niece.” 问题出在对“between”一词的理解上。立遗嘱人妻子一边的外甥和外甥女加在一起共有22个。这句话是指立遗嘱人的遗产的一半归其妻子方的22个外甥和外甥女，另一半归其本人一方的外甥女？还是指将遗产在双方的外甥外甥女中平均分配呢？ 为达准确之目的，常使用下列招法： 1. 使用专门术语（下文有述） 2. 重复使用具有绝对含义的词汇，如all , none, perpetuity, never, unavoidable; 3. 使用具有绝对限制含义的短语：
高级英语翻译
七On a Winter day some years ago, coming out of Pittsburgh on one of the expresses of the Pennsylvania Railroad, I rolled eastward for an hour through the coal and steel towns of Westmoreland county. It was familiar ground; boy and man, I had been through it often before. But somehow I had never quite sensed its appalling desolation. Here was the very heart of industrial America, the center of its most lucrative and characteristic activity, the boast and pride of the richest and grandest nation ever seen on earth--and here was a scene so dreadfully hideous , so intolerably bleak and forlorn that it reduced the whole aspiration of man to a macabre and depressing joke . Here was wealth beyond computation, almost beyond imagination--and here were human habitations so abominable that they would have disgraced a race of alley cats. 数年前的一个冬日，我乘宾夕法尼亚铁路公司的一班快车离开匹兹堡，向东行驶了一个小时，穿越了威斯特莫兰县的煤都和钢都。这是我岁熟悉的地方，不论是童年时期还是成年时期，我常常经过这一地带。但是从前我从来没有意识到这地方荒凉得这么可怕。这正是工业化美国的心脏，是其最赚钱、最典型活动的中心，是世界上最富裕、最伟大的国家的自豪和骄傲—然而这儿的景象却又丑陋的这样可怕，悲惨凄凉得这么令人无法忍受，以至于人的抱负和壮志在这里成了令人毛骨悚然的、令人沮丧的笑料。这儿的财富多的无法计算，简直无法想象——也就是在这儿，人们的居住条件却如此糟糕，连那些流浪街头的野猫也为之羞愧。 五4 Cool was I and logical. Keen, calculating, perspicacious, acute and astute—I was all of these. My brain was as powerful as a dynamo, precise as a chemist’s scales, as penetrating as a scalpel. And—think of it!—I only eighteen. 我这个人头脑冷静，逻辑思维强。敏锐、精明、聪慧、机智—这些就是我的特点。我的头脑就像发电机一样发达，像化学家的天平一样精准，像手术刀一样锋利。——而且，想想，我才18岁呀。 5 It is not often that one so young has such a giant intellect. Take, for example, Petey Bellows, my roommate at the university. Same age, same background, but dumb as an ox. A nice enough fellow, you understand, but nothing upstairs. Emotional type. Unstable. Impressionable. Worst of all, a faddist. Fads, I submit, are the very negation of reason. To be swept up in every new craze that comes along, to surrender oneself to idiocy just because everybody else is doing it—this, to me, is the acme of mindlessness. Not, however, to Petey. 年纪这么小而智力又如此非凡的人并不多见。就拿在明尼苏达大学跟我住在一个房间的皮蒂。伯奇来说吧，他跟我年龄相仿，背景相同，可他笨的像头牛。小伙子长的年轻漂亮，可惜脑子里却空空如也。他易于激动，情绪反复无常，容易受到别人的影响。最糟的是，他爱赶时髦。我认为，赶时髦就是最缺乏理智的表现。见到一种新鲜的东西就跟着学，以为别人都在这么干，自己也就卷进去傻干—这在我看来，简直愚蠢至极，但皮蒂却不以为然。 23 I had long coveted Polly Espy. Let me emphasize that my desire for this young woman was not emotional in nature. She was, to be sure, a girl who excited the emotions, but I was not one to let my heart rule my head. I wanted Polly for a shrewdly calculated, entirely cerebral reason. 我早就钟情于波利*艾斯比了。我要特别说明的是，我想得到这妙龄少女并不是由于感情的驱使。他确实是个易于使人动情的姑娘。可我不是那种让感情统治理智的人，我想得到波利是经过慎重考虑的，完全是出于理智上的原因。 24 I was a freshman in law school. In a few years I would be out in practice. I was well aware of the importance of the right kind of wife in furthering a lawyer’s career. The successful lawyers I had observed were, almost without exception, married to beautiful, gracious, intelligent women. With one omission, Polly fitted these specifications perfectly. 我是法学院一年级的学生，过不了几年就要挂牌当律师了。我很清楚，一个合适的妻子对一个律师的前途来说是多么重要。我发现大凡有成就的律师几乎都是和美丽、文雅、聪明的女子结婚的。波利只差一条就完全符合这些条件了。 25 Beautiful she was. She was not yet of pin-up proportions, but I felt that time would supply the lack. She already had the makings. 她漂亮。尽管她的身材还没有挂在墙上的美女照片那么苗条，但我相信时间会弥补这个不足。她大致不差了。 26 Gracious she was. By gracious I mean full of graces. She had an erectness of carriage, an ease of bearing, a poise that clearly indicated the best of breeding. At table her manners were exquisite.