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2008年英语专业八级考试真题及参考答案（中译英部分）

PART V  TRANSLATION (60 MIN)

SECTION A   CHINESE TO ENGLISH

Translate the underlined part of the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.

都市寸土千金，地价炒得越来越高。今后将更高。拥有一个小小花园的希望，对寻常之辈不啻是一种奢望，一种梦想。

我想，其实谁都有一个小小花园，这便是我们的内心世界。人的智力需要开发，人的内心世界也是需要开发的。人和动物的区别，除了众所周知的诸多方面，恐怕还在于人有内心世界。心不过是人的一个重要脏器，而内心世界是一种景观，它是由外部世界不断地作用于内心渐渐形成的。每个人都无比关注自己及至亲至爱之人心脏的健损，以至于稍有微疾便惶惶不可终日。但并非每个人都关注自己及至亲至爱之人的内心世界的阴晴。



参考译文（附评语）

Spiritual Garden

I think everyone, in effect, has a small garden or a flower bed of his own, namely, our inner world. There is a need for human beings to tap into their own intelligence, as is the case with their inner world. What distinguishes between human beings and animals, apart from the various aspects which are universally known, may probably be in that human beings have an inner world. Heart is no more than an important organ whereas the inner world constitutes a landscape, which gradually takes its shape under the continuous influence from the outside world. So great is the importance that everyone attaches to the physical condition of his own heart or those of his closest and dearest ones, that merely a minor disease would enduringly weign on his mind.



译文大部分用词比较准确、恰当，句子结构也较严谨，整个篇章的前后照应、承接处理的较为到位，符合英文的行文表达习惯。从一些译得较出色的句子来看，译者具有相当程度的英语语言素养。下面的句子译得令人拍手称好，"每个人都无比关注自己及至亲至爱之人心脏的健损，以至于稍有微疾便惶惶不可终日。"，So great is the importance that everyone attaches to the physical condition of his own heart or those of his closest and dearest ones, that merely a minor disease would enduringly weign on his mind. 这个句子用了倒装结构，但整个句子较上一句要复杂，处理难度要大一些，可译者还是把整个句子处理得叫贴切。在选词用字方面，如"惶惶不可终日enduringly weign on his mind"，也非常适当。

但是译文也存在一些瑕疵。如"人的智力需要开发，人的内心世界也是需要开发的。"译为"There is a need for human beings to tap into their own intelligence, as is the case with their inner world."译文把句子的重心放在原文的前半部，其实重心应该在后半部。此句似应译为，"Just as there is a need for human beings to tap into their own intelligence, so is the case with their inner world."(上海大学 张强副教授)

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