北京外國語大學2008年碩士研究生英漢同聲傳譯專業試卷(復語班)

考研專業課真題來源：北京外國語大學 2019-07-22　相關院校：北京外國語大學

一、將下列段落譯為漢語(25分)

Nevertheless, instead of expanding north, the Japanese moved south. By 1937, the conflict had spread to all of eastern China and the war had begun in earnest. Anti-Japanese feeling was exacerbated by the attack by the Japanese on Chinese soldiers and civilians at the Marco Polo Bridge, next to which was a vital railway line, in July 1937. Because of its strategic importance (it was only ten miles west of Beijing), Japanese troops in northern China had been conducting manoeuvres in the area. However, on 7 July 1937, after a Japanese night manoeuvre during which the Chinese had fired some shells, a Japanese soldier went missing. In retaliation, the Japanese attacked and war commenced. This may rightly be designated the first battle of the Second World War.

By the end of July, Japanese soldiers had not only seized the bridge but taken control of the entire Tientsin–Peking region. The speed with which Japanese troops conquered parts of China was astounding. By 1938, Canton had ‘fallen’ and, despite notable military victories, including one in the town of Taierzhuang in southern Shantung, where 30,000 Japanese soldiers were killed by Nationalist Chinese troops, the Chinese were at a distinct disadvantage. The Japanese military was vastly superior. As late as 1940, China had only 150 military aircraft compared with the Japanese total of over 1,000. By the end of 1939, the whole of the north-eastern quarter of China was under Japanese occupation. Still, the Chinese did not surrender, forcing Japan to move still further inland, lengthening supply routes and stretching manpower to absolute limits. What followed was a war of attrition. (268 words)

二、將下列短文譯為漢語(50分)

Thailand: An Exceptional Case?

A few years ago a graduate student named Kanchana came to my office to see if I would be willing to supervise a paper she wanted to write on legal protections for cultural artifacts taken from Thailand, her native country. After an interesting discussion about possible approaches to her paper, I asked Kanchana a question that, in retrospect, would probably be grounds for a lawsuit under today’s standards of political correctness—I asked whether she was an ethnic Chinese.

Kanchana’s reply: “But the Thai are Chinese.” She then instantly retreated: “Well—part Chinese. I have Chinese blood. Everyone in Thailand does. Well … almost everyone does.”

Thailand is a fascinating case. On the one hand, it shares with the other Southeast Asian countries the phenomenon of a wildly disproportionately wealthy, market-dominant Chinese minority. The Chinese in Thailand today, although just i o percent of the population, control virtually all of the country’s largest banks and conglomerates. All of Thailand’s billionaires are ethnic Chinese. On the other hand, as Kanchana’s comments suggest, unlike elsewhere in Southeast Asia, the Chinese have assimilated quite successfully into Thailand, and there is relatively little anti-Chinese animus. In Thailand today, many Thai Chinese speak only Thai and consider themselves as Thai as their indigenous counterparts. Intermarriage rates between the Chinese and the indigenous majority (many of whom, at least in Bangkok, have some Chinese ancestry already) are much higher than elsewhere in Southeast Asia. Perhaps most strikingly, the country’s top political leaders, including a recent prime minister, are often of Chinese descent, although they usually have Thai- sounding surnames and speak little or no Chinese.

Although interethnic socializing and intermarriage may seem perfectly normal to Westerners, it bears emphasizing how markedly Thailand differs in this regard from her Southeast Asian neighbors. In Indonesia and Malaysia, for example, rates of intermarriage between the Chinese and the indigenous majority are close to zero. The Chinese in these countries remain a conspicuously insular minority, living, working, and socializing entirely separately from the indigenous majorities.

Many have speculated about the reasons for the starkly different rates of intermarriage and assimilation. According to one professor of law from Singapore, the main reason is the “pork factor.” “Indonesians and Malaysians are mostly Muslims,” he explains, “and they don’t eat pork. The Chinese love pork; they eat it all the time. And for Chinese, eating is a huge part of their lives. Thus, social interactions are impossible.” This professor was being facetious, but he is clearly right that religion has played an important role: Thailand is not Muslim but largely Buddhist, a cultural affinity that has made assimilation much easier for the Thai Chinese, many of whom adhere to a syncretic combination of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism.(455字)

三、將下列段落譯為英語(25分)

胡錦濤在主持學習時發表了講話。他指出，金融是現代經濟的核心。隨著經濟全球化深入發展，隨著我國經濟持續快速發展和工業化、城鎮化、市場化、國際化進程加快，金融日益廣泛地影響著我國經濟社會生活的各個方面，金融也與人民群眾切身利益息息相關。在金融對經濟社會發展的作用越來越重要、國內外金融市場聯系和相互影響越來越密切的形勢下，做好金融工作，保障金融安全，是推動經濟社會又好又快發展的基本條件，是維護經濟安全、促進社會和諧的重要保障，越來越成為關系全局的重大問題。 (227字)

四、將下列短文譯為英語(50分)

在近日新華社的另一篇報道中，記者在黃河流域一些省區采訪時就發現一個奇怪的現象：污染企業“扎堆”的地方，環保部門衣食無憂;而在污染企業被大量關停的地方，環保人員卻連工資都發不出來，以至于“治污越好環保部門越窮”。究其原因在于，這些地方的環保部門，或是財政預算“黑戶”，或是財政撥款嚴重不足，主要靠“自收自支”維持生存。那么，為何會出現“財政不養環保”呢?報道引用有關專業人士的說法認為：“關鍵是在一些領導眼中，環保和發展是對立的，花錢搞環保不如投資上項目，有的領導甚至提出‘寧可嗆死，不能餓死’的觀點。”

因而，某些環保部門為污染企業說話，某些環保局長更像是污染企業的代言人，這絕不能簡單看成是“個別部門職能錯位”的結果，更不能以“個別執法人員素質低下”為由搪塞了事，相反，應當引起我們的高度警惕和深刻反思———其背后所揭示出的是一些地方環保執法的尷尬困局。

無疑，只有正視這樣的執法困局，只有努力想辦法化解這樣的執法困局，我們的環保工作才有可能獲得良好的執法環境，我們才有可能真正走出“先污染、后治理”或者“邊治理、邊污染”的怪圈。(461字)