2013年12月---2016年6月大学英语四级段落翻译真题及参考答案

2013年12月大学英语四级考试翻译题参考译文

【翻译原文】“你要茶还是咖啡?”是用餐人常被问到的问题。许多西方人会选咖啡,而中国人则会选茶。相传,中国的一位帝王于五千年前发现了茶,并用来治病,在明清(The Qing Dynasties)期间,茶馆遍布全国,饮茶在六世纪传到日本,但直到18世纪才传到欧美。如今,茶是世界上最流行的饮料(beverage)之一,茶是中国的瑰宝,也是中国传统和文化的重要组成部分。

【参考译文】As for the dinning people,”Tea or Coffee?”is a question frequently asked.Coffee is usually the Westerns’first choice,while tea is the preferment of Chinese.Tradition has it that tea is found by one Chinese Emperor,who lived in5000years ago.At that time,tea is used to heal sickness.During Ming-Qing dynasties, teahouses are across the country.Tea drinking spread into Japanese as early as in the6th century,yet it did not spread into Europe and America until the18th century. Nowadays,tea is one of the most popular beverages all over the world.Tea is the treasure of China and the important component of Chinese tradition and culture.

2013年12月大学英语四级考试

翻译题参考译文及点评之二

【原文】

信息技术(Information Technology),正在飞速的发展,中国公民也越来越重视信息技术,有些学校甚至将信息技术作为必修课程,对这一现象大家持不同观点。一部分人认为这是没有必要的,学生就应该学习传统的课程。另一部分人认为这是应该的,中国就应该与时俱进。不管怎样,信息技术引起广大人民的重视是一件好事。

【参考译文】

Nowadays,Information Technology is developing rapidly, and Chinese Citizens are putting more emphasis on it.Some schools and universities even make Information Technology one of the compulsory courses.People hold different views on this phenomenon.Some people deem that it is unnecessary to make Information Technology a required course in schools.Students should learn traditional curriculum.While other people think that it should be so, and they hold the attitude that China should keep pace with the times.Anyway,it is a good thing that Information Technology has drawn people’s attention.

2014年6月大学英语四级翻译

PartⅣTranslation(30minutes)

Directions:For this part,you are allowed30minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into

English.You should write your answer on Answer Sheet2.

翻译题目一:为了促进教育公平,中国已投入360亿元,用于改善农村地区教育设施和加强中西部地区农村义务教育(compulsory education)。这些资金用于改善教学设施、购买书籍,使16万多所中小学受益。资金还用于购置音乐和绘画器材。现在农村和山区的儿童可以与沿海城市的儿童一样上音乐和绘画课。一些为接受更好教育而转往城市上学的学生如今又回到了本地农村学校就读。

【翻译译文】:In order to promote equality in education, China has invested36billion Yuan to improve educational facilities in rural areas and strengthen rural compulsory education in the central and western areas.These funds are used to improve the teaching facilities,and purchase books,benefiting more than160,000primary and secondary schools.Funds are also used to purchase musical instrument and painting equipment.Now children in rural and mountainous areas can have music and painting lessons as children from coastal cities do.Some students who have transferred to schools in the city to receive a better education are now moving back to their local rural schools.翻译题目二:中国应进一步发展核能,因为核电目前只占其总发电量的2%,该比例在所有核国家中居第30位,几乎是最低的。2011年3月日本核电站事故后,中国的核能开发停了下来,中止审批新的核电站,并开展全国性的核安全检查。到2012年10月,审批才能又谨慎