翻译作业一

Session 6 Conversion 转性译法

请按要求翻译下列各句：

1. Let us take a serious, reasonable look at what the results might be if such a proposal were accepted. (into adv.)

2. John was eloquent and elegant ---but soft. (into noun)

3. Ice is not as dense as water and it therefore floats. (into noun)

4. The communication system is chiefly characterized by its ease with which it can be maintained.

5. This new electronic computer is most widely used and plays an important part in scientific research. (into noun)

6. His statement yesterday was inconsistent with the facts. (into verb)

7. We are enemies of all wars, but above all of dynastic wars. (into verb)

8. Our age is witnessing a profound political change. (into noun)

9. Independent observers have commented favorably on the achievements you have made in this direction. (into n.)

10. Securities laws require companies to treat all shareholders reasonably equally. (into adj.)

How to Grow Old

The best way to overcome the fear of death ----so at least it seems to me --- is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life. An individual human existence should be like a river--- small at first, narrowly contained within its banks and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being. The man who, in old age, can see his life in this way, will not suffer from the fear of death, since the things he cares for will continue.