专业英语八级模拟翻译练习题
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷50(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷50(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 5. TRANSLATIONPART V TRANSLATION (60 MIN)SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHDirections: Translate the following text into English.1．为什么要保护物种和语种?首先在于权利。
每一物种都有在地球上生存的权利，每一个小民族都有使用祖先传递给他们的语言的权利，那几乎是他们最重要的特征。
其次，这种保护对其他物种，对其他人，对全人类都有好处。
文化储藏和积淀在语言中。
人类文化的多样性储藏在其多样的语种中。
一个强健的生态系必然是多样的，反过来这种多样性又可以帮助它适应和安渡环境的变迁。
正如同一个愚钝的村妇宁愿牺牲一点便利，也会拒绝将她的全部鸡蛋放在一个篮子里。
正确答案：Every species is entitled to earthly existence, so is every minority to their own language, an earmark above all passed from their ancestors. Secondly, such protection of species and languages is favorable to all species including human beings. Cultures are embodied and accumulated in languages, while cultural diversities are stored in linguistic diversities. A sound ecosystem is predicated on diversity, which, on the other hand, facilitates its adaption to the changing environment. It is in very much the same way as a maladroit countrywoman, though a little inconvenient for her, would refuse to put all her eggs in one single basket.解析：1．画线部分第一句包括两层语义，翻译时应当注意英语句式的衔接，第一层语义在第一个逗号前，“有……的权利”可译为is entitled to．．．，翻译第二层语义时可以省略entitled，使用sois…句式，从而避免重复。
英语专业八级翻译练习题英译汉
英语专业八级翻译练习题（一）The Rewards of Living a Solitary LifeThe other day an acquaintance of mine, a gregarious and charming man, told me he had found himself unexpectedly alone in New York for an hour or two between appointments. He went to the Whitney and spent the "empty" time looking at things in solitary bliss. For him it proved to be a shock nearly as great as falling in love to discover that he could enjoy himself so much alone.参考译文：独自生活的报偿前些日子，我的一个熟人，一位热爱交际并很受欢迎的男士告诉我，他在纽约的两个约会之间偶然有一两个小时的空闲，他便去了惠特尼博物馆，四处浏览着展品，无比幸福的度过了那些时光。
发现自已独自一人，也能如此的幸福，他感觉像坠入爱河那般震惊。
英语专业八级翻译练习题（二）What had he been afraid of, I asked myself? That, suddenly alone, he would discover that he bored himself, or that there was, quite simply, no self there to meet? But having taken the plunge, he is now on the brink of adventure; he is about to be launched into his own inner space to the astronaut. His every perception will come to him with a new freshness and, for a time, seem startlingly original.参考译文：“他一直在害怕什么呢？”，我问自已。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷70(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷70(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 5. TRANSLATIONPART V TRANSLATION (60 MIN)SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHDirections: Translate the following text into English.1．小巷的动人处就是它无比的悠闲。
无论谁，只要你到巷里去踟躇一会，你的心情就会如巷尾不波的古井，那是一种和平的静穆，而不是阴森和肃杀。
它闹中取静，别有天地，仍是人间。
它可能是一条现代的乌衣巷，家家有自己的一本哀乐账一部兴衰史，可是重门叠户，讳莫如深。
夕阳影里，野花闲草，燕子低飞，寻觅归家。
只是一片澄明如水的气氛，净化一切，笼罩一切，使人忘忧。
巷，是人海汹汹中的一道避风塘，给人带来安全感；是城市喧嚣扰攘中的一带洞天幽静，胜似皇家的阁道，便于平常百姓徘徊徜徉。
爱逐臭争利，锱铢必较的，请到长街闹市去；爱轻嘴薄舌的，争是论非的，请到茶馆酒楼去；爱锣鼓钲镗，管弦嗷嘈的，请到歌台剧院去；爱宁静淡泊，沉思默想的，深深的小巷在欢迎你。
正确答案：When the sun is setting, swallows will fly low back to their nests over wild flowers and grass. This kind of placid atmosphere, purging and permeating everything, makes us forget all worries.The lane seems to be a haven in the swelling sea of human beings, giving us a sense of security. It is a quiet place in the noisy cities, offering a pleasant serenity. Unlike the road for royal family’s vehicles, it is for common people to loiter about for leisure.Those who chase wealth and fame, and haggle over every penny, please go to the downtown. Those who are sharp-tongued and always argue over the rights and wrongs, please go to the teahouse and restaurant. Those who like sound of gongs and drums as well as the din of wind and string instruments, please go to the opera house and theater. Those who are tired of chasing wealth and fame but prefer serenity and meditation, welcome to the lane!解析：1．画线部分第一段第一句翻译时需注意汉语与英语的区别，汉语习惯使用四字结构，重意合，英语重形合，所以翻译时，须找出句子的主干结构，这里“燕子低飞……归家”是句子的主干，所以译为主句，其他枝干成分依附于此即可，故可译为：When the sun is setting，swallows will fly low back to their nests over wild flowers and grass。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷30(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷30(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 5. TRANSLATIONPART V TRANSLATION (60 MIN)SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHDirections: Translate the following text into English.1．徐霞客一生周游考察了十六个省，足迹几乎遍及全国。
他在考察的过程中，从来不盲目迷信书本上的结论。
他发现前人研究的地理的记载有许多不很可靠的地方。
为了进行真实细致的考察，他很少乘车坐船，几乎全靠双脚翻山越岭，长途跋涉；为了弄清大自然的真相，他总是挑选道路艰险的山区，人迹稀少的森林进行考察，发现了许多奇山秀景；他常常选择不同的时间和季节，多次重游各地名山，反复观察变换的奇景。
正确答案：He never blindly accepted the conclusions given in books in his exploration. And he found many inaccuracies in the travel notes on geography written by his predecessors. He seldom traveled by horse cart or boat but tramped over hill and dale, and trudged long distances most of the time with the aim of conducting a real and careful exploration. To find out the true features of the great world of nature, he would walk into mountainous areas with the most treacherous trails and into jungles seldom visited by human beings. The reward for such work was the discovery of many fantastically beautiful scenes. He would revisit famous mountains at different time and in different seasons to observe the changing magnificent views time and again.解析：1、本段是对历史人物徐霞客的介绍，因此整体时态采用过去时。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷236(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷236(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 4. TRANSLATIONPART IV TRANSLATION1．我们对足球有着更深的理解。
正确答案：We possess a deeper understanding of football.解析：understanding在英语中是可数名词。
知识模块：翻译2．他的情形跟我不同。
正确答案：His case is quite different from mine.解析：本句实际上是“他的情形和我(的情形)不同”的省略说法，be different from前后连接的事物应为同一性质，故不能直接按汉语的表达逐字翻译。
知识模块：翻译3．那地方像海南岛的冬天那么温暖。
正确答案：The place is as warm as Hainan Island in winter.解析：在“be as…as…”的比较句式中，相比的应是同类事物。
不能用place 跟winter比较。
知识模块：翻译4．她父亲决不赞成她嫁给这样一个穷人。
正确答案：Her father will never approve of her marrying such a poor man.解析：approve一词在此处是不及物动词，常与of连用。
知识模块：翻译5．我的工作是负责旅客安全。
正确答案：My job is to help ensure the passenger’s safety.解析：原译按照中文直译，但in charge of的行为主体应该是“人”，不能是“工作”。
此外，in charge ofone’s safety的说法也不妥。
知识模块：翻译6．中国的风景很美。
正确答案：The scenery of China is very fine.解析：scenery是集合名词，不可用复数。
知识模块：翻译7．他们没有房子住。
正确答案：They have no houses to live in.解析：live表示居住时是不及物动词，常与介词in连用，不可省略。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷136(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷136(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 4. TRANSLATIONPART IV TRANSLATION1．我自己就是浪费了很多时间的一个人。
我不打麻将，我不经常的听戏看电影，几年中难得一次，我不长时间看电视，通常只看半个小时，我也不串门子闲聊天。
有人问我：“那么你大部分时间都做了些什么呢?”我痛自反省，我发现，除了职务上的必须及人情上所不能免的活动之外，我的时间大部分都浪费了。
我应该集中精力，读我所未读过的书，我应该利用所有时间，写我所要写的东西，但是我没能这样做。
我的好多的时间都糊里糊涂的混过去了，“少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
”例如我翻泽莎士比亚，本来计划于课余之暇每年翻译两部，二十年即可完成，但是我用了三十年，主要的原因是懒。
翻译之所以完成，主要的是因为活得相当长久，十分惊险。
翻译完成之后，虽然仍有工作计划，但体力渐衰，有力不从心之感。
假使年轻的时候鞭策自己，如今当有较好或较多的表现。
然而悔之晚矣。
正确答案：I muddled away lots of my time, but just as the old saying goes “Laziness in youth spells regret in old age.”For example, when I translated Shakespeare’s works, I had planned to translate two works in my spare time each year, and the whole work would be accomplished in twenty years. But it took me 30 years, mainly because of my laziness. The main reason why I could finish my translation was that I lived long enough, and that was a close call. When the translation is done, I still have other working plans, but I feel it hard to complete them because of my approaching senility. If I had spurred on myself at a young age, I would have better and more accomplishment at present.解析：1．画线部分第一句中的“少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷220(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷220(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 4. TRANSLATIONPART IV TRANSLATION1．车从这里的地铁爬上天桥，颤颤巍巍地从又乱又脏的街区开过去，往下一望，有时会突然看到一栋破极了的大楼的窗子里，有一些脸色神秘的东方人，穿着日式的大黑衣服，在练拳。
再往下一望，看到一个穿脏花裙子的黑老女人，摇摆着生了痛风病的胖腿，拿着一个大塑料袋，气息奄奄地走过去。
要是心情恍惚的话，会以为自己走到好莱坞的影城里去了，这里正好是在拍犯罪片。
正确答案：From here, the train is to climb up onto the overpass and wobble its way through this dirty and messy block. Looking downward, in the window of a certain extremely dilapidated building, passengers may see by chance some mysterious-looking Orientals dressed in Japanese-style dark suits practicing karate. Looking further downward, they may spot an old black woman, wearing a dirty flowery skirt, with a big plastic bag in her hands, struggling to catch her breath as she totters along on fat legs swollen with gout. Should a passenger happen to be in a dreamy and imaginative mood, he might think he has blundered into Hollywood where a crime movie is just being photographed.解析：1．本段为描述性文字，故采用一般现在时为总体时态。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷14(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷14(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 5. TRANSLATIONPART V TRANSLATION (60 MIN)SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHDirections: Translate the following text into English.1．清晨的街道俨然成为自行车的“洪流”，上班去的人们都穿上了五颜六色的夏服。
8月盛夏，最高气温可达到三十七八度，不少姑娘穿起露肩、低胸、无袖的上衣，有的小伙子把背心捋上肚皮。
在还用不起空调的普通人家，人们特别关注电视台的天气预报和日历，不时地埋怨着：“这天真太热啦!”在惊呼、叹息中，盛夏似乎走得太慢了。
正确答案：The early-morning streets become rivers of cyclists clad in bright summer garments pedaling off to work. In the heat of August, when the temperature can climb as high as 38℃, many a girl put on low-cut sleeveless dresses and some young men roll up their T-shirts to expose their chests. With air-conditioning still being too luxurious in average families, everyone suddenly develops a passionate interest in TV weather forecasts and the calendar, while the hot summer days seem to crawl especially slowly away amidst a chorus of sleepy complaints, exclamations and sighs about the scorching heat.解析：1、本段为写实性描写，故采用一般现在时为总体时态。
大学专业英语八级翻译类模拟试卷(带答案)
大学专业英语八级翻译类模拟试卷TRANSLATION1、如果“义”代表一种伦理的人生态度，“利”代表一种功利的人生态度，那么，我所说的“情”便代表一种审美的人生态度。
它主张率性而行，适情而止，每个人都保持自己的真性情。
你不是你所信奉的教义，也不是你所占有的物品，你之为你仅在于你的真实“自我”。
生命的意义不在于奉献或占有，而在创造，创造就是人的真性情的积极展开，是人在实现其本质力量时所获得的情感上的满足。
2、当今世界正处在深刻变革与调整之中。
多极化和全球化继续深入发展，国与国之间互相联系日益紧密，利益交融，休戚与共。
求和平、谋发展、促合作仍是这个时代不可阻挡的潮流。
然而，我们也应看到，世界仍然不安宁，局部冲突和热点问题此起彼伏；全球经济失衡加剧，南北差距持续扩大；气候变化、能源和资源等问题十分突出。
应对挑战，维护和平，促进发展已成为国际社会面临的紧迫而艰巨的任务。
3、有时候，我想，一个秘密对自己亲人隐瞒长达十几年乃至一辈子，这是不公平的。
但如果不这样，你的国家就有可能不存在，起码有不存在的危险，不公平似乎也只有让他不公平了。
多少年来，我就是这样想的，或许也只有这样想，我才能理解珍弟，否则珍弟就是一个梦，白日梦，睁眼梦，梦里的梦，恐怕连擅长释梦的他自己都难以理解这个奇特又漫长的梦了……4、为了看日出，我常常早起。
那时天还没有大亮，周围非常清静，船上只有机器的响声。
天空还是一片浅蓝，颜色很浅。
转眼间天边出现了一道红霞，慢慢地在扩大它的范围，加强它的亮光。
我知道太阳要从天边升起来了，便目不转眼地望着那里。
果然过了一会儿，在那个地方出现了太阳的小半边脸，红是真红，却没有亮光。
这个太阳好像负着重荷似地一步一步、慢慢地努力上升，到了最后，终于冲破了云霞，完全跳出了海面，颜色红得非常可爱。
5、中国民俗文化村是国内第一个荟萃各民族的民间、民俗风情和民居建筑于一园的大型文化游览区。
它坐落在风光秀丽的深圳湾畔，占地18万平方米。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷244(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷244(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 4. TRANSLATIONPART IV TRANSLATION1．(我们宿舍里没有穿衣镜，饭厅门口倒是有一面。
每当我穿上一件漂亮的新连衣裙，我就禁不住暗暗地想往镜子里瞧瞧自己。
)但总是在要去瞧的时候就感到特别不自在而踉跄离去——总是在关键时刻打了退堂鼓。
正确答案：They find that flowing water passing away never returns, be they babbling streams or grand rivers. With the elapse of time, a youth turns into a greybeard as the green grass withers and yellows in a flash, naturally urging people not to waste time.解析：英语多用抽象名词，汉语则不然，汉译翻译有时思维需要从具体到抽象，而译文中恰当使用抽象名词使译文增色不少。
“但总是在要去瞧的时候”若译成whenever I was on the point of going there having a look at myself虽然也能达意，但比之现译文的抽象化处理each time when it comes to the fulfillment，显得逊色不少。
此外，“感到特别不自在”译文也作了抽象化处理，用抽象名词uneasiness代替了一般译者会用的uneasy(一般可能会译为I would feel uneasy)。
知识模块：翻译2．流逝，表现了南国人对时间最早的感觉。
“子在江上曰：逝者如斯夫。
”他们发现无论是潺潺小溪，还是浩荡大河，都一去不复返，流逝之际青年变成了老翁而绿草转眼就枯黄，很自然有错阴的紧迫感。
流逝也许是缓慢的，但无论如何缓慢，对流逝的恐惧使人们必须用“流逝”这个词来时时警戒后人，必须急匆匆地行动，给这个词灌注一种紧张感。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷160(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷160(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 4. TRANSLATIONPART IV TRANSLATION1．我喜爱湖。
湖是大地的眼睛，湖是一种流动的深情，湖是生活中没有被剥夺的一点奇妙。
早在幼年时候，一见到北海公园的太液池，我就眼睛一亮。
在贫穷和危险的旧社会，太液池是一个意外的惊喜，是一种奇异的温柔，是一种孩提式的敞露与清流。
我常常认为，大地与人之间有一种奇妙的契合。
山是沉重的责任与名节的矜持；海是浩渺的遐思与变易的丰富；沙漠是希望与失望交织的庄严的等待；河流是一种寻求、一种机智、一种被辖制的自由……正确答案：I love lakes. For they are the eyes of the mother earth: they are the flowing deep love: and they are the wonders surviving in our life. As early as I was still a kid, I was always lit up at the sight of Lake of Taiye in Beihai Park. In the society stricken by poverty and full of danger, Lake of Taiye was an unexpected surprise, a kind of fantastic tenderness as well as a kind of childlike openness and purity. I often think that the land bears a marvelously harmonious relationship with us people: mountains stand for the great responsibility and the reserved reputation and integrity: seas for the illimitable thoughts and inexhaustible changes: deserts for the solemn expectation interweaved with hope and despair: and rivers for the spirit of pursuit, wisdom and restricted freedom...解析：这段材料选自著名作家王蒙的散文《湖》。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷60(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷60(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 5. TRANSLATIONPART V TRANSLATION (60 MIN)SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESEDirections: Translate the following text into Chinese.1．History as the artificial extension of the social memory ( and I willingly concede that there are other appropriate ways of apprehending human experience) is an art of long standing, necessarily so since it springs instinctively from the impulse to enlarge the range of immediate experience; and however camouflaged by the disfiguring jargon of science, it is still in essence what it has always been. History in this sense is story, in aim always a true story; a story that employs all the devices of literary art (statement and generalization, narration and description, comparison and comment and analogy) to present the succession of events in the life of man, and from the succession of events thus presented to derive a satisfactory meaning. The history written by historians, like the history informally fashioned by Mr. Everyman, is thus a convenient blend of truth and fancy, of what we commonly distinguish as “fact” and “interpretation”. In primitive times, when tradition is orally transmitted, bards and story-tellers frankly embroider or improvise the facts to heighten the dramatic import of the story. With the use of written records, history, gradually occurred; and with the increase and refinement of knowledge the historian recognized that his first duty is to be sure of his facts, let their meaning be what it may. Nevertheless, in every age history is taken to be a story of actual events from which a significant meaning may be derived; and in every age the illusion is that the present version is valid because the related facts are true, whereas former version are invalid because based upon inaccurate or inadequate facts.正确答案：历史是社会记忆的人为延伸(我愿意承认还有其他合适的方式能够保留人类经验)，是一门历久的学问。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷145(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷145(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 4. TRANSLATIONPART IV TRANSLATION1．爸爸的治家方法比外祖母民主一些，他虽秉承祖训，不听“妇人之言”，可是他对妈妈的言论自由却没有什么钳制的举动，换句话说，妈妈能以在野之身批评爸爸。
通常是在晚饭后，妈妈展开她一连串、一系列的攻击，历数爸爸的“十大罪”：说他如何刚愎自用，如何治家无方……听久了，千篇一律总是那一套。
而爸爸呢，却安坐在大藤椅里，一面洗耳恭听，一面笑而不答。
正确答案：Father is more democratic in running the household than grandmother does. Although he follows the example of the forefathers and defies “women’s shortsighted opinions”, he seldom muzzles mother’s freedom of speech. In other words, mother can blame father although she is not in office. It usually takes place after dinner when mom launches a succession of attacks by enumerating his “ten terrible sins” of being self-willed or managing the family improperly... As time goes by, rebuke of this kind repeats. As for my father, he sits leisurely in the big cane chair with all ears, smiling wordlessly.解析：1．第一句中“秉承祖训”译为follows the example of the forefathers；“不听‘妇人之言’”可译为defies“women’s shortsighted opinions”，由于中国传统思想对妇女的歧视，“妇人之言”表达的并不仅仅是妇女的意见，而是指目光短浅的观点或看法，故此处应增译shortsighted。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷233(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷233(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 4. TRANSLATIONPART IV TRANSLATION1．不管是好习惯还是坏习惯，都是逐渐养成的。
当一个人重复做某件事时，一种看不见的力量驱使他去重复做同一件事，这样就养成了习惯。
习惯一旦形成，要改掉它是困难的，有时是不可能的。
所以，我们在形成习惯的时候要小心谨慎，这一点是非常重要的。
小孩子常常会养成坏习惯。
这些坏习惯中有的一直保留到你死去为止。
年纪大的人也会养成坏习惯，在某些情况下，这些坏习惯能毁掉人。
还有的早年养成的习惯成了一件幸事。
许多成功者声称他们很多的成功要归功于早年生活所形成的习惯，诸如准时、早起、诚实和彻底。
正确答案：Habits, good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does something repeatedly, a habit is developed by an invisible force which drives him to repeat it. Once formed, it is hard, sometimes even impossible to get rid of it. Therefore, it is of great importance for us to take great caution in training a habit. Children are prone to form bad habits, some of which will remain throughout their life. Elder people also tend to grow bad habits, which, under certain circumstances, may ruin themselves. Some habits developed in one’s earlier life turn to be a blessing. Many successful people have claimed that lots of their achievements were attributed to the habits acquired in their earlier life, such as punctuality, honesty, perseverance and rising with the lark. 涉及知识点：翻译2．为着这匹马，父亲向祖父起着终夜的争吵。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷1(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷1(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 5. TRANSLATIONPART V TRANSLATION (60 MIN)SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESEDirections: Translate the following text into Chinese.1．Life is meant to be lived after all, not just survived. Whether in music or literature, painting or architecture, art is what gives soul to our otherwise routine existence. In fact, art should be around us, not in museums. It should be reflected in our landscape and our buildings. It is far more important for us to let our kids, our future, know that art is neither frivolous nor superfluous. We need to show them that art is more than pleasant pictures or soothing music. Art is innovation at its most basic level. Art is conception and inspiration. Most importantly, art is about discovery, not mistakes. In a world where we concentrate on what is right and wrong, what is correct and incorrect, the world of art is a place where judgment is suspended and great discoveries are made because of it.正确答案：生命要活得精彩，而不单单是为了生存。
英语专业八级考试翻译练习(共10篇,附答案)
英语专业八级考试翻译练习（共10篇，附答案）英语专业八级考试翻译练习（1）TRANSLATION (60 MIN)SECTION A: CHINESE TO ENGLISHTranslate the following underlined text into English.简.奥斯丁的小说都是三五户人家居家度日，婚恋嫁娶的小事。
因此不少中国读者不理解她何以在西方享有那么高的声誉。
但一部小说开掘得深不深，艺术和思想是否有过人之处，的确不在题材大小。
有人把奥斯丁的作品比作越咀嚼越有味道的橄榄。
这不仅因为她的语言精彩，并曾对小说艺术的发展有创造性的贡献，也因为她的轻快活泼的叙述实际上并不那么浅白，那么透明。
史密斯夫人说过，女作家常常试图修正现存的价值秩序，改变人们对“重要”和“不重要”的看法。
也许奥斯丁的小说能教我们学会转换眼光和角度，明察到“小事”的叙述所涉及的那些不小的问题。
SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESETranslate the following underlined text into Chinese.I, by comparison, living in my overpriced city apartment, walking to work past putrid sacks of street garbage, paying usurious taxes to local and state governments I generally abhor, I am rated middle class. This causes me to wonder, do the measurement make sense? Are we measuring only that which is easily measured---the numbers on the money chart --- and ignoring values more central to the good life? For my sons there is of course the rural bounty of fresh-grown vegetables, line-caught fish and the shared riches of neighbours’ orchards and gardens. There is the unpaid baby-sitter for whose children my daughter-in-law baby-sits in return, and neighbours who barter their skills and labour. But more than that, how do you measure serenity? Sense if self?I don’t want to idealize life in small places. There are times when the outside world intrudes brutally, as when the cost of gasoline goes up or developers cast their eyes on untouched farmland. There are cruelties, there is intolerance, there are all the many vices and meannesses in small places that exist in large cities. Furthermore, it isharder to ignore them when they cannot be banished psychologically to another part of town or excused as the whims of alien groups ---when they have to be acknowledged as “part of us.”Nor do I want to belittle the opportunities for small decencies in cities ---the eruptions of one-stranger-to-another caring that always surprise and delight. But these are, sadly, more exceptions than rules and are often overwhelmed by the awful corruptions and dangers that surround us.英语专业八级考试翻译练习（2）TRANSLATION (60 MIN)SECTION A: CHINESE TO ENGLISHTranslate the following underlined text into English.近读报纸，对国内名片和请柬的议论颇多，于是想起客居巴黎时经常见到的法国人手中的名片和请柬，随笔记下来，似乎不无借鉴之处。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷110(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷110(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 4. TRANSLATIONPART IV TRANSLATION1．不爱红装爱武装。
正确答案：To face the powder and not to power the face.解析：原文的“红装”和“武装”是一个对称的结构，且均用了“提喻”的修辞手法。
译文匠心独运地用了face the powder和powder the face，也是一个提喻的用法，这译文可谓巧妙之极。
知识模块：翻译2．科技是人类文明进步的动力源泉。
古老的中国，曾在世界科技史上占有重要地位。
今天的中国人民，不仅与全世界共享科技文明的成果，也在各个领域推动世界科技的进步。
科技奥运将反映科技最新进展，集成全国科技创新成果，推出一届高科技含量的体育盛会；提高北京科技创新能力，推进高新技术成果的产业化及其在人民生活中的广泛应用，使北京奥运会成为展示高新技术成果和创新实力的窗口。
正确答案：Science and technology empowers the progress of human civilization. Ancient China held an important place in the history of world’s scientific and technological development. Today, while sharing the technological accomplishments with the rest of the world, the Chinese people are making their contribution to the advancement of the world’s science and technology in all fields. The “Technology Olympics”—2008 Beijing Olympics—will showcase the latest development of science and technology. Drawing upon the whole nation’s technological innovation achievements, it will prove to be an unprecedented technology-intensive Olympic Games. It will enhance Beijing’s technological innovation capability, promote industrialization of high-tech fruits and their applications in people’s daily lives, and serve as a show-window for high-tech achievements and innovation progress.解析：1．本段主体部分为对未来事件的预测与宣传，故总体时态为一般将来时。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷40(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷40(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 5. TRANSLATIONPART V TRANSLATION (60 MIN)SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHDirections: Translate the following text into English.1．大自然对人的恩赐，无论贫富，一律平等。
所以人们对于大自然，全都一致并深深地依赖着。
尤其在乡间，上千年来人们一直以不变的方式生活着。
种植庄稼和葡萄，酿酒和饮酒，喂牛和挤奶，锄草和栽花；在周末去教堂祈祷和做礼拜，在节日到广场拉琴、跳舞和唱歌；往日的田园依旧是今日的温馨家园。
这样，每个地方都有自己的传说，风俗也就衍传了下来。
正确答案：People, poor or rich, are equally favored by nature. Therefore, everyone has become unanimously and profoundly dependent on it. This is particularly true in the countryside where people have been living in the same style for thousands of years—planting crops and grapes; brewing and drinking wine; raising and milking cows; weeding and planting flowers; going to church and praying on weekends; playing music, dancing and singing in the square on holidays. The past fields and gardens remain their comfortable homesteads today. Thus, every place, with its own legends and tales, has its traditions and customs passed on from generation to generation.解析：1．“大自然对人的恩赐，无论贫富，一律平等。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷196(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷196(题后含答案及解析)题型有： 4. TRANSLATIONPART IV TRANSLATION1．我没料到这个无耻的女人居然同她好友的丈夫调情。
正确答案：I had not expected that this shameless woman should flirt with her best friend’s husband.解析：shameful通常指某事物是“可耻的，丢脸的”，而shameless表示having or showing no feelingof shame，它一般用来指人“不知羞耻的，不要脸的”或“伤风败俗的”。
知识模块：翻译2．她和男朋友吵了一架，冒着大雨跑了出去。
正确答案：She quarreled with his boyfriend and ran out in the heavy rain.解析：汉语中的“大”可以修饰很多名词，如“大风”、“大浪”等，但在英语里却不能一一对应。
“大雨”译成big rain会被人误以为是雨点大，英语习惯用heavy来形容。
知识模块：翻译3．在皎洁的月光下，那个花花公子在我耳边悄悄说着情话。
正确答案：The playboy whispered sweet nothings to my ear with a bright moon in the sky.解析：因为“情书”是love letter,“情歌”是love song，所以不少人以为“情话”就应该是love words，但在英语中“情话”常用lovers’prattle或sweet nothings 来表达。
知识模块：翻译4．给这们女士来杯威士忌，记在我的账上。
正确答案：Whisky for this lady, and put it on my tab.解析：账单一般译为bill，如“埋单”译为pay the bill，但“记在某某的账上”却不用bill，而是用put…onone’s tab表达。
专业英语八级(翻译)模拟试卷24(题后含答案及解析)
专业英语八级（翻译）模拟试卷24(题后含答案及解析) 题型有： 5. TRANSLATIONPART V TRANSLATION (60 MIN)SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISHDirections: Translate the following text into English.1．学校教育给我们的好处不但只是灌输知识，最大的好处恐怕还在给与我们求友的机会上。
这好处我到了离学校以后才知道，这几年来更确切地体会到，深悔当时毫不自觉，马马虎虎地就过去了。
近来每日早晚在路上见到两两三三的携着书包、携了手或挽了肩膀走着的青年学生，我总艳羡他们有朋友之乐，暗暗地要在心中替他们祝福。
正确答案：The imparting of knowledge is not the sole advantage of school education. Its greatest advantage is perhaps the opportunity it affords us for making friends. It was not until I had already left school mat I began to realize this advantage. And in recent years I have come to understand it even more deeply. I much regret having carelessly frittered away my school days without making many friends. Recently, every morning or evening, whenever I see school kids with satchels walking in twos and threes, hand in hand or shoulder to shoulder, I always envy them for enjoying happy friendship, and inwardly offer them my best wishes.解析：1、该文是论述性小品文，翻译时总体时态可选择现在时，但是值得注意的是，由于作者叙述时候有些动作发生在过去，因此，文中需适当穿插过去时态。