二笔翻译真题
二级笔译考试样题答案
二级笔译考试样题答案一、词汇选择（每题1分，共10分）1. The company is currently undergoing a period ofsignificant ________.A. inflationB. transitionC. stagnationD. fluctuation答案：B2. The government has taken measures to ________ the spreadof the virus.A. containB. sustainC. accelerateD. mitigate答案：A3. The ________ of the project was delayed due to bad weather.A. implementationB. inaugurationC. executionD. commencement答案：D4. The new policy aims to ________ the gap between the rich and the poor.A. bridgeB. widenC. deepenD. ignore答案：A5. The company has decided to ________ its operations in the overseas market.A. expandB. contractC. suspendD. dissolve答案：A6. The ________ of the old factory will lead to the creation of new jobs.A. renovationB. demolitionC. relocationD. adaptation答案：B7. The team's ________ to the challenge was impressive.A. responseB. reactionC. acceptanceD. submission答案：A8. The ________ of the new law has been postponed due to political disagreements.A. enforcementB. establishmentC. formulationD. implementation答案：D9. The ________ of the old bridge was necessary for safety reasons.A. repairB. maintenanceC. replacementD. inspection答案：C10. The company is seeking to ________ its product line with more innovative items.A. diversifyB. specializeC. standardizeD. streamline答案：A二、阅读理解（每题2分，共20分）Passage 1In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of people choosing to work remotely. This trend has been driven by advancements in technology, which have made it easier for employees to connect with their colleagues and access company resources from anywhere. As a result, many companies have adopted flexible work policies, allowing employees to work from home or other locations outside the traditional office setting.11. What is the main reason for the increase in remote work?A. The need for more office spaceB. Technological advancementsC. The desire for a better work-life balanceD. The high cost of office rentals答案：B12. What is one benefit of remote work mentioned in the passage?A. Reduced commuting timeB. Increased job opportunitiesC. Improved office productivityD. Lower energy consumption答案：APassage 2The concept of a circular economy has gained traction in recent years as a way to address environmental concerns. In a circular economy, resources are kept in use for as long as possible, and waste is minimized by designing out waste and making sure that products can be reused, repaired, or recycled. This approach contrasts with the traditional linear economy, where resources are used once and then discarded.13. What is the primary goal of a circular economy?A. To increase consumer spendingB. To reduce waste and extend resource useC. To encourage the production of new productsD. To promote the use of renewable resources答案：B14. How does a circular economy differ from a linear economy?A. It focuses on resource conservationB. It emphasizes product innovationC. It relies on non-renewable resourcesD. It prioritizes economic growth over the environment答案：A三、翻译（英译汉，每题15分，共30分）15. The integration of artificial intelligence into various industries has the potential to revolutionize the way we work and live, offering new opportunities for innovation and efficiency.答案：人工智能在各个行业的融合有潜力彻底改变我们的工作和生活方式，为创新和效率提供新的机会。
历年英语翻译资格考试二级笔译真题
历年英语翻译资格考试二级笔译真题E-C TranslationCompulsory TranslationThere was, last week, a glimmer of hope in the world food crisis. Expecting a bumper harvest, Ukraine relaxed restrictions on exports. Overnight, global wheat prices fell by 10 percent.By contrast, traders in Bangkok quote rice prices around $1,000 a ton, up from $460 two months ago.Such is the volatility of today’s markets. We do not know how high food prices might go, nor how far they could fall. But one thing is certain: We have gone from an era of plenty to one of scarcity. Experts agree that food prices are not likely to return to the levels the world had grown accustomed to any time soon.Imagine the situation of those living on less than $1 a day - the “bottom billion,” the poorest of the world’s poor. Most live in Africa, and many might typically spend two-thirds of their income on food.In Liberia last week, I heard how people have stopped purchasing imported rice by the bag. Instead, they increasingly buy it by the cup, because that’s all they can afford.Traveling though West Africa, I found good reason for optimism. In Burkina Faso, I saw a government working to import drought resistant seeds and better manage scarce water supplies, helped by nations like Brazil. In Ivory Coast, we saw a women’s cooperative running a chicken farm set up with UN funds. The project generated income - and food - for villagers in ways that can easily be replicated.Elsewhere, I saw yet another women’s group slowly expanding their local agricultural production, with UN help. Soon they will replace World Food Programrice with their own home-grown produce, sufficient to cover the needs of their school feeding program.These are home-grown, grass-roots solutions for grass-roots problems - precisely the kind of solutions that Africa needs. optionalTopic 1For a decade, metallurgists studying the hulk of the Titanic have argued that the storied ocean liner went down quickly after hitting an iceberg because the ship’s builder used substandard rivets that popped their heads and let tons of icy seawater rush in. More than 1,500 people died.Now a team of scientists has moved into deeper waters, uncovering evidence in the builder’s own archives of a deadly mix of great ambitio n and use of low-quality iron that doomed the ship, which sank 96 years ago Tuesday.The scientists found that the ship’s builder, Harland and Wolff, in Belfast, struggled for years to obtain adequate supplies of rivets and riveters to build the world’s three biggest ships at once: the Titanic and two sisters, Olympic and Britannic.Each required three million rivets, and shortages peaked during Titanic’s construction.“The board was in crisis mode,” said Jennifer Hooper McCarty, a member of the team that studied the company’s archive and other evidence. “It was constant stress. Every meeting it was, ‘There’s problems with the rivets, and we need to hire more people.’ “The team collected other clues from 48 Titanic rivets, using modern tests, computer simulations, comparisons to century-old metals and careful documentation of what engineers and shipbuilders of the era considered state of the art.The scientists say the troubles began when the colossal plans forced Harland and Wolff to reach beyond its usual suppliers of rivet iron and include smaller forges, as disclosed in company and British government papers. Small forges tended to have less skill and experience.Adding to the threat, the company, in buying iron for Titanic’s rivets, ordered No. 3 bar, known as “best,” not No. 4, known as “best-best,” the scientists found. They also discovered that shipbuilders of the day typically used No. 4 iron for anchors, chains and rivets.So the liner, whose name was meant to be synonymous with opulence, in at least one instance relied on cheap materials.The scientists argue that better rivets would have probably kept the Titanic afloat long enough for rescuers to have arrived before the icy plunge, saving hundreds of lives.C-E TranslationCompulsory Translation“中国制造”模式遭遇发展瓶颈，这种模式必须要改进和提高。
历年英语二级笔译真题
历年英语二级笔译真题2022.11.6 英语二级笔译实务科目试题英译中Passage 1Everyone knows that weddings—the most elaborate and costly form of old school pageantry still acceptable in modern society—are stupid e某pensive. But it turns out Americans are now blowing even more money than ever before on what’s supposed to be the mo st magical day of any couple’s life together. Money that, to be honest, could be spent on much, much cooler stuff.The Knot released its annual wedding survey this week, with findings showing that couples are spending a mind-numbing average of $32,641 on matrimonial celebrations. The study includes data from nearly 18,000 pairs across the country. While the cost of a wedding varied greatly from city to city—reaching a nauseating high of $82,300 in Manhattan—the price was steep no matter where couples chose to get hitched. All this despite the fact that weddings (and marriages in general, honestly) can be a fairly impractical thing to invest in. Seriously, even 50 Cent doesn’t spend as much in a day as you’re spending on a reception band alone. Think abo ut that.So rather than buying into the Marriage Industrial Comple某 on a union that may or may not work out, wouldn’t it make more sense to save your hard-earned money by forgoing the big ceremony for the major e某penses you’re likely to face in marrie d life? You know, like a mortgage. Or braces for your wallet-draining children-to-be. And if your fianceé is dead set on a fairytale wedding? You could always just blow your financial load on a plenty fulfilling single life.With nearly $33,000 to spend in the life of a singledom, you could get pretty far when it comes to amenities and entertainment. Perhaps the best part of being free from the shackles of wedding planning is the opportunity to treat yourself. Like, why drop $1,400 on a frilly dress yo u’ll wear once before it turns to moth food when you can rock the most e某pensive shoes of the season and look great doing it?And while weddings are supposed to be all about the happy couple, everyone knows that’s bull, because you have to feed your g uests and provide them entertainment and put a roof over their heads for a couple of hours and likely go into debt doing it.In addition to simply having fun, there are some more practical ways to spend your wedding purse as well. For instance, purchasing and providing for a nice house cat rather than dropping major dough on finger bling intended for fending off hotties for the rest of your life. Fluffy won’t care if you bring home someone new every weekend—he’ll just hate everyone indiscriminately.Passage 2My teenage son recently informed me that there is an Internet quiz to test oneself for narcissism. His friend had just taken it. “How did it turn out?” I asked. “He says he did great!” my son responded. “He got the ma某imum score!”When I was a child, no one outside the mental health profession talked about narcissism. People were more concerned by inadequateself-esteem, which at the time was thought to lurk behind nearly every issue. Like so many e某cesses of the 1970s, the self-love cult spun out of control and is now rampaging through our culture like Godzilla through Tokyo.A 2022 study in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science found that the proportion of college students e某hibiting narcissistic personality traits – based on their scores on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory, a widely used diagnostic test –has increased by more than half since the early 1980s, to 30 per cent.In their book, The Narcissism Epidemic, psychology professors show that narcissism has increased as quickly as obesity has since the 1980s. Even our egos are getting fat. This is a costly problem. While full-blown narcissists often report high levels of personal satisfaction, they create havoc and misery around them. There is overwhelming evidence linking narcissism with reduced honesty and increased aggression. It’s notable for occasions like Valentine’s Day that narcissists struggle to stay committed to romantic partners, in no small part because they find themselves superior.The full-blown narcissist might reply, “So what?” But narcissism isn’t an either-or characteristic. It’s more of a set of progressive symptoms (like alcoholism) than an identifiable state (like diabetes). Millions of Americans e某hibit symptoms, but still have a conscience and a hunger for moral improvement. At the very least, they really do not want to be terrible people.A healthy self-love that leads to true happiness builds up one’s intrinsic well-being, as opposed to feeding shallow cravings to be admired. Cultivating amour de soi requires being fully alive at this moment, as opposed to being virtually alive while wondering what others think. The soulful connection with another person, the enjoyment of a beautiful hike alone, or a prayer of thanks over your sleeping child could be considered e某pressions of self-love.2022年11月CATTI二级笔译实务英译汉真题Offshore supply vessels resembling large, floating flat-backed trucks fill Victoria Dock, unable to find charters in a sign of the downturn in Britain's oil industry.With UK North Sea oil and gas production 44 percent below its peak, self-styled oil capital of Europe Aberdeen fears the slowdownis not simply cyclical.The oil industry that at one stage sparked talk of Scotland as "the Kuwait of the West" has already outlived most predictions.Tourism, life sciences, and the e某port of oil services around the world are among Aberdeen's targeted substitutes for North sea oil and gas -- but for many the biggest prize would be to use its offshore oil e某pertise to build a renewable energy industry as big as oil.The city aims to use its e某perience to become a leader in offshore wind, tidal power and carbon dio某ide capture and storage. Ale某 Salmond, head of the devolved Scottish government, told a conference in Aberdeen last month the market for wind power could be worth 130 billion pounds, while Scotland could be the "Saudi Arabia of tidal power.""We're seeing the emergence of an offshore energy market that is comparable in scale to the market we've seen in offshore oil and gas in the last 40 years," he said.Another area of focus, tourism, has previously been hindered by the presence of oil. Eager to put Aberdeen on the international tourist map, local business has strongly backed a plan by U.S. real estate tycoon Donald Trump for a lu某ury housing and golf project 12 km (8 miles) north of the city, even though it means building on anature reserve.The city also hopes to reorientate its vibrant oil services industry toward emerging offshore oil centers such as Brazil. "Just because the production in the North Sea starts to decline doesn't mean that Aberdeen as a global center also declines," said Robert Collier, Chamber of Commerce Chief E某ecutive. "That e某pertise can still stay here and be e某ported around the world."。
翻译二级笔译综合能力-1
翻译二级笔译综合能力-1(总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、{{B}}Ⅰ Vocabulary and Grammar{{/B}}(总题数：20，分数：10.00)1.The WTO meeting ______ with no agreement on launching a broad round of trade liberalization negotiations.（分数：0.50）A.broke offB.broke inC.broke up √D.broke out解析：[分析] 习语搭配A．broke off中断，暂停，断绝，解除；B．broke in闯入，使开始工作；C．broke up打碎，结束，分解；D．broke out突发，爆发；而本句意为：世贸组织会议结束，却没达成有关开展一轮广泛的贸易自由化谈判的协议。
因此C为答案。
2.Arrogance and pride are similar in meaning, but there is a (n) ______ difference between them. （分数：0.50）A.submergedB.indecisiveC.indistinctD.subtle √解析：[分析] 形容词辨析A．submerged在水中的，淹没的；B．indecisive非决定性的；C．indistinct 模糊的，朦胧的；D．subtle敏感的，微妙的；而本句意为：傲慢与骄傲在意思上近似，但两者间有着的不同。
根据上下文，此处应表“微妙的”，因此D为答案。
3.Mr. Brown, who was not easily surprised, was quite ______ when he heard the result of the general election.（分数：0.50）A.taken aback √B.given overC.brought aboutD.turned up解析：[分析] 习语搭配 A．taken aback惊吓，迷惑；B．given over停止，放弃；C．brought about使发生，致使；D．turned up找到，发现；而本句意为：布朗先生本不是容易大惊小怪/吃惊的人，但当他听到普选结果时还是相当 ______ 。
二级英语笔译试题及答案
二级英语笔译试题及答案一、词汇翻译（共20分，每题2分）1. 翻译下列单词或短语：- 创新：______- 可持续发展：______- 人工智能：______- 经济全球化：______2. 将下列句子翻译成英文：- 我们的团队致力于提高产品质量。
：______- 他提出了一个创新的解决方案。
：______- 随着科技的发展，人工智能在多个领域得到应用。
：______- 保护环境是实现可持续发展的关键。
：______二、句子翻译（共30分，每题5分）1. 请将下列句子从中文翻译成英文：- 这项技术的应用极大地提高了生产效率。
- 教育是社会进步和个人发展的基石。
- 我们的目标是减少环境污染，提高能源效率。
2. 请将下列句子从英文翻译成中文：- The company has made significant progress in developing new products.- The government is committed to reducing poverty and improving healthcare.- The conference will focus on issues related to climatechange and environmental protection.三、段落翻译（共50分，每题10分）1. 将下列段落从中文翻译成英文：随着互联网的普及，人们获取信息的方式发生了巨大变化。
现在，我们可以通过各种在线平台快速获取所需的信息。
这不仅提高了工作效率，也丰富了我们的日常生活。
2. 将下列段落从英文翻译成中文：The advancement of technology has brought about a revolution in the way we communicate and interact with each other. Social media platforms have become an integral part of our daily lives, allowing us to stay connected with friends and family, regardless of the distance.四、答案一、词汇翻译1. 创新：innovation可持续发展：sustainable development人工智能：artificial intelligence经济全球化：economic globalization2. 我们的团队致力于提高产品质量。
翻译资格考试二级笔译真题及答案
翻译资格考试二级笔译真题及答案【英译汉必译题】Milton Friedman, Free Markets Theorist, Dies at 94.Milton Friedman, the grandmaster of free-market economic theory in the postwar era and a prime force in the movement of nations toward less government and greater reliance on individual responsibility, died today in San Francisco, where he lived. He was 94.Conservative and liberal colleagues alike viewed Mr. Friedman, a Nobel prize laureate, as one of the 20th century’s leading economic scholars, on a par with giants like John Maynard Keynes and Paul Samuelson.Flying the flag of economic conservatism, Mr. Friedman led the postwar challenge to the hallowed theories of Lord Keynes, the British economist who maintained that governments had a duty to help capitalistic economies through periods of recession and to prevent boom times from exploding into high inflation.In Professor Friedman’s view, government had the opposite obligation: to keep its hands off the economy, to let the free market do its work.The only economic lever that Mr. Friedman would allow government to use was the one that controlled the supply of money — a monetarist view that had gone out of favor when he embraced it in the 1950s. He went on to record a signal achievement, predicting the unprecedented combination of rising unemployment and rising inflation that came to be called stagflation. His work earned him the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science in 1976.Rarely, his colleagues said, did anyone have such impact on both his own profession and on government. Though he never served officially in the halls of power,he was always around them, as an adviser and theorist.“Among economic scholars, Milton Friedman had no peer,” Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, said t oday. “The direct and indirect influences of his thinking on contemporary monetary economics would be difficult to overstate.”Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, said of Mr. Friedman in an interview on Tuesday. “From a longer-term point of view, it’s his academic achievements which will have lasting import. But I would not dismiss the profound impact he has already had on the American public’s view.”Mr. Friedman had a gift for communicating complicated ideas in simple and lucid ways, and it served him well as the author or co-author of more than a dozen books, as a columnist for Newsweek from 1966 to 1983 and even as the star of a public television series.【英译汉二选一】试题1Panama goes to polls on upgrade for canalPANAMA CITY: V oters were expected Sunday to approve the largest modernization project in the 92-year history of the Panama Canal, a $5.25 billion plan to expand the waterway to allow for larger ships while alleviating traffic problems.The government of President Martín Torrijos has billed the referendum as historic, saying the work would double the capacity of a canal already on pace to generate about $1.4 billion in revenue this year. Critics claim the expansion would benefit the canal’s customers more than Panamanians, and worry that costs could balloon, forcing this debt- ridden country to borrow even more.The project would build a third set of locks on the Pacific and Atlantic ends of thecanal by 2015, allowing it to handle modern container ships, cruise liners and tankers too large for its locks, which are 33 meters, or 108 feet, wide.The Panama Canal Authority, the autonomous government agency that runs the canal, says the project would be paid for by increasing tolls and would generate $6 billion in revenue by 2025.There is nothing Panamanians are more passionate about than the canal.“It’s incomparable in the hemisphere,” said Samuel Lewis Navarro, the country’s vice president and foreign secretary. “It’s in our heart, part of our soul.”Public opinion polls indicate that the plan would be approved overwhelmingly. Green and white signs throughout the country read “Yes for our children,” while tens of thousands of billboards and bumper stickers trumpet new jobs.“The canal needs you,” television and radio ads implore.“It will mean more boats, and that means more jobs,” said Damasco Polanco, who was herding cows on horseback in Nuevo Provedencia, on the banks of Lake Gatún, an artificial reservoir that supplies water to the canal.The canal employs 8,000 workers and the expansion is expected to generate as many as 40,000 new jobs. Unemployment in Panama is 9.5 percent, and 40 percent of the country lives in poverty.But critics fear that the expansion could cost nearly double the government’s estimate, as well as stoke corruption and uncontrolled debt.“The poor continue to suffer while the rich get richer,” said José Felix Castillo, 62, a high school teacher who was one of about 3,000 supporters who took to Panama City’s streets to protest the measure on Friday.Lewis Navarro noted that a portion of the revenue generated by each ton of cargothat passes through the waterway goes to education and social programs.“We aren’t talking about 40 percent poverty as a consequence of the canal,” he said. “It’s exactly the opposite.”【汉译英】【试题一】旅游是一项集观光、娱乐、健身为一体的愉快而美好的活动。
2024英语二级笔译(CATTI 2)实务真题及参考译文
2024年英语二级笔译（CATTI 2）实务真题及参考译文Section 1: English-Chinese Translation【原文】①Mortgage rates dropped again this week, after plunging nearly half a percentage point last week. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6. 58 percent in the week ending November 23, down from 6. 61 percent the week before. A year ago, the 30-year fixed rate was 3. 10 percent. Mortgage rates rose throughout most of 2022, spurred by the Federal Reserve's unprecedented campaign of hiking interest rates in order to tame soaring inflation. But last week, rates tumbled aimed reports that indicated ion may have finally reached its peak.This volatility is making it difficult for potential home buyers to know, when to get into the market, and that is reflected in the latest data which shows existing home sales slowing across all price points. Mortgage rates tend to track the yield on 10-year US Treasury bonds. As investors see or anticipate rate hikes, they make moves which send yields higher and mortgage rates rise. The 10-year Treasury has been hovering in a lower range of 3. 7 percent to 3. 85 percent. That has led to a big reset in investors expectations about future interest rate hikes. Prior to that, the 10-year Treasury had risen above 4. 2 percent. However, the market maybe be a bit too quick to celebrate the improvement in inflation.At the Fed's November meeting, chairman Jerome Powell to the need for ongoing rate hikes to tame inflation. This could mean that mortgage rates may climb again, and that risk goes up if next month's inflation reading comes in on the higher side while it's difficult to time the market in order to get a low mortgage rate, plenty of would be home buyers are seeing a window of opportunity. Following generally higher mortgage rates throughout the course of 2022, the recent swing in buyers favor is welcome and could save the buyer of a median-priced home more than Us s100 per month relative to what they would have paid when rates were above 7 percent justtwo weeks ago.As a result of the drop in mortgage rates, both purchase and refinance applications picked up slightly last week. But refinance activity is still more than 80 percent below last years pace when rates were around 3. However, with week-to-week swings in mortgage rates averaging nearly three times those seen in a typical year and home prices still historically high, many potential shoppers have pulled back. A long-term housing shortage is keeping home prices high, even as the number of homes on the market for sales has increased, and buyers and sellers may find it more challenging align expectations on price.【参考译文】①继上周大幅下降近半个百分点之后，本周抵押贷款利率再度走低。
翻译二级笔译实务真题五
翻译二级笔译实务真题五Section Ⅰ English-Chinese TranslationPart A Compulsory Translation1. Mangoes in Afric（江南博哥）a, as elsewhere, often fall prey to fruit flies, which destroy about 40% of the continent's crop. In fact, fruit flies are so common in African mangoes that America has banned their import altogether to protect its own orchards. African farmers, meanwhile, have few practical means to defend their fruit. Chemical pesticides are expensive. And even for those who can afford them they are not that effective since, by the time a farmer spots an infestation, it is too late to spray.Agricultural scientists have also looked at controlling fruit flies with parasitic wasps. But the most common ones kill off only about one fly in 20, leaving plenty of survivors to go on the rampage. Lethal traps baited with fly-attracting pheromones are another option. But they, too, are expensive. Instead, most farmers simply harvesttheir fruit early, when it is not yet fully ripe. This makes it less vulnerable to the flies, but also less valuable.Farmers whose trees are teeming with worker ants, however, donot need to bother with any of this. In a survey of several orchardsin Benin, Dr van Mele and his colleagues found an average of lessthan one fruit-fly pupa in each batch of 30 mangoes from trees where worker ants were abundant, but an average of 77 pupae in batches from trees without worker ants. The worker ants, it turns out, are very thorough about hunting down and eating fruit flies, as well as a host of other pests.Worker ants have been used for pest control in China and other Asian countries for centuries. The practice has also been adopted in Australia. But Dr van Mele argues that it is particularly suited to Africa since worker ants are endemic to the mango-growing regions of the continent, and little training or capital is needed to put themto work. All you need do is locate a suitable nest and run stringfrom it to the trees you wish to protect. The ants will then quickly find their way to the target. Teaching a group of farmers in Burkina Faso to use worker ants in this way took just a day, according to Dr van Mele. Those farmers no longer use pesticides to control fruit flies, and so are able to market their mangoes as organic to eager European consumers, vastly increasing their income. The ants, so tospeak, are on the march.正确答案：如同其他地区一样，非洲芒果产区也饱受果蝇困扰，果蝇泛滥使芒果减产达40%左右。
11月翻译资格考题二级英语笔译实务试卷及答案
11月翻译资格考题二级英语笔译实务试卷及答案Section 1: English-Chinese Translation （英译汉）（ 60 point ）This section consists of two parts: Part A "Compulsory Translation" and Part B "Optional Translations" which comprises "Topic 1" and "Topic 2". Translate the passage in Part A and your choice from passage in Part B into Chinese. Write "Compulsory Translation" above your translation of Part A and write "Topic 1" or "Topic 2" above your translation of the passage from Part B. The time for this section is 100 minutes.Part A Compulsory Translation （必译题）（30 points）Until recently, scientists knew little about life in the deep sea, nor had they reason to believe that it was being threatened. Now, with the benefit of technology that allows for deeper exploration, researchers have uncovered a remarkable array of species inhabiting the ocean floor at depths of more than 660 feet, or about 200 meters. At the same time, however, technology has also enabled fishermen to reach far deeper than ever before, into areas where bottom trawls can destroy in minutes what has taken nature hundreds and in some cases thousands of years to build.Many of the world's coral species, for example, are found at depths of more than 200 meters. It is also estimated that roughly half of the world's highest seamounts - areas that rise from the ocean floor and are particularly rich in marine life - are also found in the deep ocean.These deep sea ecosystems provide shelter, spawning and breeding areas for fish and other creatures, as well as protection from strong currents and predators. Moreover, they are believed to harbor some of the most extensive reservoirs of life on earth, with estimates ranging from 500,000 to 100 million species inhabiting these largely unexplored and highly fragile ecosystems.Yet just as we are beginning to recognize the tremendous diversity of life in these areas, along with the potential benefits newly found species may hold for human society in the form of potential food products and new medicines, they are at risk of being lost forever. With enhanced ability both to identify where these species-rich areas are located and to trawl in deeper water than before, commercial fishing vessels are now beginning to reach down with nets the size of football fields, catching everything in their path while simultaneously crushing fragile corals and breaking up the delicate structure of reefs and seamounts that provide critical habitat to the countless species of fish and other marine life that inhabit the deep ocean floor.Because deep sea bottom trawling is a recent phenomenon, the damage that has been done is still limited. If steps are taken quickly to prevent this kind of destructive activity from occurring on the high seas, the benefits both to the marine environment and to future generations are incalculable. And they far outweigh the short-term costs to the fishing industry.Part B Optional Translations （二选一题）（ 30 points ）Topic 1 （选题一）Most of the world's victims of AIDS live - and, at an alarming rate, die - in Africa. The number of people living with AIDS in Africa was estimated at 26.6 million in late 2003. New figures to be published by the United Nations Joint Program on AIDS （ UNAIDS ）， the special UN agency set up to deal with the pandemic, will probably confirm its continued spread in Africa, but they will also show whether the rate of spread is constant, increasing or falling.AIDS is most prevalent in Eastern and Southern Africa, with South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya having the greatest numbers of sufferers; other countries severely affected include Botswana and Zambia. AIDS was raging in Eastern Africa - where it was called "slim", after the appearance of victims wasting away - within a few years after its emergence was established in the eastern Congo basin; however, the conflicting theories about the origin of AIDS are highly controversial and politicized, and the controversy is far from being settled.Measures being taken all over Africa include, first of all, campaigns of public awareness and device, including advice to remain faithful to one sexual partner and to use condoms. The latter advice is widely ignored or resisted owing to natural and cultural aversion to condoms and to Christian and Muslim teaching, which places emphasis instead on self-restraint.An important part of anti- AIDS campaigns, whether organized by governments, nongovernmental organizations or both, is the extension of voluntary counseling and testing （ VCT ） .In addition, medical research has found a way to help sufferers, though not to cure them.Funds for anti- AIDS efforts are provided by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities around the world; the fund was launched following a call by the UN Secretary-General in 2001. However, much more is needed if the spread of the pandemic is to be at least halted.Topic 2 （选题二）As a leader of a least developed country, I speak from experience when I say that poverty is too complex a phenomenon, and the strategies for fighting it too diverse and dependent on local circumstances, for there is no single silver bullet in the war on poverty.We have learned the hard way over the years. We have experimented with all kinds of ideas.Yet a report recently released by the World Economic Forum shows that barely a third of what should have been done by now to ensure the world meets its goals to fight poverty, hunger and disease by 2015 is done. I am now convinced that the Millennium Development Goals set by the United Nations in 2000 can only be attained through a global compact, anchored in national policies that take into account local circumstances.Aid and trade are both necessary, but they are not enough on their own. Neither is good governance enough in itself. Above all, nothing can move without the direct participation of local communities. I fear that we lecture too much. This is not the best way.I will give an example of how such a compact worked in Tanzania to achieve universal basic schooling.In the mid-1990s, almost all indicators for basic education were in free fall. The gross enrollment rate had fallen from 98 percent in the early 1980s to 77.6 percent in 2000. The net enrollment rate had likewise fallen, from over 80 percent to only 58.8 percent.Then several things happened. We decided at the top political level that basic education would be a top priority, and adopted a five-year Primary Education Development Plan to achieve universal basic education by 2006 - nine years ahead of the global target.Good governance produced more government revenues, which quadrupled over the last eight years. In 2001, we received debt relief under the World Bank's enhanced HIPC （ heavily indebted poor countries ） Initiative. Subsequently, more donors put aid money directly into our budget or into a pooled fund for the Primary Education Development Program （ PEDP ） .The government's political will was evidenced by the fact that over the last five years the share of the national budget going to poverty reduction rose by 130 percent. We abolished school fees in primary schools.Then we ensured that all PEDP projects are locally determined, planned, owned,implemented and evaluated. This gave the people pride and dignity in what they were doing. After only two years of implementing PEDP, tremendous successes have been achieved.Section 2: Chinese- English Translation （汉译英）（ 40 point ）This section consists of two parts: Part A "Compulsory Translation" and Part B "Optional Translations" which comprises "Topic 1" and "Topic 2".Translation the passage in Part A and your choice from passage in Part B into English. Write "Compulsory Translation" above your translation of Part A and write "Topic 1" or "Topic 2" above your translation of the passage from Part B. The time for this section is 80 minutes.Part A Compulsory Translation （必译题）（ 20 points ）进入新世纪，国际形势继续发生深刻复杂的变化。
英语笔译二级试题及答案
英语笔译二级试题及答案一、词汇翻译（共10分，每题1分）1. 翻译下列单词或短语：- 创新：innovation- 可持续发展：sustainable development- 人工智能：artificial intelligence- 经济增长：economic growth- 环境保护：environmental protection2. 翻译下列句子中的划线部分：- 他是一个多才多艺的艺术家。
(多才多艺)- 我们正在寻求一个平衡点来解决这个问题。
(寻求)- 这个项目的成功依赖于团队的协作。
(依赖于)- 政府已经采取了一系列措施来提高教育质量。
(采取了一系列措施)- 她对这个问题的看法非常独特。
(看法)二、句子翻译（共20分，每题4分）1. 随着科技的发展，远程工作变得越来越普遍。
With the advancement of technology, remote work is becoming increasingly common.2. 教育对于一个国家的繁荣至关重要。
Education is crucial to the prosperity of a nation.3. 我们应当尊重每个人的文化差异。
We should respect the cultural differences of every individual.4. 这个政策旨在减少贫困并提高人们的生活水平。
This policy aims to reduce poverty and improve thestandard of living.5. 环境污染已经成为全球性的问题。
Environmental pollution has become a global issue.三、段落翻译（共30分，每题10分）1. 翻译下列段落：随着全球化的不断深入，各国之间的经济联系日益紧密。
国际贸易的增加促进了世界经济的增长，同时也带来了一些挑战，如贸易不平衡和市场保护主义。
catti二级笔译综合能力试题精选及答案解析
catti二级笔译综合能力试题精选及答案解析一、Vocabulary Selection（本大题1小题．每题1.0分，共1.0分。
In this part, there are 20 incomplete sentences. Below each sentence, there are four words or phrases respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence. There is only one right answer. ）第1题The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a runner, ________ to the body.A the stress it is greaterB greater is the stressC greater stress isD the greater the stress【正确答案】：D【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】固定用法。
the+比较级，the+比较级。
二、Vocabulary Replacement（本大题11小题．每题1.0分，共11.0分。
This part consists of 15 sentences in which one word or phrase is underlined. Below each sentence, there are four choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. You are to select the ONE choice that can replace the underlined word without causing any grammatical error or changing the principal meaning of the sentence. There is only one right answer. ）第1题The thief was apprehended, but his accomplice had disappeared.A people who saw himB the person who helped himC guns and knivesD stolen goods模考吧网提供最优质的模拟试题，最全的历年真题，最精准的预测押题！【正确答案】：B【本题分数】：1.0分【答案解析】名词辨析。
CATTI二级笔译综合真题
CATTI二级笔译综合真题n 1: Vocabulary and Grammar (60 points)This n is divided into three parts。
Please read the ns for each part before XXX.Part 1: Vocabulary nThis part contains 20 XXX sentence。
there are four choices marked by letters A。
B。
C。
and D respectively。
Choose the word that best XXX。
There is only one correct answer。
Mark the corresponding letter on your machine-scoring answer sheet.1.From a young age。
children begin a continuous process of XXX in light of the ns and comments of those around them.2.If you're forced outside for hours on end。
especially doing something physical。
consider dumping water over your head or on your neck.3.One reason for the cost of wave power is the need to make the XXX.4.According to the study。
25% of people have missed XXX 20% have lost touch XXX.5.XXX attacked the XXX to the ground.6.These fish release XXX the growth of plankton。
翻译二级笔译实务真题2020年11月
翻译二级笔译实务真题2020年11月Section Ⅰ English-Chinese TranslationTranslate the following two passages into Chines（江南博哥）e.1. The world is at a social, environmental and economic tipping point. Subdued growth, rising inequalities and accelerating climate change provide the context for a backlash against capitalism, globalization, technology, and elites. There is gridlock in the international governance system and escalating trade and geopolitical tensions are fueling uncertainty. This holds back investment and increases the risk of supply shocks: disruptions to global supply chains, sudden price spikes or interruptions in the availability of key resources.Persistent weaknesses in the drivers of productivity growth are among the principal culprits. In advanced, emerging and developing economies, productivity growth started slowing in 2000 and decelerated further after the crisis. Between 2011 and 2016, "total factor productivity growth"—or the combined growth of inputs, like resources and labour, and outputs—grew by 0.3 percent in advanced economies and 1.3 percent in emerging and developing economies.The financial crisis added to this deceleration. Investments are undermined by uncertainty, low demand and tighter credit conditions. Many of the structural reforms designed to revive productivity that were promised by policy-makers did not materialize.Governments must better anticipate the unintended consequences of technological integration and implement complementary social policies that support populations through the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Economies with strong innovation capability must improve their talent base and the functioning of their labour markets.Adaption is critical. We need a well-functioning labour market that protects workers, not jobs. Advanced economies need to develop their skills base and tackle rigidities in their labour markets. As innovation capacity grows, emerging economies need to strengthentheir skills and labour market to minimize the risks of negative social spillovers.Sustainable economic growth remains the surest route out of poverty and a core driver of human development For the past decade, growth has been weak and remains below potential in most developing countries, seriously hampering progress on several of the UN's 2030Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The world is not on track to meet any of the SDGs. Least developed countries have missed the target of 7 percent growth every year since 2015. Extreme poverty reduction is decelerating. 3.4 billion people—or 46 percent of the world's population—lived on less than US $5.50 a day and struggled to meet basic needs. After years of steady decline, hunger has increased and now affects 826 million up from 784 million in 2015. A total of 20 percent ofAfrica's population is undernourished. The "zero hunger" target will almost certainly be missed.正确答案：①当今世界无论是在社会、环境还是经济方面都处于一个临界点。
二级笔译考试样题答案
二级笔译考试样题答案一、词汇替换题1. 请将下列句子中的划线部分替换为同义词。
- 原句：The company's profits have skyrocketed in the past year.- 替换：The company's earnings have dramatically increased in the past year.2. 请将下列句子中的划线部分替换为同义词。
- 原句：She is an expert in the field of linguistics.- 替换：She is a specialist in the domain of language studies.3. 请将下列句子中的划线部分替换为同义词。
- 原句：The new policy has been met with mixed reactions. - 替换：The new policy has been received with varied responses.二、句子翻译题4. 将下列中文句子翻译成英文。
- 中文：随着科技的发展，远程工作变得越来越普遍。
- 英文：With the advancement of technology, remote work is becoming increasingly common.5. 将下列英文句子翻译成中文。
- 英文：The rapid growth of the internet hasrevolutionized the way we communicate.- 中文：互联网的快速增长彻底改变了我们的沟通方式。
三、段落翻译题6. 将下列段落从中文翻译成英文。
- 中文：近年来，随着全球化的加速，跨国公司的业务不断扩张，对多语种翻译的需求也随之增加。
为了满足这一需求，许多公司开始投资于人工智能翻译技术，以提高翻译效率和质量。
- 英文：In recent years, with the acceleration of globalization, the business of multinational companies has been expanding continuously, and the demand for multilingual translation has also increased. To meet this demand, many companies have begun to invest in artificial intelligence translation technology to improve translation efficiency and quality.7. 将下列段落从英文翻译成中文。
2024年10月CATTI二级笔译真题
2024年10月CATTI全国翻译资格考试二级笔译真题英译汉第一篇Mortgage rates dropped again this week,after plunging nearly half a percentage point last week.The30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged6.58percent in the week ending November22,down from6.61 percent the week before.A year ago,the30-year fixed rate was3.10%.Mortgage rates have risen throughout most of2022,spurred by the Federal Reserve's unprecedented campaign of hiking interest rates in order to tame soaring inflation.But last week,rates tumbled amid reports that indicated inflation may have finally reached its peak.This volatility is making it difficult for potential home buyers to know when to get into the market,and that is reflected in the latest data which shows existing home sales slowing across all price points. Mortgage rates tend to track the yield on10-year US Treasury bonds.As investors see or anticipate rate hikes,they make moves which send yields higher and mortgage rates rise.The10-year Treasury has been hovering in a lower range of3.7% to3.85%since a pair of inflation reports indicating prices rose at a slower pace than expected in October were released almost two weeks ago.That has led to a big reset in investors'expectations about future interest ratehikes,said Danielle Hale,Realtor chief economist.Prior to that,the 10-year Treasury had risen above4.2%.However,the market may be a bit too quick to celebrate the improvement in inflation.At the Fed's November meeting,chairman Jerome Powell pointed to the need for ongoing rate hikes to tame inflation.This could mean that mortgage rates may climb again,and that risk goes up if next month's inflation reading comes in on the higher side. While it's difficult to time the market in order to get a low mortgage rate, plenty of would-be home buyers are seeing a window of opportunity.Following generally higher mortgage rates throughout the course of 2022,the recent swing in buyers'favor is welcome and could save the buyer of a median-priced home more than$100per month relative to what they would have paid when rates were above7%just two weeks ago.As a result of the drop in mortgage rates,both purchase and refinance applications picked up slightly last week.But refinance activity is still more than80%below last year's pace when rates were around3%. However,with week-to-week swings in mortgage rates averaging nearly three times those seen in a typical year and home prices still historically high,many potential shoppers have pulled back.A long-term housing shortage is keeping home prices high,even as the number of homes on the market for sale has increased,and buyers and sellers may find it more challenging to align expectations on price.英译汉第二篇I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill between the nations,and that if only the common peoples of the world could meet one another at football or cricket,they would have no inclination to meet on the battlefield.Even if one didn’t know from concrete examples that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred,one could deduce it from general principles.Nearly all the sports practised nowadays are competitive.You play to win,and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win.On the village green,where you pick up sides and no feeling of local patriotism is involved,it is possible to play simply for the fun and exercise:but as soon as the question of prestige arises,as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose,the most savage combative instincts are aroused.Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this.At the international level sport is frankly mimic warfare.But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators:and,behind the spectators,of the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests,and seriously believe–at any rate for short periods–that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.As soon as strong feelings of rivalry are aroused,the notion of playing the game according to the rules always vanishes.People want to see one side on top and the other side humiliated,and they forget that victory gained through cheating or through the intervention of the crowd is meaningless.Even when the spectators don’t intervene physically they try to influence the game by cheering their own side and‘rattling’opposing players with boos and insults.Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play.It is bound up with hatred,jealousy,boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence:in other words it is war minus the shooting.If you wanted to add to the vast fund of ill-will existing in the world at this moment,you could hardly do it better than by a series of football matches between Jews and Arabs,Germans and Czechs,Indians and British,Russians and Poles,and Italians and Jugoslavs,each match to be watched by a mixed audience of100,000spectators.I do not,of course, suggest that sport is one of the main causes of international rivalry; big-scale sport is itself,I think,merely another effect of the causes that have produced nationalism.Still,you do make things worse by sending forth a team of eleven men,labeled as national champions,to do battle。
二笔翻译考题
The region around the Belgian city of Waterloo is busily preparing to commemorate the 200th anniversary in 2015 of one of the major battles in European military history. But weaving a path through the preparations is proving almost as tricky as making one‟s way across the battlefield was back then, when the Duke of Wellington, as commander of an international alliance of forces, crushed Napoleon.2015 年是欧洲军事史上一场重要战役的 200 周年。
眼下，比利时的滑铁卢地区正在紧锣密鼓地筹备该场战役的纪念活动。
然而，推进筹备工作犹如当年穿越战场一般艰难，其时，威灵顿公爵率领(反法)盟军大败拿破仑。
[2] A rambling though dilapidated farmstead called Hougoumont, which was crucial to the battle‟s outcome, is being painstakingly restored as an educational center. Nearby, an underground visitor center is under construction, and roads and monuments throughout the rolling farmland where once the sides fought are being refurbished. More than 6,000 military buffs are expected to re-enact individual skirmishes.〔2〕霍古蒙特农庄对那场战役的胜负发挥了决定性作用，它辽阔却破败。
翻译二级笔译实务真题2022年上半年
翻译二级笔译实务真题2022年上半年Section Ⅰ English-Chinese TranslationTranslating the following two passages into Chin（江南博哥）ese.1. The World Intellectual Property Organization is the global forum for intellectual property policy, services, information and cooperation. On the 26th of April every year, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity. Each year we choose a theme that illustrates just how important intellectual property is to society, the economy and to our everyday lives. The theme of this year's campaign is "Reach for Gold: IP and Sports". Sports are not necessarily something that you would immediately associate with IP.Sports have become a multi-billion-dollar global industry——one that generates investment in facilities, employs millions of people around the world, and entertains many more. Business relationship built on IP rights help to secure the economic value of sport. This, in turn, stimulates the growth of the industry by enabling sporting organizations to finance the events we savor, and by providing the means to promote sports development at the grassroots level.Today, thanks to advances in broadcasting and communications technologies, anyone can follow sporting action around the clock, anywhere, tracking the performance of their favorite athletes and teams without leaving home. But traditionally, tickets were sold to sports fans to enter an area to watch a match. At that time, the excitement of sporting competition did not move much beyond the area. Now thanks to remarkable technological advances, millions andmillions of people around the world can tune in and watch a match. That process of broadcasting sporting action to fans in all parts of the world, and the investment it requires, rewards broadcasters with an IP right, which in turn makes it possible to finance the matches.And yet, these technological innovations are empowered and encouraged by IP.We look at how sports business use patents and designs tofoster the development of new sports technologies, materials, training, and equipment to help improve athletic performance, and engage fans worldwide. And we find out how trademarks and brandingmaximize commercial revenue from sponsorship, merchandising and licensing agreements.These revenues offset the cost of organizing world class events, such as the Olympic Games and World Cup series, and ensure that the value and integrity of these spectacular events are safeguarded.正确答案：世界知识产权组织(WIPO)是围绕知识产权政策、服务、信息与合作而设立的全球性论坛“世界知识产权日”定在每年的4月26日，旨在让人们了解知识产权在鼓励创新、创造方面所发挥的作用。
二级笔译考试题及答案
二级笔译考试题及答案一、词汇翻译（共20分）1. 请将下列中文词汇翻译成英文。
（每题1分，共10分） - 一带一路- 人工智能- 可持续发展- 供给侧改革- 共享经济- 创新创业- 精准扶贫- 互联网+- 移动支付- 绿色发展- 网络安全2. 请将下列英文词汇翻译成中文。
（每题1分，共10分） - Belt and Road Initiative- Artificial Intelligence- Sustainable Development- Supply-Side Structural Reform- Sharing Economy- Innovation and Entrepreneurship- Targeted Poverty Alleviation- Internet Plus- Mobile Payment- Green Development- Cybersecurity二、句子翻译（共30分）1. 请将下列中文句子翻译成英文。
（每题3分，共15分）- 中国政府致力于推动经济全球化，促进世界经济的稳定增长。
- 随着科技的发展，移动支付已经成为人们日常生活的一部分。
- 环境保护是实现可持续发展的关键，需要全社会的共同努力。
- 创新是引领发展的第一动力，创新驱动发展战略是实现现代化的必由之路。
- 一带一路倡议旨在加强国际合作，促进共同繁荣。
2. 请将下列英文句子翻译成中文。
（每题3分，共15分）- The Chinese government is committed to promoting economic globalization and fostering stable growth of the world economy.- With the development of technology, mobile payment has become a part of people's daily life.- Environmental protection is key to achieving sustainable development and requires the joint efforts of the whole society.- Innovation is the primary driving force for development, and the innovation-driven development strategy is the inevitable path to modernization.- The Belt and Road Initiative aims to strengthen international cooperation and promote common prosperity.三、段落翻译（共50分）1. 请将下列中文段落翻译成英文。
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2003年12月Part A Compulsory Translation（必译题）（20 points）中华民族历来尊重人的尊严和价值。
还在遥远的古代，我们的先人就已提出“民为贵”的思想，认为“天生万物，唯人为贵”，一切社会的发展和进步，都取决于人的发展和进步，取决于人的尊严的维护和价值的发挥。
中国共产党领导人民进行革命、建设和改革，就是要实现全中国人民广泛的自由、民主和人权。
今天中国所焕发出来的巨大活力，是中国人民拥有广泛自由、民主的生动写照。
中国在公元一世纪人口就已达到过六千万左右，众多人口的衣食住行，几千年来一直是中国历代政府所要解决的首要人权问题。
今天的中国是一个有十二亿多人口的发展中大国，仍然必须首先保障最广大人民的生存权和发展权，不然一切其他权利都无从谈起。
中国确保十二亿多人的生存权和发展权，这是对世界人权进步事业的重大贡献。
Part B Choice of Two Translation （二选一题）（20 points）Topic 1（选题一）艾滋病艾滋病是一种威胁生命的疾病，它侵袭人体内的自然免疫系统，破坏人体的自卫能力。
艾滋病本身并不致命，但是，由于人体的免疫系统遭到破坏，病人几乎没有能力低于其他许多疾病的侵袭，例如，肺炎、癌症、致盲性疾病和精神错乱。
艾滋病毒存在于人的体液中。
这种病毒可以通过性生活或共用静脉注射器传播，也可以通过血制品传播，并且可以从患艾滋病的孕妇身上传播给她的妊娠婴儿。
有关艾滋病传播的许多说法是错误的。
与艾滋病患者一起工作或上学不会传染上艾滋病，触摸他们用过的饮水杯或其他东西也不会传染上艾滋病。
专家们说：没有人因为与艾滋病患者一起生活、照料艾滋病患者或触摸艾滋病患者而染上艾滋病。
Topic 2 （选题二）时间之谜如果你能够看懂时钟，你就可以知道一天的时间。
但是谁也不知道，时间本身究竟是什么。
时间是看不到、摸不着、听不见的，我们只能记录时间消逝的办法才知道时间的存在。
虽然我们成功的测量了时间的分分秒秒，但时间仍然是宇宙间及其神秘的现象之一。
思考时间的一个方法是设想一个没有时间的世界。
那样，就不可能有运动了，因为时间和运动是不可分开的。
一个没有时间的世界只有在没有变化的情况下才能存在。
因为时间和变化是联系在一起的。
当某件事发生变化时，你知道时间已经流逝。
在现实世界里，变化是永无止境的，有一些变化，如月食，只发生在瞬间，而另一些变化则反复出现，比如日出和日落。
人们一直注意那些反复出现的自然现象，在人们开始计算这些现象时，他们就开始测定时间了。
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