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英汉笔译期末“短句翻译”复习提纲
1. Today the electronic computer is widely used in solving mathematical problems having to do with weather forecasting and putting satellites into orbit. 译文：今天, 电子计算机广泛地运用于解决一些数学问题, 这些问题与天气预报、把卫星送入轨道有关。 2. No reference books are to be taken out of the reading-room without permission 译文：本阅览室的任何参考书都不得擅自带出。 3. Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is the freshness of the deep springs of life. 译文：青春不是人生的一个阶段，而是一种心境。青春是生命深处的一泓清泉。 4. The isolation of the rural world because of distance and the lack of transport facilities is compounded by the paucity of the information media. 译文：因为距离远，又缺乏交通工具，农村社会是与外界隔绝的。这种隔绝状态由于通信工具不足，就变得更加严重了。 5. You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. 译文：骗人一夕一事易，欺众一生一世难。 6. Care should be taken at all times to protect these sophisticated instruments from dust and damp. 译文：应当始终注意保护这些精密仪器，不使其沾染灰尘，不让他们受潮。 7. The study found that non-smoking wives of men who smoke cigarettes face a much greater than normal danger of developing lung cancer．The more cigarettes smoked by the husband，the greater the threat faced by his non．smoking wife． 译文：这项研究表明，妻子不抽烟丈夫抽烟，妻子的肺癌的危险性比一般人大的多。丈夫抽的烟越多，妻子受到的威胁也就越大。 8. For the first time in the annals of space, a piloted ship had succeeded in launching an earth satellite. 译文：载人飞船成功地发射了一颗人造地球卫星，这在航天史上尚属首次。 9. The first point about chores is that they are repetitive. They come every day or thereabouts, and once done they require after a certain time to be done again. 译文：家务事的第一个特点，是反反复复。几乎天天都有，而且做完之后，过一段时间又要重做一番。 10. With determination, with luck, and with the help from lots of good people, I was able to rise from the ashes.
英语翻译基础期末复习完整
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西餐菜单翻译中英文对照
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冷什锦肉cold mixed meat 冷肉拼香肠cold meat and sausage 冷火腿蔬菜cold ham with vegetables 什锦肉冻mixed meat jelly 肝泥mashed liver; live paste 牛肝泥mashed ox liver; ox liver paste 牛脑泥mashed ox brain; ox brain paste 冷烤牛肉cold roast beef 冷烤里脊cold roast fillet 冷烤羔羊腿cold roast lamb leg 冷烤猪肉cold roast pork 冷烩茶肠cold stewed sausage 冷茶肠cold sausage 3鱼fish 茄汁烩鱼片stewed fish slices with tomato sauce 鸡蛋鲱鱼泥子minced herring with eggs 鸡蛋托鲱鱼herring on eggs 熏鲱鱼smoked herring 熏鲤鱼smoked carp 沙丁油鱼sardines
中国菜谱英文翻译
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英语翻译期末试卷
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科学美国人的中文翻译
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样卷 广东外语外贸大学国际商务英语学院 《英汉笔译》2011-2012学年上学期期末考试试卷（A） 考核方式：开卷 考核对象：国际商务英语学院法律英语系2009级考试时间：120分钟姓名______________ 班级________ 学号____________________ 分数___________ PART I. LEGAL TERMS (20%, one point for each) 1.outstanding liabilities 2.without prejudice to PART II. Translation Improvement (30%) Directions: There may be one or more errors or inappropriate treatment in each of the following TRANSLATED VERSIONS. Please underline it (or them) and then correct it (or them) in the corresponding space provided on the ANSWER SHEET. If you believe the whole translation is wrong or inappropriate, you are advised to underline the whole translation. Marks will be given if you have identified and properly marked the error(s). (2 points for each save as specified otherwise) 21.His retort was delivered with a strong note of vinegar. 原译：他的反驳是带着强烈的醋意发出的。 改译： 22.The new father wore a proud smile. 原译：那位新父亲面带得意笑容。 改译： PART III. SENTENCES (30%) Directions: Translate the following sentences. Employ the translation skill suggested in the brackets where appropriate. (3 points for each save as specified otherwise) https://www.wendangku.net/doc/c06911818.html,mission depends on the quantity of goods ordered. (Amplification) 32.We learn that you have been dealers of Chinese products for many years. (Conversion) PART IV. PASSAGE (20%) Translate the underlined part of the following passage. 1
3DMAX菜单中英文对照翻译全解
3DMAX菜单中英文对照表 一、File〈文件〉 New〈新建〉Reset〈重置〉 Open〈打开〉Save〈保存〉 Save As〈保存为〉Save selected〈保存选择〉XRef Objects〈外部引用物体〉 XRef Scenes〈外部引用场景〉 Merge〈合并〉 Merge Animation〈合并动画动作〉 Replace〈替换〉Import〈输入〉 Export〈输出〉Export Selected〈选择输出〉Archive〈存档〉Summary Info〈摘要信息〉File Properties〈文件属性〉 View Image File〈显示图像文件〉 History〈历史〉Exit〈退出〉 二、Edit〈菜单〉 Undo or Redo〈取消/重做〉 Hold and fetch〈保留/引用〉 Delete〈删除〉Clone〈克隆〉 Select All〈全部选择〉 Select None〈空出选择〉 Select Invert〈反向选择〉 Select By〈参考选择〉 Color〈颜色选择〉 Name〈名字选择〉 Rectangular Region〈矩形选择〉 Circular Region〈圆形选择〉 Fabce Region〈连点选择〉 Lasso Region〈套索选择〉 Region:〈区域选择〉 Window〈包含〉Crossing〈相交〉 Named Selection Sets〈命名选择集〉 Object Properties〈物体属性〉 三、Tools〈工具〉 Transform Type-In〈键盘输入变换〉 Display Floater〈视窗显示浮动对话框〉Selection Floater〈选择器浮动对话框〉 Light Lister〈灯光列表〉 Mirror〈镜像物体〉 Array〈阵列〉Align〈对齐〉 Snapshot〈快照〉 Spacing Tool〈间距分布工具〉 Normal Align〈法线对齐〉 Align Camera〈相机对齐〉Align to View〈视窗对齐〉 Place Highlight〈放置高光〉 Isolate Selection〈隔离选择〉 Rename Objects〈物体更名〉 四、Group〈群组〉Group〈群组〉 Ungroup〈撤消群组〉 Open〈开放组〉Close〈关闭组〉 Attach〈配属〉Detach〈分离〉 Explode〈分散组〉 五、Views〈查看〉 Undo View Change/Redo View change〈取消/重做视窗变化〉 Save Active View/Restore Active View〈保存/还原当前视窗〉 Viewport Configuration〈视窗配置〉 Grids〈栅格〉 Show Home Grid〈显示栅格命令〉 Activate Home Grid〈活跃原始栅格命令〉Activate Grid Object〈活跃栅格物体命令〉Activate Grid to View〈栅格及视窗对齐命令〉Viewport Background〈视窗背景〉 Update Background Image〈更新背景〉 Reset Background Transform〈重置背景变换〉Show Transform Gizmo〈显示变换坐标系〉Show Ghosting〈显示重橡〉 Show Key Times〈显示时间键〉 Shade Selected〈选择亮显〉 Show Dependencies〈显示关联物体〉 Match Camera to View〈相机与视窗匹配〉 Add Default Lights To Scene〈增加场景缺省灯光〉Redraw All Views〈重画所有视窗〉 Activate All Maps〈显示所有贴图〉 Deactivate All Maps〈关闭显示所有贴图〉Update During Spinner Drag〈微调时实时显示〉Adaptive Degradation Toggle〈绑定适应消隐〉Expert Mode〈专家模式〉 六、Create〈创建〉 Standard Primitives〈标准图元〉 Box〈立方体〉Cone〈圆锥体〉 Sphere〈球体〉GeoSphere〈三角面片球体〉Cylinder〈圆柱体〉Tube〈管状体〉 Torus〈圆环体〉Pyramid〈角锥体〉 Plane〈平面〉Teapot〈茶壶〉 Extended Primitives〈扩展图元〉
翻译基础期末试卷A
课程代码：0730090 第 1 页 共 4 页 出卷老师：万小磊 广东******学院 201*-201*学年第二学期期末考核试卷 适用年级、专业或班级：商英****班 考试科目：英汉翻译基础（汉译英） （闭卷）（C 卷） 总分：100分 考试时间：90分钟 一．Fill in the blanks （1 point for each blank ，6 points in total ） 1. 要胜任汉英翻译工作译者必须具备至少三种素养: 深厚的____________,广博的____________和高度的___________。 2. 以下各位分别提出了什么翻译标准? 刘重德___________, 傅雷________, 钱钟书___________。 二. Choose one proper word to fill in the blanks. Use its plural when necessary. （2 points for each blank, 14 points in total ） 1. 心有余而力不足 One’s ability falls short of one’s _________________. 2. 您的建议我会永远铭记在心。I will always bear your advice in_____________. 3. 如果你忘了她的生日她会很伤心的。You’ll hurt her____________if you forget her birthday. 4. 居心叵测 to nurser evil__________________. 5. 得人心者得天下 Those who gain___________________among the people will gain the 系别 班级 学号 姓名 - --------------- ---------- ------- ------- -------- -- - --- - -- -- -- -- -- -- - - -- -- -- -- ----- - --- - -- -- -装 订 线 - ------- ---- - -- -- -- -- - - -- -- -- -- -- -- - - -- -- -- - - -- ----- ---- - -- -- -- - - -- -- -- -- ----------------
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Unit1 A new study shows that dogs can detect if someone has cancer just by sniffing the person’s breath. Ordinary household dogs with only a few weeks of basic training learn to accurately distinguish between breath samples of lung- and breast-cancer patients and healthy subjects.One expert, who led the research, said, “Our study provides compelling evidence that cancers hidden beneath the skin can be detected simply by (dogs’) examining the odors of a person’s breath.” Early detection of cancers greatly improves a patient’s survival chances, and researchers hope that man’s best friend, the dog, can become an important tool in early screening. Unit 2 A research team recently replicated a bacterium’s genetic structure entirely from l aboratory chemicals, moving one step closer to creating the world’s first artificial organism. The researchers said, “It’s the second step of a three-step process to create a synthetic organism. But the final step could prove far more difficult.” Nonetheless, the research is pushing forward at a rapid pace. Last June, the team revealed details of an experiment in which researchers inserted the DNA of one species of bacterium into the cells of another. That process almost magically booted up the inserted genome. The research team hopes to use a similar trick to boot up the artificially created genome, so as to create a man-made living organism. Unit 3 In recent years, the psychologists from many countries banded together to do a research which indicated that continued income growth could make people apply themselves to an ongoing consumption race rather than promote overall happiness. Everyone has to spend more and more money in order to maintain a constant level of happiness. This is because our vanity and jealousy are functioning . The way to sort out them out is to cultivate the noble sentiment of being considerate and serving the society. People shouldn’t pin all their hopes on money. Instead , friends, family and work are also playing a very improtant role . Therefore, hapiness is not an inborn trait, but a talent which everyone can learn. Unit 4 I used to feel excited at teaching my students the elegant economic theories that could supposedly cure societal problems of all types. But what is the good of all my complex theories when people were dying of starvation on the sidewalks and porches across from my lecture hall? My lessons were like the American movies where the good guys always win. But when I emerged from the comfort of the classroom, I was faced with the reality of the city streets. Here good guys were mercilessly beaten and trampled. Daily life ws getting worse, and the poor were growing even poorer. Unit 5 No one thought that shy little Einstein would grow up to a prominent scientist. He was slow in learning to speak, and he often paused to consider what he would say during a conversation.In school, Albert Einstein was singled out by his teachers as a troublesome child because he liked to ask difficult strange questions. He did not like to memorize facts and rules, but was interested in what lay below the surface of things. When he was four or five years old, for instance, his father gave him a compass. Little Einstein was curious about the mysterious force that could keep a compass needle always pointing north, which prompted him to read widely in science. His real studies were mostly done at home by reading books on mathematics, physics, and philosophy. Unit 6 Most Americans have great vigor and enthusiasm. They prefer to discipline themselves rather than be disciplined by others. They pride themselves on their independence, their right to make their own minds. They tend to take the initiatives, even when there is a risk in doing so. They have courage and do not give in easily. They are considered sentimental. When they see a flag on ceremonial occasions, or attend parades celebrating Ame rica’s glorious past, tears may come to their eyes. They tend to be emotional at the reunions with family and friends, too. Sometimes, they can laugh at themselves and their country, while they will always remain intensely patriotic.