六级翻译练习题

　　【翻译练习】
　　深入阅读，无论是通过哪种平台或者形式，都在人类文明发展史上扮演着不可或缺的地位。所有的技术突破，例如上一代的试听革命和当代的数字革命，都是为了起到补充的作用。作为人类知识一个全能的体现——文字的作用永远不会被夸大，也永远不会被完全替代。随着中国发展到中产阶级阶段，越来越多的中国人会意识到文字的重要性，年轻一代也会读那些非功利性的书籍。正如弗兰西斯·培根(Francis Bacon)的名言，读书“足以怡情，足以博采，足以长才”，“怡情”应该包含提升自我至一个更高视野的喜悦，而这是仅用金钱就可以买到的高层公寓远远不及的。

参考翻译

　　【词汇突破】
　　深入阅读：serious reading
　　无论：no matter what; whatever
　　平台：platform
　　文明：civilization
　　扮演重要角色/有着重要地位：play an important role in/ have place in
　　技术突破：technological breakthrough
　　上一代：previous generation
　　试听革命：audio-visual revolution
　　数字革命：digital revolution
　　起到……作用：serve to do sth.
　　补充：complement
　　全能的体现：all-powerful embodiment
　　人类知识：human knowledge
　　功力：utilitarian
　　读书“足以怡情，足以博采，足以长才”：studies can be “for delight, for ornament, and for ability”
　　视野：vista

　　【参考译文】
　　Serious reading, on whatever platform or in whatever form, has its place in the advance of human civilization. All technological breakthroughs, such as the audio-visual revolution of the previous generation and now the digital revolution, all serve to complement it. Words as the all-powerful embodiment of human knowledge are never overrated and will never be totally replaced. More Chinese will realize their importance as the nation grows into middle-class comfort. The younger generations can afford to read books that are not utilitarian. As Francis Bacon famously said, studies can be “for delight, for ornament, and for ability”, and “delight” should rightly include the joy of elevating oneself to a level with a higher vista, which, unlike a high-rise apartment, money alone cannot buy.