Question

 

A. accurately B. advantage C. desirable D. humble AB. adequate AC. knowing AD. processing BC. rapidly BD. target CD. translate ABC. grasp

A successful translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his source language, full facility in the handling of his ___1.____ language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual use, and a knowledge of the latest subject-matter in his fields of specialization. This is his professional equipment. In addition to this, it is desirable that he should have an inquiring mind, wide interests, a good memory and the ability to ____2.___ quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing to work on his own, often at high speeds, but should be ____3.___ enough to consult others if his own knowledge doesn’t always prove __4.____ to the task in hand. He should be able to type fairly quickly and ___5.____ and, if he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to switch ___6.____ from one source language to another, as well as from one-subject-matter to another, since this ability is frequently required of him in such work. Bearing in mind the nature of the translator’s work, i. e. the __7.____ of the written word, it is, strictly speaking, unnecessary that he should speak the languages he is dealing with. If he does speak them, it is an ___8.___ rather than a hindrance (障碍), but this skill is in many ways a luxury that makes no much difference to him. It is, however, ___9.___ that he should have a rough idea about the pronunciation of his source languages, even if this is restricted to __10.___ how proper names and place names are pronounced.

 

Answer 1

1.BD

2.ABC

3.D

4.AB

5.A

6.BC

7.AD

8.B

9.C

10.AC

【解析】

试题分析：文章大意：这篇文章讨论的是翻译所需的技能和素质。

1.target目标。句意：一名译者必须精通源语言，熟悉其各种最新的用法，能够熟练处理通常是其母语或习惯使用语言的目标语言，而且还必须知道并理解其专业领域中出现的最新题材。故选BD。

2.grasp掌握。除此之外，他最好还能有追根究底的精神、广泛的兴趣、良好的记忆力，以及迅速掌握最新发展动态的基本准则的能力。故选ABC。

3.umble谦逊的，但与此同时，当其知识结构不足以应付手头的任务时，他也应该

愿意谦虚地向别人请教。故选D。

4.形容词。adequate不足的。当其知识结构不足以应付手头的任务时，他也应该愿意谦虚地向别人请教。故选AB

5.分词。accurately准确地。他应该能够快速而准确地打字，而且如果主要是为出版需要翻译的话，他还应该对印刷技术和校对有相当的了解。故选A。

6.副词。rapidly迅速地。他的头脑应该非常敏捷，能迅速地从一门源语言转换到另一门源语言，或是从一种题材转换到另一种题材。故选BC

7.名词。processing过程。考虑到笔译工作的性质就是处理书面文字，严格地说，译者并不一定要会讲他所处理的语言。故选AD

8.名词辨析。advantage优点。如果他确实会讲，这当然是一个优势而非障碍。故答案选B

9.形容词。It is desirable that需要。不过，他最好能对源语言的发音有一个大致的了解，哪怕这种了解只限于对专有名词和地名的发音。故选C。

10.动词。knowing知道。他最好能对源语言的发音有一个大致的了解，哪怕这种了解只限于对专有名词和地名的发音。故选AC

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