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 (障礙), 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】

試題分析：文章大意：這篇文章討論的是翻譯所需的技能和素質。

1.target目標。句意：一名譯者必須精通源語言，熟悉其各種最新的用法，能夠熟練處理通常是其母語或習慣使用語言的目標語言，而且還必須知道并理解其專業領域中出現的最新題材。故選BD。

2.grasp掌握。除此之外，他最好還能有追根究底的精神、廣泛的興趣、良好的記憶力，以及迅速掌握最新發展動態的基本準則的能力。故選ABC。

3.umble謙遜的，但與此同時，當其知識結構不足以應付手頭的任務時，他也應該

愿意謙虛地向別人請教。故選D。

4.形容詞。adequate不足的。當其知識結構不足以應付手頭的任務時，他也應該愿意謙虛地向別人請教。故選AB

5.分詞。accurately準確地。他應該能夠快速而準確地打字，而且如果主要是為出版需要翻譯的話，他還應該對印刷技術和校對有相當的了解。故選A。

6.副詞。rapidly迅速地。他的頭腦應該非常敏捷，能迅速地從一門源語言轉換到另一門源語言，或是從一種題材轉換到另一種題材。故選BC

7.名詞。processing過程。考慮到筆譯工作的性質就是處理書面文字，嚴格地說，譯者并不一定要會講他所處理的語言。故選AD

8.名詞辨析。advantage優點。如果他確實會講，這當然是一個優勢而非障礙。故答案選B

9.形容詞。It is desirable that需要。不過，他最好能對源語言的發音有一個大致的了解，哪怕這種了解只限于對專有名詞和地名的發音。故選C。

10.動詞。knowing知道。他最好能對源語言的發音有一個大致的了解，哪怕這種了解只限于對專有名詞和地名的發音。故選AC

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