【上海财经大学MTI 2022】套话中的套话
【上海财经大学MTI 2022】套话中的套话
眼睛一睁,周一。眼睛一闭,周五。
今年的暑假马上就要结束了,不知道各位同学的收获怎样,不管是知识上的,还是经历上的。而且,这个暑假也有可能是不少同学人生中的最后一个长假,明年的此时此刻已经成为职场里的小牛小马。
时间过得就是那么飞速,丝毫没有停下来的可能性。
今天的材料来自于上海财经大学2022年的MTI汉英翻译题目。内容共有两篇,其中第二篇以前出现在其它院校的题目里,公众号分析讲解过,所以此时略过。
第一篇属于典型的政经类材料,套话居多,或者说,整篇都是套话。
- 难度:★★★★★
- 字数:243 字
- 建议翻译时间:30 - 40 分钟
- 翻译难点:政经类概念的表达
中方将继续按照既定部署和节奏,坚定不移地推动改革开放,并与世界各国一道坚定不移的维护自由贸易原则和多边贸易体制。今年是中国改革开放四十周年,过去40年中国经济高速增长靠的是改革开放,未来推动经济高质量发展仍然要靠改革开放。不管外部环境发生什么变化,中国政府都将坚持发挥市场在资源配置中的决定性作用,保护产权和知识产权。发挥企业家的重要作用,鼓励竞争,反对垄断,继续推动对外开放,创造有吸力的投资环境。坚定支持经济全球化,坚定维护国际经贸体系,与世界上一切追求进步的国家共同发展,共享繁荣。(243字)
作为社会的人,交往和独处是两种不可或缺的生活方式。正如身体需要不断摄取能量,人的精神层面也需新信息的不断补充;但信息不等于知识、思想和情感,它需要沉淀下来,慢慢地被转化和整合,而这些不是在乱哄哄的社交而是在静静的独处中完成的。在西方,人们相信“灵魂在寂静中成长”;在中国,孔子“吾日三省吾身”方成圣人。(151字)
PART ONE
中方将继续按照既定部署和节奏,坚定不移地推动改革开放,并与世界各国一道坚定不移的维护自由贸易原则和多边贸易体制。今年是中国改革开放四十周年,过去40年中国经济高速增长靠的是改革开放,未来推动经济高质量发展仍然要靠改革开放。不管外部环境发生什么变化,中国政府都将坚持发挥市场在资源配置中的决定性作用,保护产权和知识产权。发挥企业家的重要作用,鼓励竞争,反对垄断,继续推动对外开放,创造有吸力的投资环境。坚定支持经济全球化,坚定维护国际经贸体系,与世界上一切追求进步的国家共同发展,共享繁荣。
1. 中方将继续按照既定部署和节奏,坚定不移地推动改革开放,并与世界各国一道坚定不移的维护自由贸易原则和多边贸易体制。
“既定部署和节奏”出现的时候,估计有同学看不懂了。别着急,把它转换成大白话:既定的规划和时间表。此处简单处理的话,就两个名词:plans and timetable。
“坚定不移地”又想到了那个千年不遇的单词unswervingly?这个单词极其生僻晦涩,少用为妙。此处其实是套话,stay committed to或者用uphold或者continue to。
而且,本句的最后一个意群还会出现这个副词,可以省略不译。
“自由贸易原则和多边贸易体制”这些都是最基本的政经类概念,希望大家都见过背过。
本句看起来比较简单,但需要注意的是:句内的逻辑关系。形式上来讲,原文有很多动词结构,似乎是并列关系。但含义上判断,明显不是并列关系。
2. 今年是中国改革开放四十周年,过去40年中国经济高速增长靠的是改革开放,未来推动经济高质量发展仍然要靠改革开放。
本句的内容相对较多,可以适当考虑断句。
“今年是……周年”这个句式套路,知道了吧?“靠的是”处理的思路非常的多,比如说 depend on或者owe much to 或者 be attributed to。总之,因果关系。
“推动”二字可以省略不译吗?完全可以的。
另外,本句形式上有三个完全不同的主语,但翻译的时候建议稍微调整一下。特别是最后两句,把主语改成“改革开放”,前后表达与衔接会更自然流畅一些。
3. 不管外部环境发生什么变化,中国政府都将坚持发挥市场在资源配置中的决定性作用,保护产权和知识产权。
“外部环境”也是套话,external environment。
“发挥市场在资源配置中的决定性作用”请问这句话有啥可讲的吗?至少在10年前就已经是新闻里面的常客了。
“产权和知识产权”同样也是基本概念,得会。
4. 发挥企业家的重要作用,鼓励竞争,反对垄断,继续推动对外开放,创造有吸引力的投资环境。
这句话和后面的第5句话都没有形式主语,需要考虑添加或者变换句型。
“企业家”没啥可讲的。“鼓励竞争,反对垄断”同样都是最基本的表达结构。后面的内容更是如此,通通都是套话。
5. 坚定支持经济全球化,坚定维护国际经贸体系,与世界上一切追求进步的国家共同发展,共享繁荣。
“坚定”不需要翻译成什么resolutely,实际意义并不大。
“经济全球化”还处理错误的话,只能建议你收拾一下行李,回你的老家山顶洞。“国际经贸体系”同样也是最基本的概念。
“追求进步的国家”是什么样的国家呢?此处可以考虑用后置定语从句。“共同发展,共享繁荣”可以处理成目的状语。
原文
中方将继续按照既定部署和节奏,坚定不移地推动改革开放,并与世界各国一道坚定不移的维护自由贸易原则和多边贸易体制。今年是中国改革开放四十周年,过去40年中国经济高速增长靠的是改革开放,未来推动经济高质量发展仍然要靠改革开放。不管外部环境发生什么变化,中国政府都将坚持发挥市场在资源配置中的决定性作用,保护产权和知识产权。发挥企业家的重要作用,鼓励竞争,反对垄断,继续推动对外开放,创造有吸力的投资环境。坚定支持经济全球化,坚定维护国际经贸体系,与世界上一切追求进步的国家共同发展,共享繁荣。
参考译文
In line with its established plans and timetables, China will continue to promote reform and opening-up and work together with other countries to uphold the principle of free trade and the multilateral trading system. This year marks the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up. Reform and opening up is the very contributor to China’s turbo-charged growth in the past four decades and will remain a driver of its high-quality economic development in the future. Regardless of changes in the external environment, the government will let the market play a decisive role in resource allocation and protect property rights and intellectual property rights. It will give full play to the important roles of entrepreneurs, encourage competition, stand against monopoly, expand opening-up, and create an attractive investment environment. It will continue to support economic globalization, preserve the international economic and trade system, and pursue common development and common prosperity with countries seeking progress.
官方译文
China will continue to unswervingly promote reform and opening-up in accordance with the established arrangements and pace, and work with other countries to persistently uphold the principle of free trade and the multilateral trading system. This year marks the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up. In the past 40 years, China’s rapid economic growth has depended on reform and opening-up, and the future of high-quality economic development will still depend on it. No matter what changes have taken place in the external environment, the Chinese government will continue to play the decisive role of the market in resource allocation and property rights and intellectual property rights protection. We will give full play to the important role of entrepreneurs, encourage competition and oppose monopoly. China will continue to open its door wider to the outside world and create an attractive investment environment. We will firmly support economic globalization, uphold the international economic and trade system, and share common development and prosperity with all countries pursuing progress.
PART TWO
作为社会的人,交往和独处是两种不可或缺的生活方式。正如身体需要不断摄取能量,人的精神层面也需新信息的不断补充;但信息不等于知识、思想和情感,它需要沉淀下来,慢慢地被转化和整合,而这些不是在乱哄哄的社交而是在静静的独处中完成的。在西方,人们相信“灵魂在寂静中成长”;在中国,孔子“吾日三省吾身”方成圣人。(151字)
此前的公众号讲解
参考译文
For social beings, interaction with others and enjoying moments of solitude are two essential ways of life. Just as the body needs to constantly take in energy, our minds require a regular infusion of new information. However, information does not equate to knowledge, thought or emotion; it needs to sink in, be transformed and integrated over time. The process can only be completed in quiet solitude, instead of a noisy social setting. In the West, there is a belief that the soul grows in silence; in China, it is said that Confucius became a sage through the practice of self-reflection three times a day.
《中国翻译》译文
As a social being, humans need both social intercourse and solitude, just as the body and mind require physical as well as spiritual energies and inputs. In terms of mentality, however, for information to be transformed and integrated into knowledge, thoughts and feelings as something of one’s own, serenity instead of bustle seems to be the right condition. In the Western tradition, it is believed that “the soul grows in tranquility”; in China, Confucius’ “repeated introspection on a daily basis” made him a saint.
周末愉快。
复译练习
China will continue to unswervingly promote the reform and opening-up in line with established pace and arrangement, and work with other countries to consistently uphold the free trading discipline and multilateral trading system. This year marks the 40th anniversary of China’s reform and opening-up. In the past 40 years, the rapid development of China’s economy depends on the reform and opening-up, and the high-quality development in the future will also depends on it. Regardless of changes of external environment, Chinese government will insist on playing the decisive role of market in resoure allocation and protecting property and intellectual property rights. We will play the full role of entrepreneurs, encourage competition and oppose monopoly. We will continue to promote the opening-up, aiming to form an attractive investing environment. We will support the economic globalization and uphold the international trading system, aiming to develop and share the prosperity together with countries seeking for progress.