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1、CATTI(ChinaAccreditationTestforTranslatorsandInterpreters)全国翻译专业资格(水平)考试考试分7个语种,分别是英、日、法、阿拉伯、俄、德、西班牙等语种;四个等级,即:资深翻译;(教授)一级口译、笔译翻译;(副教授)二级口译、笔译翻译;(讲师)18三级口译、笔译翻译;(助教)2012年5月CATTI二级笔译真题笔译实务Section1English-ChineseTranslation(英译汉)(50points) Translatethefollowingtwopassage
2、sintoChinese.Passage1(Source:TheNewYorkTimes:TranslationasLiteraryAmbassadorhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/books/08translate.html) TherunawaysuccessofStiegLarsson’s“Millennium”trilogysuggeststhatwhenitcomestocontemporaryliteratureintranslation,Americansareatleastwi
3、llingtoreadScandinaviandetectivefiction.Butforworkfromotherregions,inothergenres,winningtheinterestofbigpublishinghousesandreadersintheUnitedStatesremainsasteepuphillstruggle. Amongforeignculturalinstitutesandpublishers,thetraditionalAmericanaversiontoliteratureintran
4、slationisknownas“the3percentproblem.”Butnow,hopingtoincreasetheirminusculeshareoftheAmericanbookmarket—about3percent—foreigngovernmentsandfoundations,especiallythoseonthemarginsofEurope,aretakingmattersintotheirownhandsandplungingintothepublishingfrayintheUnitedStates.
5、 Increasingly,thatcampaignisnolongerlimitedtowidelyspokenlanguageslikeFrenchandGerman.FromRomaniatoCataloniatoIceland,culturalinstitutesandagenciesaresubsidizingpublicationofbooksinEnglish,underwritingthetrainingoftranslators,encouragingtheirwriterstotourintheUnitedSt
6、ates,submittingtoAmericanmarketingandpromotionaltechniquestheymayhavepreviouslyshunnedandexploitingexistingnichesinthepublishingindustry. “Wehaveestablishedthisasastrategicobjective,along-termcommitmenttobreakthroughtheAmericanmarket,”saidCorinaSuteu,wholeadstheNewYor
7、kbranchoftheEuropeanUnionNationalInstitutesforCultureanddirectstheRomanianCulturalInstitute.“For18nationsinEurope,betheysmallorlarge,literaturewillalwaysbeoneofthekeysoftheirculturalexistence,andwerecognizethatthisistheonlywaywearegoingtobeabletomakethatliteratureprese
8、ntintheUnitedStates.” Forinstance,theDalkeyArchivePress,asmallpuublishinghouseinChampaign,Ill.,thatformorethan25year