非文学翻译(口译) week 12

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1、翻译练习：Forhispart,BrauninhisbookisveryscathingofMao'spartinamilitaryexcursionintoSinkiangin1936.Thisaffairremainsmysterious,butthereisnodoubtofBraun'svendettawithMaoduringhisfinalyearsinChina.TheChineseleadergavehimaperpetualbrush-offfrommeetingsofimportanceinYenan.Braunfoundthat

2、Mao's"knowledgeofMarxism...seemedsuperficial",andthathispronouncementswerefullofaphorisms,theproductofapragmaticutilitarianmindwhichhadnotcometogripswiththephilosophicalpremisesofcommunism.BraunridiculedMao'sdeterminationofclassstatusbysuchsubjectivecriteriaasincomeandconcluded

3、thathisrealgoalwasthatofcompletepersonalpower.ItisnotperhapssurprisingthatthisGermancommunistevenfindsawordofpraiseforoneoftheleading(andextremely27hostile)historiansofChinesecommunismontheKuomintangislandofTaiwan.而布劳恩则在他的书里就毛在1936年红军远涉新疆的事件（指红军西路军远征河西走廊，失败后少数人员最终抵达新疆的事件—译注）中所起

4、的作用进行了尖锐的抨击。虽然这次事件的真相至今仍然是个未解之谜，但布劳恩在中国最后几年与毛的结怨却是确凿无疑的。凡是在延安召开的重要会议，这位中国领袖总是一概地将布劳恩拒之门外。布劳恩认为：毛的“马克思主义知识似乎很肤浅”，而且他的言论中充斥着格言警句，这是他实用主义功利思想所导致的，在他的思想里共产主义的哲学基础并没有融会贯通。对于毛用诸如收入一类的主观标准来划分阶级成分的做法，布劳恩大加嘲讽。他的结论是：毛的真实目的是为了获得完全的个人权力。因此，对一位在国民党占据的台湾岛上从事中国共产主义历史研究的极端反共学者，身为德国共产主义者的布劳恩竟然也

5、赞誉有加一事，或许并不出人意料。27IntroductiontoACominternAgentinChina(1932—1939)(Excerpt)DickWilson1.WhentheyoungGermanschoolmasterOttoBraun(1900-74)steppedoffthegangplankatShanghaiin1932totakeupahazardousassignmentasCominternmilitaryadvisertotheChineseCommunistParty,noone--leastofallhimself-

6、-couldhaveanticipatedjusthowcrucialhisrolewouldbeandthathistestimonyabouttheyearsthatfollowedwouldbecomeunique.ByanaccidentofhistoryBraunbecametheonlyWesternertotakepartintheepicLongMarchofChineseCommunistPartyleadershipandRedArmyin1934-5,fromKiangsiinsouthernChinatoShensiinthe

7、north.HethuswitnessednotonlytheunexpectedsalvationofthebeleagueredCCP27fromexterminationatthehandsofitsright-wingenemy,theKuomintangParty,butalsothetake-overofChineseCommunismbytheruralandnationalisticMaoTse-tungfromtheyoungerurbanintellectualswho,trainedinMoscow,werealwaysread

8、ytofollowtheRussianleadininternationalcommunistaffairs