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1、2020年·第三十二届韩素音国际翻译大赛·英译汉竞赛原文AestheticEducationandNationalProgress[1]ThediminutionofemphasisontheartsandthehumanitiesandthecorrespondingincreasedemphasisonbusinessandSTEMdisciplines(Science,Technology,Engineering,andMath)hasresultedinanormativeconceptionofnationalprogressthatexc
2、ludesaestheticeducation.Inthisessay,Iarguethataestheticeducatorsshouldchallengethenormativeunderstandingofnationalprogress.(Inthehumanities,aestheticeducatorstypicallyareeducatorsofEnglish,foreignlanguagesandliterature,philosophy,arthistoryandfilmstudies.)Tothisend,Icallattenti
3、ontothewritingsoftheFrenchphilosopherGermainedeStaël(1766-1817)becauseintheadaptationofhernotionofprogressliespossiblehopeforthefutureofthehumanitiesandthearts.[2]IncontemporaryAmericansociety,nationalprogressismoreoftenthannotequatedwithjobcreation,andjobcreationislinkedtoadva
4、ncementinbusinessandtheSTEMdisciplines.Forexample,inhis2012acceptancespeechafterthenationalelection,PresidentObamacalledfortheUnitedStatestoremaintheleaderinscienceandtechnology,andthenheexclaimed,“America,Ibelievewecanbuildontheprogresswe'vemadeandcontinuetofightfornewjobsandn
5、ewopportunitiesandnewsecurityforthemiddleclass.”[3]Lipserviceispaidtocivicresponsibilityanditsroleinnationalprogress,whilefederalandstategovernments,aswellasinstitutionsofhighereducation,drasticallycutbudgetsand/orentireprogramsinthehumanitiesandthearts.Aestheticeducatorsknowth
6、atthesecutswill,inthelongterm,bedevastatingtocivilsocietybecausethehumanitiesandtheartsarepreciselytheprogramsthatconveyculturalcapital.Moreprecisely,theycultivateinstudentsthecriticaljudgmentandtheindependenceofthoughtneededtobeabletomakeinformeddecisionsabouttheirplaceincivil
7、society.Giventhenumberofindicatorsthatpointtoadeclineinpublicandinstitutionalsupportforthehumanitiesandthearts,however,ithasbecomeeasyforaestheticeducatorstobecomedemoralized,feelirrelevant,andevenbelievethatwe,infact,havelittleornoroleinnationalprogress.[4]Asexamplesofindicato
8、rsthatpointtotheincreasingirrelevanceofthehumanities,i