北外英语翻译资格中级笔译试题

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1、教育部全国翻译证书考试2001年试题（中级笔译）2001年北外英语翻译资格中级笔译试题passage1artificialspeechbecausespeechisthemostconvenientformofcommunication,inthefuturewewantessentiallynaturalconversationswithcomputers.theprimarypointofcontactwillbeasimpledevicethatwillactasourwindowontheworld.youwillsimp

2、lytalktoit.thedevicewillbepermanentlyconnectedtotheinternetandwillbeeprelevantinformationuptoyouasitcomesin.justhowquicklypeoplewilladapttoavoice-basedinternetworldisuncertain.manybelievethat,initiallyatleast,wewillneedsimilarconventionsforthevoicetothoseweuseatpresen

3、tonscreen:click,back,forward,andsoon.butsoonyouwillundoubtedlybeabletointeractbyvoicewithallthoseit-basedservicesyoucurrentlyconnectwithovertheinternetbymeansofakeyboard.thiswillhelptheinternetservetheentirepopulation,notjusttechno-freaks.changeslikethiswillencompasst

4、hewholeworld.becauseenglishisthelanguageofscience,itwillprobablyremainthelanguageinwhichthetechnologyismostadvanced,butmostspeech-recognitiontechniquesaretransferabletootherlanguagesprovidedthereissufficientmotivationtoundertakethework.withintenyearswewillhavecomputer

5、sthatrespondtogoal-directedconversations,butforacomputertohaveaconversationthattakesintoaccounthumansocialbehaviourisprobably50yearsoff.we’renotgoingtobechattingtothebigscreeninthelivingroomjustyet.therearethoseintheitcommunitywhobelievethatcurrenttechniqueswilleventu

6、allyhitabrickwall.personally,ibelievethatincrementaldevelopmentsinperformancearemorelikely.butit’struethatbyabout2040orso,computerarchitectureswillneedtobecomehighlyparallelifperformanceistokeepincreasing.perhapsthatwillinspiresomeradicallynewapproachestospeechunderst

7、andingthatwillsupplantthemethodswe’redevelopingnow.smallvendorsengageinsimplespot-markettransactions,withbuyersandsellersdealingfacetofacetotradefairlystandardproductswhosequalityiseasytoverify.langemultinationalfirmsexchangemoredifferentiatedproducts,facegreaterdiffi

8、cultiesinverifyingquality,andmustspangreaterseparationsintimeandspacebetweenonepartofthetransactionandtheother.mosteconomies