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Several Questions Involving the Preparation for the National 3rd Grade Translator’s Qualification Test Organized by the Ministry of Human Resources — Song Tianxi The philosophy for the test preparation goal（pass）---- self-confidence （must）---- action （regular） Draw a specific timetable and be a slave to it concentration--- sweat--- non-stop effort until you succeed 努力征服一切。这里所指的不是断断续续的，间歇性的，而是坚定的，的，每日动。成功Weevils and other economic pests must be wiped out. In his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize, he stressed the inner conflict of man. We always hear about the haves and the have-nots. Why don’t we hear about the doers and the do-nots? 我们常常听到人们喜欢谈论富人和穷人。为什么听不到谈论勤劳的人和懒惰的人？ Beauty is all very well at first sight, but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days. ___ George Benard Shaw 美乍看上去是很吸引人的，但得到它三天以后，谁还会珍惜它呢？ Don’t kill yourself trying to get the work done by tomorrow. It can wait. 别为了赶着明天把事情做完而累坏身体。这事可以缓一缓嘛。 She just took the fat; she screw the long turn. 她只顾捞眼前的好处，而把长远利益置于脑后。 The boss was advised to skim away personnel fat because his company was a little bit overmanned. 有人建议老板裁减冗员，因为他的公司有点人浮于事。 A:“They might let us in without tickets.” B: “Fat chance of that!” A: “他们也许会让我们免费入场。” B：“别痴心妄想了！”/ “美的你！” Paul can’t drive so he was a fat lot of use when I broke my arm. 保罗不会开车，所以我手臂骨折时他一点忙也没帮上。 Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow —red, yellow, brown, black and white — and we’re all precious in God’s sight. (D.B. Baker, Power Quotes,1992:201) ［译文］我们（美国）的国旗是红、白、蓝三色图案，但我们的民族是一道多彩的彩虹—— 我们有红种人、黄种人、棕色人、黑人和白人，这五色人种全都是上帝的宠儿。 ［分析］离开具体的语境，“red, white and blue”只能译为“红、白、蓝”； 而“ red, yellow, brown, black and white ”也只能译为“红色、黄色、棕色、黑色和白色”。这样，全句可能译为：“我们（美国）的国旗是红、白、蓝， 但我们的民族是彩虹——红色、黄色、棕色、黑色和白色，我们在上帝的眼里全都是宝贵的。” 这样的译文不仅显得很苍白，而且也失掉了原文中的一些信息。根据上文的” flag”, 我们可以判断” red, white and blue”是指国旗的颜色图案；而从”nation”和” we”这两个词，我们可以推知” red, yellow, brown, black and white” 这五种颜色指的是人种的肤色。） （2）Try to translate long English sentences into short and