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Chapter 1 General Principles Exercise 1 用直译和意译法翻译 1. Smashing a mirror is no way to make an ugly person beautiful, nor is it a way to make social problems evaporate. 2. Shakespeare put his hometown on the map. 3. As luck would have it, ?he was caught by the teacher again. 4. Business is a two-way street and to keep it open in both directions there must be a sense that both partners are doing their utmost to ensure a steady growth in each other’s markets. Exercise 2 用归化和异化法翻译 1. It’s the last straw that breaks the camels back. 2. Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 3. Little strokes fell great oaks. 4. She could not desert Tara she belonged to the red acres far more than they could ever belong to her. Chapter 3 Diction Exercise 1 篇章翻译 Alone Solitude is an excellent laboratory in which to observe the extent to which manners and habits are conditioned by others. My table manners are atrocious(粗野 ) — in this respect I’ve slipped back hundreds of years; in fact, I have no manners whatsoever. If I feel like it, I eat with my fingers, or out of a can, or standing up — in other words, whichever is easiest. What’s left over, I just heave into the slop pail(泔水桶 ), close to my feet. Come to think of it, no reason why I shouldn’t. It’s rather a convenient way to eat; I seem to remember reading in Epicurus (人名：伊壁鸠鲁 ) that a man living alone lives the life of a wolf. A life alone makes the need for external demonstration almost disappear. Now I seldom cuss(乱骂 ), although at first I was quick to open fire at everything that tried my patience. Attending to the electrical circuit on the anemometer pole(风速表支柱 ) is no less cold than it was in the beginning; but I work in soundless torment, knowing that the night is vast and profanity (亵渎 ) can shock no one but myself. Exercise 2 翻译时注意选词法的运用 We provide a competitive compensation plan with exceptional benefits. If you are interested in a challenging position that requires travel and flexible hours, please fax your resume with com