英译汉中长句处理──译The Great Brain Race有感.pdf

The Great Brain Race （Chapter One ） 《脑力大赛》（第一章） The Worldwide Race for Talent 全球人才竞争 原文 译文 When Claire Booyjzsen finished her master’s degree at the 威特沃特斯兰德大学位于南非的约翰 University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, 内斯堡，克莱尔·波伊兹森 在那里取 1 the world was her oyster. Intent on pursuing a PhD in 得硕士学位之后，整个世界的大门都为 chemistry, she consulted global rankings of universities to 她敞开了。为了继续取得化学博士学位 identify some of the strongest. Then she conducted more ，她首先查询了全球大学排名，找出一 research, corresponding with professors and students to 些最好的学校。然后进一步研究相关学 narrow down her list. She ultimately applied to eleven 校的资料，同教授和学生联系，缩小选 institutions. After the acceptance letters came in, she traveled 择范围。最终她申请了十一所学校。收 to Coventry, England, where she is now a third-year doctoral 到入学通知书后，她来到了英国的考文 student at the University of Warwick, an institution where one 垂，如今她已经是华威大学三年级的博 in five students comes from overseas. “It’s really multicultural 士生了。在华威大学每五名学生中就有 here,” says Booyjzsen, who works as a tutor in a student 一名来自海外。“这儿可真是多元文化啊 dormitory. “I’ve met people from all over the world.” ”作为宿管辅导老师的克莱尔说：“我在 这儿遇到过来自世界各地的人。” A relatively young university—it was founded in 华威大学建立于 1964 年，相对比较年 1964—Warwick has become one of Great Britain’s most 轻，但它已是全英国最热门的学校之一 sought-after institutions. It is also regarded as one of the ，也是最具探索精神、最国际化的大学 nation’s most entrepreneurial universities—and one of the 之一。华威大学有计划地招收来自全球 most international as well. Warwick has systematically 的学生。有时候，他们特意寻找像克莱 recruited students around the globe. In some instances, such as 尔这样的人才，由大学提供研究生奖学 Booyjzsen’s, its purpose is to search for talent;