北外英语学院翻译考研真题一、英译汉Passage 1:The Price of EducationThe fact that university education has become such a lucrative business has attracted much attention. Universities in the United States, for example, constantly compete to attract students, and they do so by offering various inducements.Some universities offer better facilities, and try to create an attractive environment in which to live and study. Increasingly, however, the quality of education is also being judged by the percentage of graduates who are able to find employment after graduation. Employers, it seems, are no longer satisfied with a university education per se, but want to be assured that graduates will have the skills necessary for the job. To ensure this, some universities are offering simulated work experience as part of their degree programs. Some universities even venture into the realm of industry and commerce, regarding themselves as training colleges rather than as scholarly institutions.The motives behind this new emphasis on practical training are not entirely altruistic. Many universities in the United Kingdom, for example, rely heavily on government funding. The thinking is that by producing employable graduates, universities are not only ensuring that their graduates get good jobs and earn good money, they are also reducing the burden on thestate. Indeed, in some countries, universities that fail to achieve high levels of graduate employment are actually penalized financially.But what is sacrificed in this obsession with practicality? The traditional concept of a university is based on the belief that knowledge is valuable in itself, and that the purpose of education is the pursuit of truth. To surrender this belief and degrade the university to the role of industry training center is to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Certainly, graduates must be able to find employment to support themselves, but a society that puts material gain above all else is a society that has lost its soul.Passage 2:Another Look at Cross-cultural CommunicationThe common expectation of much cross-cultural training is that it is designed to help business people improve their cross-cultural communication competence, thus increasing performance in a variety of multicultural or international contexts. Cross-cultural training often takes the form of brief seminars, sometimes with hands-on experiential exercises and is meant to be enjoyable, eye-opening and informative. Many authors believe that by offering such training, organizations are doing the right thing for their employees because effective cross-cultural communication skills can be a competitive advantage in business.However, less attention has been given to understanding the linkage between the skills and competencies that have been delineated and measured and the ability of learners to effectively apply such knowledge and abilities in specific situations they are likely to encounter at work. Despite the proliferation of studies advocating the use of cross-cultural training toenhance global management effectiveness, very little is known about how training may affect the actual performance of individuals or groups that are experiencing business or mission/aid-related challenges outside of their native cultural contexts.In today’s globalized and technological world, businesses and individuals are more connected across cultural boundaries than ever. In fact, almost all businesses from small to multinational employ individuals who have some form of cross-cultural interactions on a daily basis. By increasing our understanding of the linkages between knowledge, skills and abilitiesand desired training outcomes, we may be able to help individuals and organizations more effectively navigate the challenges associated with increasingly dynamic and complex cross-cultural task environment in which they operate.二、汉译英翻译 Passage 1：教育的代价大学教育已成为一个利润丰厚的生意，这一事实引起了广泛关注。
北京外国语大学翻译硕士英语学位MTI考试真题2014年(总分：150.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、Ⅰ(总题数：15，分数：15.00)1.UNDP（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：联合国开发计划(United Nations Development Program)2.OECD countries（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：经合组织国家(Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries)3.bailout loans（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：救助贷款4.EBITA（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：税息折旧及摊销前利润(Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) 5.venture capital（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：风险资本6.telepresence（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：远程监控7.carbon footprint（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：碳足迹8.forensic medicine（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：法医学9.key encryption technology（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：公钥加密技术10.United Arab Emirates（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：阿拉伯联合酋长国11.extradition treaty（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：引渡条约12.seismic monitoring（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：地震监测13.procrastination（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：拖延14.flip phone（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：翻盖手机15.Mack Daddy（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：万人迷二、Ⅱ(总题数：15，分数：15.00)16.大部制（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：Super-Ministry System17.石油输出国组织（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)18.生物圈（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：biosphere19.涨停板（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：pricing out of market20.浮动汇率（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：floating exchange rate21.计划免疫（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：EPI (Expanded Program on Immunization)22.学生减负（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：alleviate the burden on students23.通识教育（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：general education24.B超（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：type-B ultrasonic25.自媒体（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：We Media26.土地承载能力（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：Land carrying capacity27.小产权房（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：houses with limited property rights28.土豪（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：tuhao (local tyrant)29.胶原蛋白（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：collagen protein30.经济适用男（分数：1.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________ 正确答案：()解析：budget husband三、Ⅲ(总题数：2，分数：60.00)31.Never before had the world such a tremendous scientific-technical potential, such a capacity to generate wealth and well-being. Authentic technological wonders that have made any place in the world to be always close with regard to distances and communications and have not been capable of bringing wellbeing for everybody, but only for a meager 15% living in the countries of the North. The abysm between North and South is now so huge, that the unsustainability of the current economic order and the blindness of the people who try to justify continuing to enjoy opulence and waste, are evident.The great possibilities that a globalization of solidarity and true cooperation could bring to all people in the world through the scientific-technical wonders, have been reduced by the neo-liberal model to this grotesque caricature full of exploitation and social injustice. We were asked to be ultraliberal in trade and to lift any barrier, which may obstruct the imports coming from the North, but the oral champions of free trade actually are the champions in the praxis of protectionism. The North spends 1 billion dollars a day in practicing what has been banned from doing, that is, subsidizing inefficient products. Today, vis-á-vis the obvious failure of neoliberalism and the great threat that the International Economic Order represents for the south, it is necessary to retake the Spirit of the South by forming an alliance among ourselves.（分数：30.00）__________________________________________________________________________________________正确答案：()解析：我们的世界正在呈现前所未有的巨大科技潜力，创造出前所未有的财富和福祉。
北外英汉翻译笔记第一部分：数词的译法一、数字增减的译法：1.句式特征：by＋名词＋比较级＋thanThe wire is by three inches longer than that one.这根导线比那根长3英寸。
2.句式特征：表示增减意义的动词＋to+n.译为：增加到。
或减少到。
Metal cutting machines have been decreased to 50.金属切割机已经减少到50台。
二、百分数增减的表示法与译法1.句式特征：表示增减意义的动词＋％The output value has increased 35%.产值增加了35％2.句式特征：表示增减意义的动词＋by＋％Retail salses should rise by 8%商品零售额应增加3％The prime cost decreased by 60%.主要成本减少60％3.句式特征：表示减少意义的动词＋to+%表示减少后剩余的数量By using this new-process the loss of metal was reduced to 20%.采用这种新工艺，铁的损失量减少到20％4.句式特征：％＋比较级＋than表示净增减的数量Retail sales are expected to be nine percent higher than last year.今年零售额与去年相比，有望增加9％。
5.句式特征：％＋比较级＋名词表示净减数The new-type machine wasted 10 percent engergy supplied. 新型机械能耗量净减10％6.句式特征：a + % + increase表示净增数There is a 20% increase of steel as compared with last year.与去年相比，今年钢产量净增20％7.句式特征：％+ (of) 名词（代词）表示净减数，数字n照译The production cost is about 60 percent that of last year.今年产值仅为去年的60％8.句式特征：%＋up on 或over表示净增数The grain output of last year in this province was 20% percent up on that of 1978.去年粮食产量比1978年净增20％。
复语英汉互译2009I.将下列文章译成汉语(50分)India and China need help to grow, not hectoringEvery time there is a spike in oil prices, or when food costs more, or there is a renewed worry about carbon and climate change, academics, pundits, and the press immediately point to the high-consumption future of India and China.They are wrong to do so when we consider the causes of energy and food challenges, and, more importantly, when we think of the actions and policies needed to manage changes in coming decades. If it is questionable that India and China are to blame for the global energy crunch, it is even less acceptable to expect them to adhere to pleas to moderate their energy consumption.Historically, energy consumption has correlated with economic growth. The present debate over energy often focuses on two dimensions: climate change (from greenhouse gases), and the scarcity of fossil fuels.With growing populations and economies, India and China will certainly consume a growing fraction of global resources, but they consume only 3 per cent and 9 per cent, respectively, of the world's petroleum today. The global leader, the US, consumes just under a quarter.Looking at future options, why does it matter if India and China are or are not similar in terms of energy consumption and needs? Global treaties aim to modify future consumption, and mechanisms or formulae that are considered fair (and likely to be ratified) must be cognizant of differences. Given the differences in their systems, needs, and incentives, a proposal meant to appeal to both may not appeal to either. Without global participation, no solution is likely work.China already has the world's second-largest electricity grid, and, at current rates of growth, it will soon become the largest electricity producer in the world. Like India, most of this is based on coal, the least “green” of the leading fossil fuels.India's present installed electricity capacity is not in the same league. The result is that, for the coming decade, it will not be able to grow at a rate anywhere near that of China. In absolute net growth, the US will add more than twice as much capacity than India in 2007-08.China's growth of energy consumption has been positive for its population. It has now provided electricity to an estimated 98 per cent of households, unlike India or Africa. India has not met its energy growth targets even in the absence of carbon constraints – can we realistically expect it to moderate due to global concerns when it will say it is not the prime polluter?(425)II.将下列短文译成汉语(25分)The Cause of EarthquakesThe earth is divided into three main layers - a hard outer crust, a soft middle layer and a center core. The outer crust is broken into massive, irregular pieces called "plates." These plates move very slowly, driven by energy forces deep within the earth. Earthquakes occur when these moving plates grind and scrape against each other.In California, the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate meet. The Pacific Plate covers most of the Pacific Ocean floor and the California coastline. The North American Plate stretches across the North American continent and parts of the Atlantic Ocean. The primary boundary between them is the San Andreas Fault. It is more than 650 miles long and extends 10 miles deep. Many smaller faults, such as the Hayward Fault, branch from the San Andreas Fault.The Pacific Plate grinds northwestward past the North American Plate at a rate of about two inches per year. Parts of the San Andreas Fault system adapt to this movement by a constant "creep" resulting in frequent, moderate, earth tremors. In other areas, movement is not constant and strain can build up for hundreds of years resulting in strong earthquakes when it is released.Unlike other natural disasters, there is no warning for earthquakes. Future earthquakes are a serious threat to Californians, which is why the Fire Department recommends preparing before an earthquake hits. (232)III. 将下列文章译成英语(50分)“将来韵韵考上‘北大’或‘牛津’，我可能都不会这么兴奋!”魏伦斯感慨道。
