2. 外语
  3. The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his(1)_____ languages, full facility in the handling of his targe

The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his(1)_____ languages, full facility in the handling of his targe

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问题     The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his(1)_____ languages, full facility in the handling of his target language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual (2)______, and a knowledge and understanding of the(3)_____ subject-matter in his field of specialization. This is, as it(4)______, his professional equipment.(5)_____ this, it is desirable that he should have an(6)_____ mind, wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing to work(7)_____ his own, often at high speeds, but should be humble enough to consult others(8)_____ his own knowledge not always prove adequate to the task(9)_____. He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding(10)_____ with printing techniques and proof-reading. If he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to(11)_____ rapidly from one source language to another, as well as from one subject-matter to another, since this ability is frequently (12)_____ of him in such work. Bearing in mind the nature of the translator’s work, i.e. the processing of the written word, it is, strictly speaking,(13)_____ that he should be able to speak the languages he is dealing with. If he does speak them, it is an advantage(14)_____ a hindrance, but this skill is in many ways a luxury that he can (15)_____ with. It is,(16)_____, desirable that he should have an approximate idea about the pronunciation of his source languages even if this is restricted to(17)_____ how proper names and place names are pronounced. The same(18)_____ to an ability to write his source languages. If he can, well and good; if he cannot, it does not(19)______. There are many other skills and(20)_____ that are desirable in a translator.
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选项 A、characteristics
B、qualities
C、distinctions
D、features
答案B
解析 根据空格前的many other(许多其他的)，可知本句还是承接上文讲的话题。上文主要讲“一名译者所需要的素质和技能”，故qualities“素质”符合语义。characteristics“特色”：distinctions“不同之处”；features“特色”。
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