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Scientific and technological advances are enabling us to comprehend the furthest reaches of the cosmos, the most basic constitue
Scientific and technological advances are enabling us to comprehend the furthest reaches of the cosmos, the most basic constitue
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2014-09-17
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问题
Scientific and technological advances are enabling us to comprehend the furthest reaches of the cosmos, the most basic constituents of matter, and the miracle of life.
At the same time, today, the actions, and inaction, of human beings imperil not only life on the planet, but the very life of the planet.
Globalization is making the world smaller, faster and richer. Still, 9/11 and avian flu remind us that a smaller, faster world is not necessarily a safer world.
Our world is bursting with knowledge—but desperately in need of wisdom. Now, when sound bites are getting shorter, when instant messages crowd out essays, and when individual lives grow more crazy, college graduates capable of deep reflection are what our world needs.
For all these reasons I believed—and I believe even more strongly today—in the unique and irreplaceable mission of universities.
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答案
由于科技的进步,我们现在能够探索宇宙的边陲、了解物质最基本的成分以及理解生命的奇迹。 与此同时,今天,人类不该做却做了的以及该做却没能做到的事情,不仅危害到这个星球上的生命,也直接影响到这个星球的寿命。 全球化的环境下,地球变得越来越小、越来越快、越来越富有。尽管如此,9.11事件和禽流感的爆发提醒我们,更小、更快的世界未必更安全。 当今世界是一个知识爆炸的世界,不过,我们迫切需要智慧。现在,(新闻采访的)原声摘要播出变得越来越短,即时信息淘汰了详尽的论述,个人生活变得愈加疯狂。而此时,我们这个世界需要的是会思考、有思想的大学生。 鉴于这些理由,我过去相信,而今天更加坚信,大学具有独特的、无可取代的使命。
解析
1、译文将第1句中作主语的scientific and technological advances译作原因状语,这是比较灵活的处理,避免出现“科技的进步使得我们…”之类头重脚轻的译文。
2、imperil在文中有两个修饰对象,而汉语中一般没有“危害寿命”的表达,同时为了避免用词重复,将后一处译作“直接影响”。同样后文中的believe也相应地译为“相信”、“坚信”。
3、burst with本义是“充满,挤满”,不过在翻译Our world is bursting with knowledge一句时不宜照字面直译,可以根据现行的说法“知识爆炸”来套译。
4、sound bite的意思是“广播或电视中的录音片断”,此处译作“原声摘要”。
5、crowd out的意思是“把…挤出,排挤”,此处根据语境可以译为“淘汰”或“替代”。
6、capable of deep reflection译成“能够深度思考”虽然可行,但不如“会思考、有思想”来得简洁地道。
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