2011.11三级笔译真题。个人整理

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2011.11Section1:English-ChineseTranslation(50points)Thismonth,theUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgrammadewaterandsanitationthecenterpieceofitsflagshippublication,theHumanDevelopmentReport.Claimsofawaterapartheid,wherepoorpeoplepaymoreforwaterthantherich,areboundtoattractattention.Butwhataretheeconomicsbehindtheproblem,andhowcanitbefixed?Incountriesthathavetroubledeliveringcleanwatertotheirpeople,alackofinfrastructureisoftentheculprit.Peopleinareasthatarenotservedbypublicutilitieshavetorelyoncostlierwaysofgettingwater,suchasitinerantwatertrucksandtrekstowells.Paradoxically,asthewatersourcesgetcostlier,thewateritselftendstobemoredangerous.Waterpipedbyutilities-totherichandthepooralike-isusuallycleanerthanwatertruckedinorcollectedfromanoutdoortank.Theproblemexistsnotonlyinruralareasbuteveninbigcities,saidHakanBjorkman,programdirectoroftheUNagencyinThailand.Further,subsidiesmadetolocalwatersystemsoftenendupbenefitingpeopleotherthanthepoor,headded.Theagencyproposesathree-stepsolution.First,makeaccessto20liters,or5gallons,ofcleanwateradayahumanright.Next,makelocalgovernmentsaccountablefordeliveringthisservice.Last,investininfrastructuretolinkpeopletowatermains.Thereportsaysgovernments,especiallyindevelopingcountries,shouldspendatleast1percentofgrossdomesticproductonwaterandsanitation.Italsorecommendsthatforeignaidbemoredirectedtowardtheseproblems.Clearly,thisapproachreliesheavilyongovernmentintervention,somethingBjorkmanreadilyacknowledged.Buttherearesomemarket-basedapproachesaswell.Byofferingcut-rateconnectionstopoorpeopletothewatermainline,theprivatewaterutilityinAbidjan,IvoryCoast,hassteadilyincreasedaccesstocleanwater,accordingtotheagency'sreport.Asubsidymaynotevenbenecessary,despitetheagency'sproposals,ifacountrycanharnesstheeconomicbenefitsofprovidingcleanwater.Peoplewhoreceivecleanwateraremuchlesslikelytodiefromwater-bornediseases-acommonmaladyinthedevelopingworld-andmuchmorelikelytoenjoylong,productive,taxpayinglivesthatcanbenefittheirhostcountries.Soifagovernmentistryingtoraisefinancingtoinvestinnewinfrastructure,itmightfindreceptiveearsinprivatecreditmarkets-aslongasitcanharnessthereturn.Similarly,privatecompaniesmaycalculatethatitisworthbringingcleanwatertoanareaifitsresidentsarewillingtopaybacktheinvestmentovermanyyears.Inthemeantime,somelocalsolutionsarebeingfound.InThailand,Bjorkmansaid,somesmallcommunitiesaretakingchallengeslikewateraccessuponthemselves.Peopleorganizethemselvesingroupstoleveragewhatlittleresourcestheyhavetohelptheircommunities,hesaid.That'sespeciallytrueoutintheruralareas.Theyinvesttheirmoneyinrevolvingfundsandsavingschemes,andtheyinvestthemselvestoimprovetheirvillages.Itisnotalwayseasytotakethesesolutionsandreplicatetheminothercountries,though.Assemblingabroadmenuofdifferentapproachescanbethefirststepinfindingtherightsolutionforagivenregionorcountry.Section2:Chinese-EnglishTranslation(50points)即使遇到丰收年景,对中国来说,要用世界百分之七的耕地养活全球五分之一的人口仍是一项艰巨的任务。中国政府面临许多挑战,最严峻的挑战之一就是耕地流失。过去几年中,平均每年有66.7万公顷耕地被城市扩建、工业发展以及公路建设工程占用,另有1万平方公里的耕地被沙漠吞噬。中国北方地区地下水位下降,农民不得不改种耐旱、地产作物,甚至撂荒。同时,农业基础设施损耗严重,三分之二的灌溉设施需要整修。由于农民为增加收入而改种经济作物,农业生产方式正在转变。过去十几年,全国水果和蔬菜种植面积平均每年增加130万公顷。因此,水稻、玉米及小麦产量急剧下降。中国已由粮食净出口国变为粮食净进口国。中国政府把农业改革视为头等大事,投入大量资金用于提高小麦和稻米的收购价以及改进农田灌溉基础设施。近年来,农产品的价格稳步上升,中国政府采取此项措施以提高农民种粮的积极性。Section1:英译汉参考译文本月,联合国发展规划将水利和公共设施列为其高端出版物――人类发展报告的核心内容。在一些地方穷人比富人支付的水费要多,因此关于“水隔离制度”的主张应当引起关注。但是问题背后的经济如何?怎么解决这一问题?一些国家不能为人们提供纯净水,究其原因常常是缺乏基础设施。在不能依靠公共设施供水的地方,人们需要需要通过昂贵的方式来获取水资源,例如卡车循环运送水或者长途跋涉到水井取水。水资源越昂贵,水质似乎越劣质,这是自相矛盾的。由公共设施运送到千家万户的水(穷人和富人同等对待)常常比从户外蓄水池中得来的水要干净。哈坎·比约克曼是联合国泰国事务处的计划主管,他说,这一问题不仅仅存在于乡村地区,甚至是在大城市也是如此。此外,他补充道,当地水利机构提供的补助最终受益人是除了穷人以外的人民群众。该事务处提出了一项三步走解决方案。第一步是使每天获得20升(或者5加仑)纯净水成为一项公民权利。第二步是促使地方政府义务提供这项服务。第三步是在人们和水路总线之间引进基础设施进行联接。该项报告称,政府,尤其是在发展中国家,应当至少花费GDP的1%用于水源和公共设施。它同时强调,外国援助要更直接用于解决这些问题。很明显,这一方法主要依靠政府干预,比约克曼很认同这一点。当然也存在一些基于市场的举措。据事务处的报告,科特迪瓦的首都阿比让提供打了折扣的管道联系穷人和水路总线,其民间水利设施逐渐增加了纯净水供应。如果国家能利用供给纯净水的经济益处,甚至可能不再需要补助,尽管这是事务处的提议。获得纯净水的人们更不容易死于由水传播的疾病,因而更长寿、更富足,并且所纳税款有利于他们的国家,然而在发展中国家存在这样一个普遍的弊端。因此如果政府尽力提高资金引进新基础设施,那么它将在民间信贷市场获得良好声誉,前提是它能充分利用这一回报。同样的,私营企业可能会估算,如果当地居民乐意长期回报这一投资,将纯净水引入某一地区这一举措是很有价值的。获得纯净水的人们更不容易死于由水传播的疾病,因而更长寿、更富足,并且所纳税款有利于他们的国家,然而在发展中国家存在这样一个普遍的弊端。因此如果政府尽力提高资金引进新基础设施,那么它将在民间信贷市场获得良好声誉,前提是它能充分利用这一回报。同样的,私营企业可能会估算,如果当地居民乐意长期回报这一投资,将纯净水引入某一地区这一举措是很有价值的。Section2:汉译英参考译文ForChina,itisstillanarduoustasktofeedone-fifthpopulationoftheworldwithsevenpercentsfieldontheearth,eveninagoodharvestyear.TheChinesegovernmentisfacedwithmanychallenges,oneofthemostseriousisthecultivatedarealoses.Inthepastseveralyears,0.667millionhectarescultivatedareaswereaveragelyusedtoexpandthecity,developindustriesandroadconstructionprogramseveryyear,andotheronebillionsquaremetreswereswallowedbythedesert.ThelevelofwaterinthenorthernChinahasfallen,sothatthefarmershadnochoicebuttoplantcropsthataredrought-enduringandgrownintheearth,evenplantnothinginthefield.Inthemeantime,theagriculturalinfrastructurewascausedlossseriouslyandtwo-thirdsirrigationfacilitiesneededtobefixed.Thepatternoftheagriculturalproductionisundergoingtransformationbecausethef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