2009 年江苏苏州大学翻译与写作考研真题
一、汉译英 (共 40 分)
毛姆说:“莫泊桑是一位自然主义者,一味追求真实,而他所达到的真实,在今天看来 未免
有些肤浅” ,“这对莫泊桑带来的结果,是人物刻画的简单化” 。毛姆对莫泊桑的评论, 虽
然针对的是文学史上的个案,但对于经典作家作品的阅读、鉴赏和批评,却有着普适性意 义。
细读毛姆,首先让我们生出敬意的,是他对待文学经典的心态―― 以艺术至上为本位的 科
学分析态度。对莫氏,他既指出了其作品致命弱点又对艺术技巧做出了恰如其分的很高的 评
价,而且充满了热情。
毛姆给予我们的又一个重要启示,就是他的思辨方法――那是一种艺术哲学在批评实践 中
的具体而细微地体现。“没有十全十美的作家” 、“经典作家的缺点,往往是他优点的补
充”――这些话充满了艺术辩证法。这一点,对于曾经长期经受“左倾思维” 、“大跃进思
维” 和“文革思维”这类思想方式影响的我们几代人来说,尤其显得重要。是啊,我们公
正地回望 巴尔扎克、托尔斯泰、梅里美、曹雪芹、鲁迅等伟大作家,他们的缺点 (有些只
能说是特点), 不正就是其优点的延长与补充吗?
二、英译汉 (共 40 分)
During Bran well's last years, three sisters published a book of poetry at their
own expense (under
a pseudonym,
for
fear
of reviewers' bias
against
females).
Even
Bran well
might
have snickered: they sold only 2 copies.
Undaunted, they continued in their spare time, late at night by candlelight, to pour
out their pent-up emotion, writing
of what they knew best,
of women
in conflict
with their natural desires and social condition — in reality, less fiction than
autobiography ! And 19th century literature was transformed by Anne's Agnes Grey,
Emily's Wu the ring Heights, and Charlotte's Jane Eyre.
But years of sacrifice for Bran well had taken their toll. Emily took ill at her
brother's funeral and died within 3 months, aged 29; Anne died 5 months later, aged
30; Charlotte lived only to age 39. If only they had been nurtured instead of
sacrificed.No one remembers Bran well's name, much less his art or literature, but
the Bronte sisters' tragically short lives teach us even more of life than of
literature. Their sacrificed genius cries out to us that in modern society we must
value children not for their physical strength or gender, as we would any mere beast
of burden, but for their integrity, strength, commitment, courage — spiritual
qualities abundant in both boys and girls. China, a nation blessed by more boys and
girls than any nation, ignores at her own peril the lesson of the Bronte tragedy.
三、短文评论 (共 30 分)
2008 年 5 月 18 日,中国四川汶川地区发生里氏 8 级大地震,正在上课的都江堰光亚学
校教师范美忠,先于自己的学生,第一个跑到了操场,并在自己的博客中声称:“在这种生 死
抉择的瞬间, 只有为了我的女儿我才可能考虑牺牲自我,其他的人,哪怕是我的母亲,在这种
情况下我也不会管的。”
四、写作 (共 40 分)
Originality Matters