翻译理论与实践 Final Exam

翻译理论与实践Final Exam
Chinese to English
自由心灵，简单人生
2004年12月3日深夜，我正在网上游走，突然看到“陈省身”几个字从眼前倏然闪过……我把两年前采访陈先生时的合影找了出来，放在书架的正中间。

在我和陈先生背后的墙上，是一只圆形的石英钟，上面的时针清楚地表明了那个瞬间：2002年4月5日13时13分零4秒。

这场雨从睡梦中就下起来，到中午了还在哗啦啦下个不停。

天地间白茫茫一片，街道，车辆，树木，路旁的建筑，撑开了的伞，全都湿漉漉的，显然洗去了不少市面上的喧嚣与浮躁，以及与浮躁同样轻飘飘的漫漫扬絮。

从天津西站到南开大学大约要走二三十分钟，出租司机是一位长相粗犷神色生动的中年人，高喉咙大嗓门，非常热情，一路上用他那地道的天津腔跟我们说话。

我们跟他说起陈先生，他立马接过话说，陈省身？知道。

大数学家，不得了！天津人懂点儿事的谁不知道啊！你要说这陈省身，那可是人才哪。

司机一边骄傲着，一边还要左顾右盼，忙着找路旁哪儿有花店，以方便我们给陈先生买鲜花。

Free Mind And Simple Life 作者：tintinbook
In the deep night of Dec 3 2004, when I was surfing online, suddenly a name ‘Xingshen Chen’popped up from the screen. I searched out the photo I took with Mr.Chen two years ago when I interviewed him, and put it on the middle of bookshelf. On the wall behind Mr.Chen and me, showed by the photo, there is a round quartz clock, whose hands indicate that moment assuredly: 13 minutes and 4 seconds past 1pm, April 5, 2002.
It started raining from the midnight all the way through the noon that day. The rain presented a white world and everything inside was so wet, the streets, vehicles, trees, buildings, and umbrellas. Obviously it removed some light things of the city, noise, fickleness, and also the catkin.
It took about 20 to 30 minutes by taxi from West Railway Station of Tianjin to Nankai University, and the driver was a very warm-hearted middle-aged man with a rugged but lively face, and a high voice. He talked all the way with his pure Tianjin accent. When we mentioned Mr.Chen to him, he responded immediately by pouring his knowledge of him such as a renowned mathematician and a great talented man, who is well known by all the Tianjin people. The driver was full of pride and started looking for flower shops so that we could buy some flowers for
Mr.Chen.
English to Chinese
A Few Words about the Utility of Philosophy
Now let us see what intellectual virtues philosophy can provide in the subjects of ethics. The purs uit of philosophy is founded on the belief that knowledge is good, even if what is known is painful . A man imbued with philosophic spirit, whether a professional philosopher or not, will wish his b eliefs to be as true as he can make them, and will, in equal measure, love to know, and hate to be in error. This principle has a wider scope than may be apparent at first sight. Our beliefs spring fr om a great variety of causes: what we were told in youth by parents and school-teachers, what ei ther embodies or allays our fears, what ministers to our self-esteem, and so on. Any one of these causes may or may not lead us to true beliefs. Intellectual sobriety, therefore, will lead us to scruti nize our beliefs closely, with a view to discovering which of them there is any reason to believe tr ue. If we are wise, we shall apply solvent criticism especially to the beliefs that we find it most pai nful to doubt, and to those most likely to involve us in violent conflict with men who hold opposit e but equally groundless beliefs. If this attitude could become common, the gain in diminishing th e acerbity of disputes would be incalculable.
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小议哲学的用途
现在我们来看看在伦理学方面哲学可以提供什么样的理智性优点。

人们追求哲学是因为确信知识是有益的，即便所追求到的知识可能会令人痛苦。

凡具有哲学精神的人——不管他是不是职业哲学家——总是会在力所能及的范围内使自己的信念成为真理，总是会同等程度地热爱真知、憎恨谬误。

这个道理的实际应用范围比其表面上显示的应用范围要广一些。

我们的信念植根于诸多因素：有我们少年时代的父母和学校老师告诉我们的东西，有标志我们恐惧者，有使我们坦然者，也有让我们自尊自敬者，如此等等。

这些因素中的任何一个因素都可能导致我们获得正确的信念或错误的信念。

因此，只有清醒的理智才会引导我们仔细考察我们的信念，让我们发现其中哪些信念有理由使人相信它们是真理。

如果我们真是明智的，那么，对那些我们最不情愿怀疑的信仰，对那些最有可能造成我们与持相反的无理信念者相互激烈冲突的信念，我们就最应该进行瓦解性批判。

获奖译文
关于哲学功用之小议作者：darkecho
现在，我们先来看一下哲学对伦理道德有哪些裨益。

对于哲学的追求，往往基于一种信仰——知识是美好的，尽管对于它的索求可能是痛苦的。

不管是哲学家与否，一个被灌输了哲学思想的人，一定希望他的信念是真实的；同样地，他也一定愿意了解更多，不愿犯错。

这虽是显而易见的道理，却有着更广阔的含意。

我们的信念源自各处：那些小时候父母和老师告诉我们的，那些能体现或减轻我们恐惧的、那些服务于我们自尊的……这其中的任何一个或许会引领我们找到真实，却也可能没有一丝帮助。

所以，清醒严谨的思维能让我们仔细审查自身的信念，以便找出那些有理有据的信念。

有的时候，我们会发现要对某些信念质疑是件痛苦的事，有的更会把我们卷入与持相反意见的人们的激烈冲突之中——尽管他们的信念同样的没有根据。

如果我们是明智的话，就应对其提出适当的指责。

如果这种态度能被广泛取纳，减少尖刻争论的成效将会是无可限量。