2017.11CATTI三筆實(shí)務(wù)真題(附參考譯文)Section1English-ChineseTranslationustonewordinoneemailbutittriggeredhugefinanciallossesforamultinationalcompanyThemessage,writteninEnglish,wassentbyanativespeakertoacolleagueforwhomEnglishwasasecondlanguage.Unsureoftheword,therecipientfoundtwocontradictorymeaningsinhisdictionaryHeactedonthewrongone.Monthslater,seniormanagementinvestigatedwhytheprojecthadflopped,costinghundredsofthousandsofdollars.“Italltracedbacktothisoneword,”saysChiaSuanChong,aUK-basedcommunicationsskillsandinterculturaltrainer,whodidn’trevealthetrickywordbecauseitishighlyindustry-specificandpossiblyidentifiable.“Thingsspiralledoutofcontrolbecausebothpartieswerethinkingtheopposite.”Whensuchmisunderstandingshappen,it’susuallythenativespeakerswhoaretoblame.Ironically,theyareworseatdeliveringtheirmessagethanpeoplewhospeakEnglishasasecondorthirdlanguage,accordingtoChong.AlotofnativespeakersarehappythatEnglishhasbecometheworld’sgloballanguage.Theyfeeltheydon’thavetospendtimelearninganotherlanguage,”saysChong.Thenon-nativespeakers,itturnsout,speakmorepurposefullyandcarefully,typicalofsomeonespeakingasecondorthirdlanguage.Anglophones,ontheotherhand,oftentalktoofastforotherstofollowandusejokesslangandreferencesspecifictotheirownculture,saysChong.“ThenativeEnglishspeaker…istheonlyonewhomightnotfeeltheneedtoaccommodateoradapttotheothers,”sheadds.Withnon-nativeEnglishspeakersinthemajorityworldwide,it’sAnglophoneswhomayneedtouptheirgame.“Nativespeakersareatadisadvantagewhenyouareinalinguafrancasituation,”whereEnglishisbeingusedasacommondenominator,saysJenniferJenkins,professorofglobalEnglishesattheUK’sUniversityofSouthampton.“It’sthenativeEnglishspeakersthatarehavingdifficultyunderstandingandmakingthemselvesunderstood.”Non-nativespeakersgenerallyusemorelimitedvocabularyandsimplerexpressions,withoutflowerylanguageorslang.Andthenthere’sculturalstyle,Blattnersays.WhenaBritreactstoaproposalbysaying,“That’sinteresting”afellowBritmightrecognisethisasunderstatementfor,“That’srubbish.”Butothernationalitieswouldtaketheword“interesting”onfacevalue,hesays.“EnglishspeakerswithnootherlanguageoftenhavealackofawarenessofhowtospeakEnglishinternationally.”InBerlin,CoultersawGermanstaffofaFortune500companybeingbriefedfromtheirCalifornianHQviavideolink.DespitebeingcompetentinEnglish,theGermansgleanedonlythegistofwhattheirAmericanprojectleadersaid.Soamongthemselvestheycameupwithanagreedversion,whichmightormightnothavebeenwhatwasintendedbytheCaliforniastaff.“Toomanynon-Anglophones,especiallytheAsiansandtheFrench,aretooconcernedaboutnot‘losingface’—andnodapprovinglywhilenotgettingthemessageatall,”hesays.That’swhyNerrieredevisedGlobish—adistilledformofEnglish,strippeddownto1,500wordsandsimplebutstandardgrammar.“It’snotalanguage,it’satool,”hesays.SincelaunchingGlobishin04he’ssoldmorethan200,000Globishtextbooksin18languages.“Ifyoucancommunicateefficientlywithlimited,simplelanguageyousavetime,avoidmisinterpretationandyoudon’thaveerrorsincommunication,”Nerrieresays.WhentryingtocommunicateinEnglishwithagroupofpeoplewithvaryinglevelsoffluency,it’simportanttobereceptiveandadaptable,tuningyourearsintoawholerangeofdifferentwaysofusingEnglish,Jenkinssays.“Peoplewho’velearnedotherlanguagesaregoodatdoingthat,butnativespeakersofEnglishgenerallyaremonolingualandnotverygoodattuningintolanguagevariation,”shesays.Inmeetings,Anglophonestendtospeedalongatwhattheyconsideranormalpace,andalsorushtofillgapsinconversation,accordingtoSteggles.Herecommendsmakingthesamepointinacoupleofdifferentwaysandaskingforsomeacknowledgement,reactionoraction.Section2Chinese-EnglishTranslation能力。Section1參考譯文。舊做法。同樣存在障礙?！狈ǎ渌麌?guó)家的人則只會(huì)取“interesting”(有趣)的字面意思進(jìn)行理解?！安粫?huì)講其他語(yǔ)言的英語(yǔ)母語(yǔ)人士在講英語(yǔ)時(shí)，通常缺乏國(guó)際意識(shí)?！笨茽柼?Coulter)在柏林看見一家世界500強(qiáng)公司的德國(guó)員工通過(guò)視頻連線聽取加州總部的思可能相同或者可能相左。只卻一點(diǎn)都沒聽懂?！県個(gè)語(yǔ)的其他變種?！眘方式表達(dá)同一個(gè)意思，并且需要對(duì)方做出一些認(rèn)可、反應(yīng)或行動(dòng)。Section2參考譯文Climatechangeismorethananenvironmentissue;italsoaffectshumanexistenceanddevelopment.Tocleanuptheenvironmentandaddressglobalclimatechange,Chinaneedstoupgradeitscoal-centeredenergymixandindustrialstructurethatleadstohighpollutionandhighenergyconsumption.Atthesametime,addressing/combatingclimatechangeisChina’sresponsibilityinglobalgovernanceandanurgentrequirementforsustainabledevelopment.Astheworld’slargestdevelopingcountry,Chinaneedstopromoteeconomictransformationandtheupgradingofenergymix.Chinahasattachedgreatimportancetoclimatechangeforyears.Ithasintegratedclimatechangemeasuresintonationalstrategiesforeconomicandsocialdevelopment,andgreenandlow-carbondevelopmentintoeffortstomakeecologicalprogress.Also,Chinahasadoptedaseriesofmeasureswhichsignificantlycon