2017年11月CATTI 三筆實務真題（真題+譯文）

2017.11CATTI三筆實務真題(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?，而其他國家的人則只會取“interesting”(有趣)的字面意思進行理解。“不會講其他語言的英語母語人士在講英語時，通常缺乏國際意識?！笨茽柼?Coulter)在柏林看見一家世界500強公司的德國員工通過視頻連線聽取加州總部的思可能相同或者可能相左。只卻一點都沒聽懂?！県個語的其他變種?！眘方式表達同一個意思，并且需要對方做出一些認可、反應或行動。Section2參考譯文Climatechangeismorethananenvironmentissue;italsoaffectshumanexistenceanddevelopment.Tocleanuptheenvironmentandaddressglobalclimatechange,Chinaneedstoupgradeitscoal-centeredenergymixandindustrialstructurethatleadstohighpollutionandhighenergyconsumption.Atthesametime,addressing/combatingclimatechangeisChina’sresponsibilityinglobalgovernanceandanurgentrequirementforsustainabledevelopment.Astheworld’slargestdevelopingcountry,Chinaneedstopromoteeconomictransformationandtheupgradingofenergymix.Chinahasattachedgreatimportancetoclimatechangeforyears.Ithasintegratedclimatechangemeasuresintonationalstrategiesforeconomicandsocialdevelopment,andgreenandlow-carbondevelopmentintoeffortstomakeecologicalprogress.Also,Chinahasadoptedaseriesofmeasureswhichsignificantlycon