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翻译练习题 练习一 A. Translate the following passage into Chinese. For the specialist, it is true, translated works are no substitute for the original, and I have urged my students to learn as many foreign languages as possible, yet translations serve a useful purpose for the vast reading public who desires to seek world-wide knowledge in fields ranging from literature and culture to science and technology but who lacks the facility and opportunity to read books in the original language. The art of translation is a combination of literary skills, acquired and perfected through long, persistent practice, and the knowledge of the grammatical rules and linguistic principles, whose application makes for correctness and exactitude. Its publication, I hope, will not only inform readers on the art of translation but also attract them to the work of translation itself, especially in the rendering of Chinese literature into English and English literature into Chinese, thus giving an impetus to the cultural exchange of the East and West. 【Excerpts from Liu Wu-chi’s (柳无忌) Preface to Ten Lectures on Literary Translation （文学翻译十讲）by Liu Zhongde, published in 1991 】 B. Translate the following Chinese story into English. 武 松 打 蝇 金 江 武松在景阳岗打虎出了名以后，某机关重视人才，特地把他调了去。 　　武松在机关里既没有什么打虎任务分配给他，又没有什么出力的工作要他去干。武松是条好使力气的硬汉子，没有坐办公室的耐性儿，每天闲着无事，看着这儿苍蝇不少，飞来飞去，着实令人讨厌，便拿起苍蝇拍子来打苍蝇。 　　一天，鲁智深来拜访老朋友，一进门，看见武松在打苍蝇。笑道：“我们的打虎英雄，怎么在此打起苍蝇来了？” 　　武松见是鲁智深，忙施礼说：“老兄，请勿见笑！在这儿实在闲着无事，浑身筋肉都松弛得发酸。恐怕长此以往，我是过不得景阳岗了。” 　　鲁智深问：“为什么？” 武松说：“如果再过景阳岗，遇到老虎，我打不了老虎，恐怕只能给老虎当点心了。”（选自《寓言百篇》，作者金江） Wu Song Swatting Flies Jin Jiang After killing bare-handedly a tiger at Jingyang Mound, Wu Song became a famous man. One government organization which set great store by talented people made a special effort to have him transferred there. At his new post, the former tiger killing hero had no tiger to kill, nor any manual work to do. Being a tough guy used to physical work, Wu Song lacked the patience to sit idle in his office. Since he had not