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无锡市第四届翻译比赛初赛试题 一、中译英（本科考生翻译1~5题，大中专考生翻译1~3题） 1. Situated in the south of Jiangsu province and in the general vicinity of Shanghai, greater Wuxi covers three distinct city centers and the fertile lands in between .Tucked into the north-western corner of Lake Taihu , Wuxi City proper is the traditional birthplace of the Jiangnan region and the origin of all Wu culture. Historically, the name Wuxi only referred to a small town on the site of what is now Wuxi’s commercial district .It is here that most of Wuxi’s history has played it’s course , where the town has progressed from a hamlet of canals, through a period of rapid industrialization , and on to become a modern city of high rises and highways梐ll the while preserving the gentle scenery befitting of any fJiangnan city worthy of its name . 2. “She will , in time , become associated with her own charities but this won’t happen immediately as she wants to explore the fields that interest her first” (文中“she”指英国王妃凯特) 3.谈及其丈夫当美国总统之艰辛时，美国第一夫人米歇尔如是说： “That’s no small task for anyone 梐nd more proof that hef’s earning every last one of those gray hairs.” 4. China’s cultural system reform has progressed in 2010. The Central Government has put forward a series of new thoughts, views and theses on deepening the reform of cultural system and strengthening the construction of cultural industry. According to the restructuring plan, a larger number of state-owned cultural units are being changed into qualified market players. Reformed cultural enterprises have been prompted to merge, regroup and reorganize their resources. Media and other cultural industries will be required to do their own financing, to foster the backbone of the industry. The China Securities Regulatory Commission says 10 cultural enterprises have already been listed on the domestic A-share exchange through IPOs, raising a total of 16 billion yuan ($2.4 billion). 5. With political turmoil still plaguing Greece and descending upon the much larger economy of Italy