A translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his source languages.He must fill facility in the handling of his target language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual __1__, and a knowledge and understanding of the latest subject-matter in his field of specialization. This is, as it were, his professional __2__. In addition to this, it is __3__ that he should have an enquiring mind, wide interests, a good memory and the ability to __4__ quickly the basic principles of new developments.) v, ?' c% g* L: o7 i
He should be willing to work __5__ his own, often at high speeds, but should be humble enough to __6__ other people because his own __7__ does not always prove adequate to the task in hand. He should be able to type fairly quickly and __8__ and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding __9__ with printing techniques and proof-reading./ K& }! }) ?% z+ @+ [/ B8 [
If he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firms, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to __10__ rapidly from one source language to __11__, as well as from one subject-matter to another, since this ability is frequently __12__ of him in such work. Bearing in __13__ the nature of the translator’s work, i.e. the processing of the written word, it is, strictly speaking, __14__ that he should be able to speak the languages he is __15__ with.& h1 J: S- x* S. L# b$ i% v, Y
If he does speak them, it is an __16__ rather than a hindrance(障碍), but this skill is in many ways a luxury that he can do away with. It is, __17__, desirable that he should have an __18__ idea about the pronunciation of his source languages, even if this is restricted to knowing how proper names and place names are pronounced. The same __19__ to an ability to write his source languages. If he can, well and good; if he cannot, it does not __20__.- K9 d4 R: c4 A [
1.[A]application [B]use [C]utility [D]usage) V9 t" E# I- f- \' T2 ^8 o
2.[A]equipment [B]language [C]performance [D]facility( w4 u) W/ ]9 O; A0 x& T
3.[A]wise [B]unique [C]desirable [D]effective" p) K2 D# f% j% Z' U& H
4.[A]input [B]grasp [C]seek [D]expand
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6.[A]learn [B]imitate [C]conduct [D]consult
- [' C) X! j9 E' I+ }9 E 7.[A]profession [B]intelligence [C]knowledge [D]style, d& R* ^2 j7 ?: Y3 d! z: v1 g
8.[A]steadily [B]accurately [C]regularly [D]reasonably
$ k t2 _$ S9 U! `, n7 E 9.[A]familiarity [B]acquaintance [C]knowledge [D]skill" ~% O/ Q+ t& }3 R3 D' S+ H
10.[A]change [B]transform [C]turn [D]switch
2 e; A3 N4 L& z: L 11.[A]another [B]other [C]one [D]all
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13.[A]brain [B]thought [C]mind [D]memory" ~4 [9 O# d m+ Y* a. y
14.[A]essential [B]unnecessary [C]advantageous [D]useless
' B$ E+ w$ m- Z) D% N+ o7 J 15.[A]doing [B]dealing [C]deciding [D]working0 }' F: i% }* a$ \+ ]+ W4 |
16.[A]idea [B]advice [C]advantage [D]accordance
/ E5 j! K& |' [# D" g 17.[A]however [B]accordingly [C]consequently [D]thus
y6 x3 C, P' b. i 18.[A]adjacent [B]ambiguous [C]artificial [D]approximate" ^; J$ \4 E# I
19.[A]refers [B]comes [C]applies [D]amounts
: [. \% x5 ^2 ^ V+ T 20.[A]matter [B]mind [C]harm [D]work |
发表于 2012-8-14 11:20:45
