大学生英语竞赛A类翻译专项强化真题试卷5
英译汉
Is the glass half-full or half-empty? Depends whether you\’re an optimist or a pessimist.
But those two words are more than casual labels: research has established that (91) optimists have a consistent and upbeat way of dealing with adversity and that they are more successful in work, health and life in general than pessimists.
Optimists bounce back from trying times, generally with good grace, and see failure as a stepping-stone to success. Any problem tends to be minimised and dealt with later while the rest of life goes on as usual.
(92) Their upbeat approach, resilience and perseverance makes them ideal for jobs in high- pressure areas where setbacks are part of the territory: sales, brokering, public relations, presenting, creative jobs and high burn-out posts. They are often a company\’s visionaries.
Pessimists, however, risk unravelling and sinking into depression when one thread of their life breaks. They are less likely to cope well with setbacks; they give up early or seek excuses.
Both types can be identified through optimism profiling, based on the pioneering work of American psychologist Martin Seligman, of the University of Pennsylvania.
Various studies, quoted in Seligman\’s book, Learned Optimism, found that pessimists have twice as many infectious diseases as optimists.
(93) In hundreds of studies, people with high optimism scores out-performed and out-produced those with low scores, equating in sales terms to 20 to 40 percent greater productivity.
More recent research shows optimistic and resilient people\’s belief that they have control over seemingly uncontrollable events enables specific molecules to be released by the brain that increase stress resilience, reduce anxiety and make for a less vivid emotional memory of stressful events. (94) What you think and how you explain good and bad events to yourself is the key to resilience.
Heavy pessimism can be moderated. Among the techniques is \\
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乐观的人以一种稳定、积极的方式来应对逆境，而且总的来说他们在工作、健康状况以及生活方面都比悲观的人成功。
解析：(upbeat乐观的，欢乐的。in general总的来说。注意that后面的译法，将介词in引导的状语放前边，使句子更符合中文的习惯。)
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他们积极的办事方式、适应能力以及顽强毅力使得他们更适于从事压力大的工作，而在从事压力大的工作时挫折是在所难免的。
解析：(resilience适应力，恢复力。perseverance顽强的毅力。setback挫折。
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上百项研究显示，乐观指数高的人在工作表现和工作数量上都超过乐观指数低的人，用营销术语来说，就是他们的产量要高出20-40%。
解析：(两个with引导的短语在句中作状语，修饰people，谓语动词是out-performed and out-produced。现在分词equating在句中做状语。)
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不管事情是好是坏，从你自己怎么想、怎么解释就能看出你的适应能力。
解析：(在翻译此句时采用了增词法，增加了“不管”，使句意更加连惯，更加通顺。)
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Seligman认为，情绪轻微低落的人在工作压力低的环境中从事具体工作往往能干好。
解析：(the mildly downbeat情绪低落的人。setting环境。“requiring a keen sense of realism”现在分词作后置定语，修饰lobs，要注意其表达的意思，在翻译的时候译为“从事具体工作”。)
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