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2011考研英语一 · 翻译
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2011考研英语一翻译原文
Section II Reading Comprehension / Part C
With its theme that “Mind is the master weaver,” creating our inner character and outer circumstances, the book As a Man Thinketh by James Allen is an in-depth exploration of the central idea of self-help writing.
(46) Allen’s contribution was to take an assumption we all share – that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts – and reveal its erroneous nature . Because most of us believe that mind is separate from matter, we think that thoughts can be hidden and made powerless; this allows us to think one way and act another. However, Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind, and (47) while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone, in reality we are continually faced with a question: “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that?”
Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire, Allen concluded: “We do not attract what we want, but what we are.” Achievement happens because you as a person embody the external achievement; you don’t “get” success but become it. There is no gap between mind and matter.
Part of the fame of Allen’s book is its contention that “Circumstances do not make a person, they reveal him.” (48) This seems a justification for neglect of those in need, and a rationalization of exploitation, of the superiority of those at the top and the inferiority of those at the bottom.
This, however, would be a knee-jerk reaction to a subtle argument. Each set of circumstances, however bad, offers a unique opportunity for growth. If circumstances always determined the life and prospects of people, then humanity would never have progressed. In fact, (49) circumstances seem to be designed to bring out the best in us, and if we feel that we have been “wronged” then we are unlikely to begin a conscious effort to escape from our situation. Nevertheless, as any biographer knows, a person’s early life and its conditions are often the greatest gift to an individual.
The sobering aspect of Allen’s book is that we have no one else to blame for our present condition except ourselves. (50) The upside is the possibilities contained in knowing that everything is up to us; where before we were experts in the array of limitations, now we become authorities of what is possible.
参考译文与得分要点
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46请翻译第 46 处划线句。
参考译文艾伦的贡献在于，他拿出我们人人共有的一个假设——因为我们不是机器人，所以能控制自己的思想——并揭示了其错误本质。
解析主干为 Allen’s contribution was to take... and reveal...，破折号插入同位语从句 that because... thoughts，修饰 assumption。share 宜译“共有/都认同”，erroneous nature 译“错误本质”勿拆成“错误的性质”。参考答案用破折号保留插入语、将被动意味转成“拿出……并揭示”，避免把 take 译成“拿取”。失分点：漏译 therefore、把 robots 生硬译成“机器人”却不点出“非机械、可自主”，以及把 and 前后拆成两句导致逻辑断裂。
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47请翻译第 47 处划线句。
参考译文虽然我们或许能够仅凭意识维持控制的幻觉，但实际上我们不断面临一个问题：“为什么我不能让自己做这件事或实现那个目标？”
解析让步状语 while we may be able to... 修饰主句 we are continually faced with a question，冒号后为直接引语。sustain the illusion of control 宜译“维持控制的幻觉”，through the conscious mind alone 作方式状语。参考答案把被动 faced with 转为主动“面临”，引语保留口语问句。失分点：漏译 alone、把 conscious mind 译成“良心”、把 Why cannot I make myself... 译成间接引语而丢掉语气。
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48请翻译第 48 处划线句。
参考译文这似乎是在为忽视贫困者找借口，是在为剥削、为上层人的优越和下层人的卑微进行开脱。
解析主干 This seems a justification... and a rationalization of...，后接三个 of 并列：exploitation、the superiority...、the inferiority...。justification for neglect of those in need 译“为忽视贫困者找借口”，rationalization 译“开脱/合理化”。参考答案用“是在为……进行开脱”把抽象名词转成动词结构，并列层次清晰。失分点：把 those in need 译成“需要的人”、漏译 superiority/inferiority 对比、把 seems 译成“就是”过满。
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49请翻译第 49 处划线句。
参考译文环境似乎旨在激发我们身上最好的一面，而如果我们觉得自己遭受了“不公”，就不太可能开始有意识地努力摆脱现状。
解析并列结构：circumstances seem to be designed to... and if we feel... then we are unlikely to...。bring out the best in us 译“激发最好的一面”，wronged 加引号保留原文反讽。参考答案把被动 designed 译成“旨在”，把 begin a conscious effort 译成“开始有意识地努力”。失分点：漏译 seem、把 escape from our situation 译成“逃跑”、把 if 条件译成因果导致层次错乱。
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50请翻译第 50 处划线句。
参考译文其积极的一面在于，认识到一切都取决于我们自己，便蕴含着种种可能；此前我们精通种种局限，而现在我们成了可能之事的权威。
解析冒号后解释 upside：possibilities contained in knowing that...；分号对比 where before... now...。contained in 译“蕴含”，array of limitations 译“种种局限”，authorities of what is possible 译“可能之事的权威”。参考答案增补“其积极的一面”、把 experts in 对译成“精通”。失分点：漏译 upside 与 contained、把 everything is up to us 译成“一切向上”、对比结构译成两句互不衔接。
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