备战18年5月CATTI三级笔译#20180118练习题目发布#
1.英译汉
A similarly frustrating thing took place in the 1970s. A cathartic selloff in 1974 was followed by a quick recovery and then years of blah performance.
The seers are blind. Economists have failed to call a single recession in the past four decades. A November 1989 National Association for Business Economists survey found them at their most optimistic in a decade, predicting clear sailing for at least three years. Eight months later a recession arrived.
Investors must wrestle with internal demons to time the market right. We are by nature momentum investors. We try to prepare for the future by extrapolating from the present, says Jeffrey Heisler, a Boston University professor who specializes in the impact of individual behavior on markets.
备战18年5月CATTI三级笔译#20180118参考答案发布#
1.英译汉
20 世纪 70 年代也出现过类似令人沮丧的情况。1974 年是一泻千里式的大抛售，随后又迅速恢复，接着一连数年表现平平。
预言者是盲目的。40 年来，经济学家未能准确预报过一次经济衰退。1989 年 11 月，全国企业界经济学家联合会的一项调查表明，经济学家对经济前景的乐观态度为 10 年之最，认为至少会有 3 年一帆风顺的大好时光。可是，8 个月后就出现了经济滑坡。
投资者必须战胜心魔，抓住市场时机。我们生来都是趋势投资者。专门研究个人行为对股市影响的波士顿大学教授杰弗里 · 海勒斯说，我们千方百计根据现在推测未来，为日后作准备。
2.汉译英
这份报告对三家最受关注的公司描述如下：
三星：2014年第三季度，三星功能手机和智能手机销量双双下跌，在这两个市场均出现份额流失。跌幅最大的是功能手机，同比下降了10.8%。三星智能手机的下跌主要出现在西欧和亚洲市场。作为三星最大的市场，中国的三星智能手机销量下滑了28.6%。
苹果：2014年第三季度，iPhone销量上升26%。通过首次推出的两款大屏幕手机，iPhone6和iPhone 6 Plus ，苹果成功地在与安卓（Android）系统的竞争中削弱了其优势。预计苹果将迎来历史上最高的第四季度销量，原因是这两款大屏幕手机上市以来一直供不应求。
2.汉译英
译文1
Here is how the report described the three companies that drew the greatest attention:
Samsung: Sales of Samsung’s feature phones and smartphones declined in the third quarter of 2014, with Samsung losing market share in both markets. Samsung’s deepest decline came from its feature phones, sales of which decreased by 10.8 percent year-over-year. Demand for Samsung’s smartphones weakened mostly in Western Europe and Asia. Samsung’s smartphone sales declined 28.6% percent in China, the biggest market for Samsung.
Apple: Sales of iPhone grew 26 percent in the third quarter of 2014. With the introduction of two large-screen phones for the first time, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus, Apple managed to neutralize the advantage of its Android competitors. It is expected that Apple will experience its largest ever fourth-quarter sales because since their lunch in the market demand for the two large-screen phones has consistently been greater than supply.
译文2
The following is what the report had to say about the three most closely watched companies:
Samsung: In the third quarter of 2014, sales of Samsung’s feature phones and smartphones both fell, and Samsung’s share of both markets shrank. Its feature phones registered their biggest year-on-year decline of 10.8%; its smartphone sales fell mainly in Western Europe and Asia, and its sales also declined 28.6% in China, the biggest market for Samsung.
Apple: Sales of iPhones grew 26% in the third quarter of 2014. Apple’s launch of two large-screen phones, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus, succeeded in offsetting Android’s competitive edge. Apple is expected to witness its biggest ever fourth-quarter sales, with both of its large-screen seeing demand exceed supply since their launch.