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2008年广东外语外贸大学翻译理论与实践考研复试试题

I. Directions: In the following are two source texts with two translated texts for each of them. Choose to make comments on ONLY ONE of the two source texts (either English-Chinese translation or Chinese-English translation) and its two versions from the perspective(s) of TRANSLATION THEORY and TRANSLATION PRACTICE . It is required that your comments be written in ENGLISH instead of in Chinese. (60%)

Source Text 1:

He was an undersized little man, with a head too big for his body – a sickly little man. His nerves were bad. He had skin trouble. It was agony for him to wear anything next to his skin coarser than silk. And he had delusions of grandeur.

He was a monster of conceit. Never for one minute did he look at the world or at people, except in relation to himself. He was not only the most important person in the world, to himself; in his own eyes he was the only person who existed. He believed himself to be one of the greatest dramatists in the world, one of the greatest thinkers, and one of the greatest composers. To hear his talk, he was Shakespeare and Beethoven, and Plato, rolled into one. And you would have had no difficulty in hearing his talk. He was one of the most exhausting conversationalists that ever lived. An evening with him was an evening spent in listening to monologue. Sometimes he was brilliant; sometimes he was maddeningly tiresome. But whether he was being brilliant or dull, he had one sole topic of conversation; himself. What he thought and what he did.

Version 1 of Source Text 1：

他身材矮小，头很大，和身体明显不相称，一种病态的体形。他的神经发育不良，皮肤也有病。若穿比光滑的丝绸粗糙一点的内衣就会感到疼痛。然而他却雄心勃勃。

他很自负。从来都是按自己的观点来看待他人，看待世界。他把自己看作伟人，而且在的眼里他是惟一的。他把自己看作世界上最伟大的戏剧家、思想家和作曲家中的一员。听他说起来，他就是莎士比亚、贝多芬和柏拉图的合成体。想听他说话并不难。他可是个能说会道的人，说起话来没完没了。要是和他一起呆一晚，你就听他说吧，没你插话的份。有时让你感到他才华横溢，有时却让你感到无聊至极。但无论怎样，话题只有一个——谈的总是他自己——谈他是怎么想的，怎么做的。

Version 2 of Source Text 1:

他个头很小，脑袋很大，同身体太不相称，一副病态样儿。他的脑子不好使，还有皮肤病，如果贴身穿比丝绸粗糙一点的衣服他就觉得痛苦。但他觉得自己特了不起。

他自负到了极点。与自己没关系时，他对周围的一切、对周围的人瞧都不瞧上一眼。对他来说，他是世界上的顶级人物；在他眼里，他是世界上的唯一。他自认为是世界上最了不起的剧作家、最了不起的思想家、最了不起的作曲家。听他谈话，他就是莎士比亚和贝多芬，还有柏拉图的集大成者。要想听他说话任何时候都不难。他可是个不曾有过的话匣子，讲起话来没完没了。要是和他呆上一晚，你就听他一个人滔滔不绝，你插话的份儿都没。有时他还有点才气，有时他却无聊至极，让你快到发疯的境地。但在谈