你知道白蚁之害吗?一座大厦如果有了白蚁,不加防治,不到十年时间,里面的地板壁板,都会蛀蚀一空。一般的房屋受了严重的蚁害,有的还会突然倒塌下来,伤人性命。

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问题     你知道白蚁之害吗?一座大厦如果有了白蚁,不加防治,不到十年时间,里面的地板壁板,都会蛀蚀一空。一般的房屋受了严重的蚁害,有的还会突然倒塌下来,伤人性命。电杆被白蚁蛀蚀,一般两三年就要换一次。船只有了白蚁,轻的会将货物蛀烂,重的会使船沉没。铁路枕木如果受白蚁侵蚀,火车就有出轨的危险。白蚁这种害虫,实在是相当可恶的。
    在我们的社会里,则有另一种“白蚁”。前些日子报载吉林省外贸局副局长王震宇利用职权,大慷国家之慨,吃喝玩乐,请客送礼,浪费惊人,不也是一种“白蚁”之害吗?

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答案     Do you know how destructive termites are? If a tall building is infested with termites and nothing is done about it, the floor and the wooden paneling inside it will have been eaten up in less than ten years. If seriously affected, houses of the ordinary kind might suddenly crumble, causing loss of lives. Termite-eaten electric posts should be replaced once every two or three years. Termite-ridden ships will find their cargo eaten and those seriously affected might sink. Trains running on termite-eaten sleepers are running the risk of going off the rails.  What a curse termites are!
    "Termites" of a different kind exist in our society. According to recent press reports, Wang Zhenyu, the ex-deputy head of Foreign Trade Bureau of Jilin Province abused his powers and wasted a horrifying amount of public property. Generous at the expense of the state, he wined and dined, held dinner parties, gave gifts, and sought all other kinds of pleasure. Aren’t such people " termites" , either!

解析 1.第一段第一句中“白蚁之害”,这个词组虽然是名词结构,但强调的是“害”的程度之深,因此可转换为以形容词为中心的表达how destructive termites are。
2.第一段第二句主从关系很明确,可直接顺译,“如果有了白蚁”指“遭到白蚁侵害”,译为被动语态is infested with termites。“就会蛀蚀一空”是个隐性的被动句,也译为被动语态。
3.第一段第三句中“伤人性命”的意思是“使人丧命”,可译为cause loss of lives,而不宜按字面意思译为have one injured。
4.第一段第四句“电杆被白蚁蛀蚀”可译为一个条件从句,但处理为“定语+名词”结构termite-eaten electric posts会使句子更加简洁。同样,下文中的“船只有了白蚁”、“铁路枕木如果受白蚁侵蚀”都可以用这种办法处理。
5.第一段最后一句虽然是陈述句,但译为感叹句更符合作者的语气。
6.第二段的第二句根据意群,可分译为三个句子。其中“外贸局”的译名是Foreign Trade Bureau。
7.“副局长”,根据语境理解,此人在被媒体曝光后一定已经被罢免,因此可译为the ex-deputy head。
8.第二段第二句最后一部分“不也是一种‘白蚁’之害吗”为反问句,译为感叹句更符合上下文语气。
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