2. 职称英语
  3. The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his(1)_____ l

The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his(1)_____ l

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问题     The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his(1)_____ languages, full facility in the handling of his target language, which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual (2)______, and a knowledge and understanding of the(3)_____ subject-matter in his field of specialization. This is, as it(4)______, his professional equipment.(5)_____ this, it is desirable that he should have an(6)_____ mind, wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new developments. He should be willing to work(7)_____ his own, often at high speeds, but should be humble enough to consult others(8)_____ his own knowledge not always prove adequate to the task(9)_____. He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding(10)_____ with printing techniques and proof-reading. If he is working basically as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to(11)_____ rapidly from one source language to another, as well as from one subject-matter to another, since this ability is frequently (12)_____ of him in such work. Bearing in mind the nature of the translator’s work, i.e. the processing of the written word, it is, strictly speaking,(13)_____ that he should be able to speak the languages he is dealing with. If he does speak them, it is an advantage(14)_____ a hindrance, but this skill is in many ways a luxury that he can (15)_____ with. It is,(16)_____, desirable that he should have an approximate idea about the pronunciation of his source languages even if this is restricted to(17)_____ how proper names and place names are pronounced. The same(18)_____ to an ability to write his source languages. If he can, well and good; if he cannot, it does not(19)______. There are many other skills and(20)_____ that are desirable in a translator. [br] (11)
选项 A、change
B、transform
C、turn
D、switch
答案 D
解析 结合选项，可以推断此处的意思为“由一种源语言快速地转换为另一种源语言”．switch可表示“由使用一种东西转换到使用另一种东西”．符合文意。change表示的是事物本身性质的“改变”；transform表示的是事物外形、形态的改变；turn一般表示“方向、位置、性质或颜色上的变化”。
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