加拿大的温哥华(Vancouver)1986年刚刚度过百岁生日,但城市的发展令世界瞩目。以港立市,以港兴市,是许多港口城市生存发展的道路。经过百年开发建

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问题     加拿大的温哥华(Vancouver)1986年刚刚度过百岁生日,但城市的发展令世界瞩目。以港立市,以港兴市,是许多港口城市生存发展的道路。经过百年开发建设,有着天然不冻良港的温哥华成为举世闻名的港口城市,同亚洲、大洋洲、欧洲、拉丁美洲均有定期班轮,年货物吞吐量达到8000万吨,全市就业人口中有三分之一从事贸易与运输行业。
    温哥华的辉煌是温哥华人智慧和勤奋的结晶,其中包括多民族的贡献。加拿大地广人稀,国土面积比中国还大,人口却不足3000万。吸收外来移民,是加拿大长期奉行的国策。可以说,加拿大除了印第安人外,无一不是外来移民,不同的只是时间长短而已。温哥华则更是世界上屈指可数的多民族城市。现今180万温哥华居民中,有一半不是在本地出生的,每4个居民中就有一个是亚洲人。而25万华人对温哥华的经济转型起着决定性的作用。他们其中有一半是近5年才来到温哥华地区的,使温哥华成为亚洲以外最大的中国人聚居地。

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答案 The prosperity of Vancouver, to which many ethnic groups have contributed, is the crystallization of its people’s wisdom and industriousness. Canada has a territory larger than that of China, but is sparsely populated with a population of less than 30 million. Admitting immigrants has therefore been Canada’s long-term national policy. It is safe to say that the Canadians, aside from the Indians, are all immigrants, who differ from each other only in how long they have lived in the country. Vancouver is one of the most multinational cities in the world. Among the 1.8 million residents in Vancouver, half were born outside the country, and out of every four residents one comes from Asia. The 250 thousand Chinese immigrants have played a decisive role in the economic transformation of Vancouver. Half of them have come to Vancouver within the past five years, turning it into the largest Chinese settlement outside of Asia.

解析 1. 本文为述评性文字,故总体上采用一般现在时,根据原文的意思间杂使用过去时。
2.第2句的“地广人稀”是笼统的说法,其后的“国土面积比中国还大,人口却不足3000万”用事实与数据来加以具体的描述,符合汉语的表达形式;但英文注重简洁,所以可以在译文中将“地广人稀”的意思进行部分省略,即省略“地广”,将“人稀”与“人口却不足3000万”合并译成sparsely populated with a population ofless than 30 million,避免意义上的重复累赘。
3.第3句的“吸收”意为允许外来人移居,因此译为admitting较为贴切;“国策”即国家政策,英文为nationalpolicy,若按字面意思将其译为national policy pursued by Canada,意思准确,但略显累赘;“奉行”二字在译文中可以省略。
4.第4句较长,翻译时可根据英语重形合的特点灵活处理,将“不同的只是时间长短而已”译为定语从句,补充先行词who。
5.从上下文及客观实际情况来看,第6句的“屈指可数的”应理解为“排名十分靠前的”,而不是“为数不多的”意思,因为国际上多民族城市并不少,所以应译成one of the most multinational cities in the world;而不应该望文生义地译成one of the few multinational cities in the world。
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