第二篇:有关机器人和气候变化对人类社会挑战的讲话。内容比较规范,但信息比较密集,零碎,而且重复较多,翻译时注意调整好内心步伐,不要由于丢失一些小事失去信心。
Para 1
Looking to the future, I see major changes that could transform the world as we know it. They include, robot taking job on a widespread scale, and the rising sea caused by climate changes that will flood coastal areas. These changes would create daunting challenges to global leaders. The cosplayt of producing robots has fallen substantially. Robots can perform a wide range of sophisticated functions and are replacing labors in many industries. Automation is already causing many workers in American manufacturing industries, particularly the auto industry, to lose jobs. I believe that in the not-too-distant future, robots will probably replace people for most jobs in economy.
参考答案:遥望将来,我可以看到一些重大的变故,这类变故可以改变大家今天所知道的世界。这其中包含机器人在不少的范围,将大规模的代替。人的工作还有上升的海平面。因为气候变化上升的海平面,最后将淹没。那海岸区域这类改变将会对世界各国的领导导致非常大的挑战。制造机器人的本钱已经变得非常低,机器人可以从事一些很复杂的功能,并且在不少产业替代劳动力,智能化已经使不少美国的制造业,特别是汽车工业当中的工人失业,我相信在不久的以后。机器人会在经济范围不少的工作当中替代人类。
Automation is already causing many workers in American manufacturing industries, particularly the auto industry, to lose jobs.这个句子有两处难题,一个在词语方面,用智能化代指机器人,事实上是英语一个很常见的方法,但考生或许会搞不了解。另一 cause和to lose jobs之间有一个非常长的插入语,使学生或许会失去方向。
Para 2
Now, it's a good time to be a worker if you have special skills or the right education because you can use technology to create value and increase your earning. However, it is a bad time to be a worker if you only have ordinary skills because robots are acquiring these skills at faster rate, which means you will lose your job. It is estimated that forty seven percent of US workers, may see their jobs automated in another twenty years. Right now, health cares and pensions are paid for through jobs. If a significant part of population loses their jobs because of the automation, society will have to find other ways of providing health care and pensions. If no other ways are found, those who lose their jobs to robots could cosplayt social and political unrest.
参考答案:当今年代,假如你学会一学会某些特殊的技能,或者受过好的教育。那样你这个年代做一名工人非常幸福,由于你可以借助技术产生价值,并且增加你的收入。假如你仅仅学会一些较为普通的技能。那样对于你来讲当工人就非常不幸。机器人学习技术的速度比人类快不少,这就意味着你大概失业。据估计有百分之四十七的美国工人。在将来二十年内会发现工作渐渐被智能化所取代,目前大家的医保与退休金都来自大家的工作。假如智能化令不少人失业,那样社会就需要想到另外的途径来负担医保与退休金,假如找不出其他渠道,那样那些由于机器人而失业的人将导致社会与政治动荡。
这里的good time和bad time,可以稍微深译一下,会看上去比较了解。
Right now, health cares and pensions are paid for through jobs. If a significant part of population loses their jobs because of the automation, society will have to find other ways of providing health care and pensions. If no other ways are found。。。这个句子当中pay for,provide, ways这类词都需要进一步加工,不然意思就会看上去模陵两可。原文的意思是人工作才会有保险和退休金,假如失了业,钱从哪儿来,本着如此一个意义来安排词语就很容易了。
Para 3
Turn to climate change, almost all leading scientists believe that global warning is real and will to more frequent and severe storms, changes of climate patterns and higher sea levels as the result of warming waters, and melting of ice on the Antarctica. Sea level will rise at different rates around the world, but most scientist forecast that the sea could rise above the current levels by one meter by 2100. In recent decades, an increasing number of people have moved to big coastal cities. And some 600 million people around the world live in coastal areas. But rising sea levels caused by climate change post major risks to some of the globes major cities, like New York, Boston, Venice and Tokyo. Rising sea levels could put parts of them underwater. It would cosplayt several dozen trillion of US dollars to relocate several million people that will be displaced by these rising seas.
参考答案:目前让大家转向气候变化,几乎所有最棒的科学家都觉得全球化变暖,已经是一个切实存在的问题,而且会致使更为风暴变成愈加频繁和更严肃。同时也会致使气候变化,因为海水温度上升而导致的海平面升高,并致使南极洲冰盖的融化。在全球范围内,海平面将会以不一样的速度上升,但绝大部分科学家预测海平面将会在2100年前后比目前上升一米。过去几十年间。搬到沿海大城市居住的人口愈加多,目前世界范围内大约有六亿人居住于沿海区域。但因为气候变化导致海平面上升。对世界不少要紧城市构成了巨大的威胁,如纽约,波士顿。威尼斯和东京,海平面上升会将这类城市部分被淹没。因为海平面上升,几百万居住于这类地方的人口被迫迁移,而重新安置这类人需要投入几十万亿USD。
It would cosplayt several dozen trillion of US dollars to relocate several million people that will be displaced by these rising seas. 这个句子带有三层因果关系,听的时候需要一次整理了解,然后才能出说来,在听的过程中,负担是比较大的,但可以依据大家的知识逻辑,飞速打造框架:水面上升人逃难重新安置难民支出资金框架形成后,里面的内容完全可以用我们的话再现出来,这才叫听意不听字。
Rising sea levels could put parts of them underwater.像这种的句子不必亦步亦趋,在译文中找到一个对应的结构,直接说成淹没,吞没都可以。口译当中时间和精力都是最宝贵的资源,切勿乱用,得不偿失。
Para 4
A new potential problem, namely climate change refugees, has raised widespread public concern because many people may have to flee deteriorating home environment caused by higher temperatures, worsening storms, or the rise of sea levels. This would accelerate mass population migration at the time when there is little acceptance of refugees in rich countries. These changes have the potential to transform modern life. Any of the two scenarios I mentioned above, could produce tremendous changes and lead to political unrest. Now it is not the time to think small and believe the change will be slow. rather, leaders need to think big and accept that the technological and climate changes would be fast and substantial.
参考答案:眼下存在一个新的潜在问题,即气候变化会致使的难民潮,已经引起了广泛的公众的关注。由于高温、飓风或者海平面上升。致使自己家园环境恶化,不能不背井离乡。这将会加速更大规模的人口迁移,当今年代,几乎没任何一个富裕国家想同意难民。这类改变或许会改变当代生活。我刚刚提到的两种状况都会致使非常大的变化,导致政治上的动荡。目前,大家不应该局限于一个小格局之内,觉得这种改变会缓慢的到来,恰恰相反,各国领导人应该以大局为重,认识到技术与气候的变化,可能来势迅猛而且规模庞大。
This would accelerate mass population migration at the time when there is little acceptance of refugees in rich countries.又是一个非常有趣的抽象名词使用方法,处置时还是先后退一步,判断一下意思然后根据正常想法加上去。
Now it is not the time to think small and believe the change will be slow. rather, leaders need to think big and accept that the technological and climate changes would be fast and substantial. 这里的think small, think big fast, and substantial.都是所谓易懂难说的句子,有的同掌握感觉根本张不开嘴,内心深处非常痛苦,这里用的四字词总是能给译者一种定心丸的成效,因此平时积累就变得尤为重要 。
Para 5
For these reasons, there needs to be the improvements for the governance. It is crucial to end the winner take all system. If people feel that one social group is earning more than its fair share of economic and political benefits, political and social conflict will intensify. The possibility of resulting local or regional disputes escalating into global ones is real. This makes it imperative for the global leaders to create better ways to resolve problems and diffuse conflicts. Finding mechanism to deal with these challenges should be a TOP priority for the international community.
参考答案:出于这类缘由,大家需要改变治理国家的方法,重要是要改变原有些赢家通吃式的世界体系。假如大家感觉某个社会组织获得了超越他们应得的经济与政治利益,就会致使政治与社会冲突加剧。局部或者区域性争议升级成为全球性冲突的可能性真实存在。这也就令世界各国领导人需要要创造出新的办法解决问题,解决冲突。寻求一种应付挑战的机制应当成为国际社会的优先考虑的问题。
It is crucial to end the winner take all system.这个句子事实上广泛见于国际政治和外交,并非什么新鲜的东西,也是平时生活积累的结果。