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《笔译实践》 报告
班 级: 英语F1106 学 号: 201119010201 姓 名: 周昊亮
2013 年 09月 16 日
（第一周 英译汉 两篇）
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原文：
Caesar was right.Thin people need watching.I’ve been watching them for most of my adult life,and I don’t like what I see.When these narrow fellows spring at me,I quiver to my toes.Thin people come in all personalities,most of them menacing.You’ve got your “together” thin person,your mechanical thin person,your condescending thin person,your tsk-tsk thin person,your eficiency-expert thin person.All of them are dangerous.
In the first place,thin people aren’t fun.They don’t know how to goof off,at least in the best,fat sense of the word.They’ve always got to be adoing.Give them a coffee break,and they’ll jog around the block.Supply them with a quiet evening at home,and they’ll fix the screen door and lick S&H green stamps.They say things like “there aren’t enough hours in the day.”Fat people never say that.Fat people thind the day is too damn long already.
Thin people believe in logic.Fat people see all sides.The sides fat people see are rounded blobs,usually gray,always nebulous and truly not worth worrying about.But the thin people persists.”If you consume more calories than you burn,”says one of my thin friends,”you will gain weight.It’s that simple.”Fat people always grin when they hear statements like that they know better.
Fat people realize that life is illogical and unfair.They know very well that God is not in his heaven and all is not right with the world.If God was up there,fat people could have two doughnuts and a big orange drink anytime they wanted it.
Thin people have a long list of logical things they are always spouting off to me.They hold up one finger at a time as they reel off these things,so I won’t lose track.They speak slowly as if to a young child.The list is long and full of holes.It contains tidbits like “get a grip on yourself,” ”cigarettes kill,” ”cholesterol clops,” ”fit
as a fiddle,” ”ducks in a row,” “organize,”and “sound fiscal management.”Phrases like that.
They think these 2000-point plans lead to happiness.Fat people know happiness is elusive at best and even if they could get the kind thin people talk about,they wouldn’t want it.Wisely,fat people see that such programs are too dull,too hard,too off the mark.They are never better than a whole cheesecake.
Fat people know all about the mystery of life.They are the ones acquainted with the night,with luck,with fate,with playing it by ear.One thin person I know once suggested that we arrange all the parts of a jigsaw puzzle into groups according to size,shape,and color.He figured this would cut the time needed to complete the puzzle by at least 50 percent.I said I wouldn't do it.One,I like to muddle through.Two,what good would it do to finish early?Three,the jigsaw puzzle isn’t the important thing.The important thing is the fun of four people(one thin person included)sitting around a card table,working a jigsaw puzzle.My thin friend had no use for my list.Instead of joinging us,he went outside and mulched the boxwoods.The three remaining fat people finished the puzzle and made chocolate,double_fudged brownies to celebrate.
The main problem with thin people is they oppress.Their good intentions,bony torsos,tight ships,neat corners,cerebral machinations,and pat solutions loom like dark clouds over the loose,comfortable,spreadout,soft world of the fat.Long after fat people have removed their coats and shoes and put their feet up on the coffee table,thin people are still sitting on the edge of the sofa,looking neat as a pin,discussing rutabagas.Fat people are heavily int fits of laughter,slapping their thighs and whooping it up,while thin people are still politely waiting for the punch line.
Thin people are downers.They like math and morality and reasoned evaluation of the limitations of human beings.They have their skinny little acts together.They expound,prognose,probe ,and prick.
Fat people are convivial.They will like you even if you’re irregular and have acne.They will come up with a good reason why you never wrote the great American novel.They will cry in your beer with you.They will put your name in the pot.They will let you off the hook.Fat people will gab,giggle,guffaw,gallumph,gyrate,and
gossip.They are generous,giving,and gallant.They are gluttonous and goodly and great.What you want when you’re down is soft and jiggley,not muscled and stable.Fat people know this.Fat people have plenty of room.Fat people will take you in.
译文：
凯撒是对的，瘦人需要当心了。在我成年时期，我一直在观察他们，但是我并不喜欢我所看到的。当我仅有的几个同伴跳出来对我说这些时，我只是微微抖两下我的脚趾。瘦人也是有各种各样的性格特点的，并且很多个性是有害的。你或许已经进入瘦人圈，他们可能是在机能方面、遗传学上，或者在某些方面有特长的瘦人。所有的这些瘦人都是危险的。
首先，瘦人并不快乐。他们不知道怎样打发时间，好的一点是他们对“胖”没有感觉。他们总是做些零零碎碎的事情。只要给他们一丁点时间他们就会出现在街区附近慢跑。给他们安静的晚上在家里他们就会修理屏风或者一些屏幕标记。他们总说白天的时间不够。胖人不曾这样，他们总认为白天已经够长了。
瘦人相信逻辑。胖人则顾及方方面。胖人所顾及的总是点点滴滴的、含糊不清的、灰暗的或者一些根本不值得忧虑的事情。但是，我的一个瘦人朋友坚持认为：“如果你消耗的热量比你产生的热量多的时候，你将会获得更多重量，就这么简单。”当他们听到这些他们早已明白的话理时，他们只是咧着嘴笑。
胖人认为生活是没有逻辑的不公平的。他们知道天上根本没有上帝，所有的这些只是这个世界的错。如果上帝存在于天国，那么胖人无论什么时候他们想吃油炸圈饼或者喝橙汁他们都可以。
瘦人有长长的一个清单上面列了许多有逻辑的事情。他们总是对我倾注这些。当他们一口气说出这些事情时他们总是，一次次伸出指头计算着，以至于我不会听得晕头转向。他们说地很慢，就像对小孩子说一样。这个清单很长并且很多漏洞。它也包含了许多小的提醒栏，例如：“抓紧时间”“吸烟有害”“胆固醇有害”“变得健康”“有条不紊”“有组织的”“准确无误的财务管理”等等这些类似的短语。
他们认为这些两千多条的计划会让他们幸福。胖人知道真的来之不易，即使听到好心瘦人的一番心里话。睿智的胖人知道这样一种程序是枯燥、艰难又不见成效的。它们并不会比一整块奶酪蛋糕好得多。
胖人们知晓生命的神秘。他们与夜晚交好，与运气交好，与命运交好，熟谙
船到桥头自然直的道理。我认识的一个瘦人在我们玩拼图游戏的时候曾经建议我们，先将拼图根据其大小、形状以及颜色来进行分类。他说这样，至少可以省去我们一半的时间来完成这份拼图。我说，我不会这么做的。其一，我喜欢这么捉摸着玩。其二，那么早把它拼完有什么好处呢？其三，拼图又不是什么特别重要的事。真正重要的是我们四人（其中包括那位瘦人）一块围坐在牌桌边一起玩拼图游戏的乐趣啊。我的这位瘦朋友可不认可我的这几点，于是他就一个人出去为黄杨木做护篱了。剩下我们这三个胖人，完成了拼图，又做了巧克力和双份的淋着糖浆的饼干来庆祝。
瘦人最主要的问题是他们让人感到沉重。他们良好的意愿，瘦骨嶙峋的躯干，紧致的船只，整洁的角落，满脑子的阴谋诡计，还有熟练的解决方案，这些都像乌云一般可怕的出现胖人们散漫，舒适，伸展，柔软的世界里。当胖人们脱掉自己的外套和鞋子，把自己的脚放在咖啡桌上，这样过了很久，瘦人们依旧坐在沙发的边缘，看起来极为整洁，谈论着洋蔓菁。胖人们会发出阵阵大笑中断谈话，拍着大腿，高声呼喊，而瘦人们仍礼貌的坐着等待别人的妙语。
瘦人们是令人沮丧的人。他们就像是数学，道德那样理性的评估着人类的局限性。他们把自己紧致细微的行为联合在一起。他们解释说明，预测，调查，刺痛人们的心。胖人们是欢乐的。即便是你的行为不符合准则，并且还有粉刺，他们也会喜欢你的。他们会提出一个完美的理由问你为什么从来没有写过最好的美国小说。他们会和你一起痛饮，叫喊。他们会把你的名字刻在壶上。他们会帮你摆脱困境。胖人们爱说话，会咯咯的傻笑，大笑，笨拙的行走，旋转，传播流言蜚语。同时，他们慷慨大方，乐意给与，无比勇敢。他们贪吃，美好，伟大。当你失落的时候你需要的是柔软与不稳定，而不是肌肉和稳定。胖人们知道这个道理。胖人们有足够多的空间。胖人们会欺骗你。
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原文：
The biggest prize for many developing nations is freer agricultural export markets—including not only the reduction of tariffs and quotas but also significant reductions in production and export subsidies. Wealthy nations, and particularly the EU, spend roughly $300 billion a year—more than the combined national income of