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2011年考研英语一翻译原文及参考译文

本页收录2011年考研英语一翻译部分的英文原文、参考译文与逐句对照。考研英语一为篇章下划线句英译汉（5 句、10 分），英语二为整段翻译（15 分），难点集中在长难句拆分与定语从句语序调整。

Directions: Read the following text carefully and then translate the underlined segments into Chinese.

With its theme that "Mind is the master weaver," creating our inner character and outer circumstances, the book As a Man Thinketh by James Allen is an in-depth exploration of the central idea of self-help writing. (46) Allen's contribution was to take an assumption we all share—that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts—and reveal its erroneous nature. Because most of us believe that mind is separate from matter, we think that thoughts can be hidden and made powerless; this allows us to think one way and act another. However, Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind, and (47) while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone, in reality we are continually faced with a question: "Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that?" Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire, Allen concluded: "We do not attract what we want, but what we are." Achievement happens because you as a person embody the external achievement; you don't "get" success but become it. There is no gap between mind and matter. Part of the fame of Allen's book is its contention that "Circumstances do not make a person, they reveal him." (48) This seems a justification for neglect of those in need, and a rationalization of exploitation, of the superiority of those at the top and the inferiority of those at the bottom. This, however, would be a knee-jerk reaction to a subtle argument. Each set of circumstances, however bad, offers a unique opportunity for growth. If circumstances always determined the life and prospects of people, then humanity would never have progressed. In fact, (49) circumstances seem to be designed to bring out the best in us and if we feel that we have been "wronged" then we are unlikely to begin a conscious effort to escape from our situation. Nevertheless, as any biographer knows, a person's early life and its conditions are often the greatest gift to an individual. The sobering aspect of Allen's book is that we have no one else to blame for our present condition except ourselves. (50) The upside is the possibilities contained in knowing that everything is up to us; where before we were experts in the array of limitations, now we become authorities of what is possible.
参考译文

该书以“心灵是织造大师”为主题，探索了自我修养类写作的核心理念，即我们的内在品格和外在境遇皆由心灵所造。

（46）艾伦的贡献在于，他拿起了我们所有人都共有的一种假设——即因为我们不是机器人，所以我们能够控制自己的思想——并揭示了其谬误的本质。因为我们大多数人都相信心灵与物质是分离的，所以我们以为思想可以被隐藏、使之无力，这就使得我们能够心口不一。然而，艾伦认为，潜意识所触发的行动与有意识的思维同样多，而且（47）我们或许仅凭有意识的心灵就能维持控制的幻觉，但事实上我们不断面临这样一个问题：“为什么我无法让自己做这件事或实现那个目标？”

由于欲望和意志会因与欲望不一致的思想的存在而受损，艾伦总结道：“我们吸引来的不是我们想要的，而是我们所是的。”成就之所以发生，是因为作为一个人，你本身就体现了外在的成就；你不是“获得”成功，而是“成为”成功。心灵与物质之间没有鸿沟。

艾伦著作出名的一部分原因在于它主张“环境不造就人，而是揭示人”。（48）这似乎是在为忽视那些需要帮助的人进行辩护，也是在为剥削、为上层人士的优越性和底层人士的卑微进行合理化。

然而，这种看法不过是对一道微妙论证的下意识的反应。每一种环境，无论多么糟糕，都提供了独特的成长机遇。如果环境总是决定人们的生活和前途，那么人类就永远不会进步。事实上，（49）环境仿佛就是为了激发我们的最大潜能而设，如果我们感到自己受到了“不公”，那么我们就不太可能作出有意识的努力来摆脱自己的处境。不过，正如任何传记作者都知道的那样，一个人早期的生活及其所处环境，往往是对个人最珍贵的馈赠。

艾伦著作中发人深省的一点是：我们当下的状况，除了自己之外，没有任何人可以归咎。（50）其积极的一面在于，既然知道一切都取决于我们自己，就有了无限的可能；此前我们是谙熟各种局限的专家，现在我们成了驾驭各种可能性的权威。

逐句对照

46. Allen's contribution was to take an assumption we all share—that because we are not robots we therefore control our thoughts—and reveal its erroneous nature.

艾伦的贡献在于，他拿起了我们所有人都共有的一种假设——即因为我们不是机器人，所以我们能够控制自己的思想——并揭示了其谬误的本质。

47. while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone, in reality we are continually faced with a question: "Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that?"

我们或许仅凭有意识的心灵就能维持控制的幻觉，但事实上我们不断面临这样一个问题：“为什么我无法让自己做这件事或实现那个目标？”

48. This seems a justification for neglect of those in need, and a rationalization of exploitation, of the superiority of those at the top and the inferiority of those at the bottom.

这似乎是在为忽视那些需要帮助的人进行辩护，也是在为剥削、为上层人士的优越性和底层人士的卑微进行合理化。

49. circumstances seem to be designed to bring out the best in us and if we feel that we have been "wronged" then we are unlikely to begin a conscious effort to escape from our situation.

环境仿佛就是为了激发我们的最大潜能而设，如果我们感到自己受到了“不公”，那么我们就不太可能作出有意识的努力来摆脱自己的处境。

50. The upside is the possibilities contained in knowing that everything is up to us; where before we were experts in the array of limitations, now we become authorities of what is possible.

其积极的一面在于，既然知道一切都取决于我们自己，就有了无限的可能；此前我们是谙熟各种局限的专家，现在我们成了驾驭各种可能性的权威。

翻译思路

本文选自詹姆斯·艾伦的《做你想做的人》，哲理性强、抽象表达密集，翻译时须理顺逻辑层次、避免生硬直译。

（46）主干 take an assumption...and reveal its erroneous nature，破折号内 that 从句为 assumption 的同位语，译时保留破折号以维持排比式的说明结构；reveal its erroneous nature 译“揭示其谬误的本质”。

（47）while 引导让步状语从句，sustain the illusion of control 译“维持控制的幻觉”；through the conscious mind alone 中 alone 译“仅凭”置于状语前更符合中文语序。

（48）名词短语并列结构：justification for neglect...and a rationalization of exploitation...and rationalization of the superiority...and the inferiority...，看似四项并列，实为 justification 与 rationalization 两个名词短语各自后接 of 补语，译时拆分为“为……辩护”和“为……合理化”两套动宾结构，更自然。

（49）bring out the best in us 译为“激发我们的最大潜能”；wronged 加引号表“受到不公”；be unlikely to begin a conscious effort 反向处理为“不太可能作出有意识的努力”。

（50）The upside is the possibilities contained in knowing...倒装式主题句，先出结论“有了无限的可能”再回译 knowing that everything is up to us；where before...now...对比结构，experts in the array of limitations 与 authorities of what is possible 形成对仗，分别译为“谙熟各种局限的专家”和“驾驭各种可能性的权威”。

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