Transcript Translation — Chinese to English

21st Century College English: Book 3 : Translation
Unit 8: Text A
Space Politics
Translation — English to Chinese
《读写教程 III》: Ex. IX, p. 270
Translation — English to Chinese
The race to the moon, which was won by the Americans in 1969,
was driven almost entirely by politics. The rivalry between the U.S.
and the登月竞赛几乎完全是受政治驱动的。
former Soviet Union meant that the two countries were
determined to be the first to put a man on the moon. President John
他激励国民将外层空间探索视为美国
F. Kennedy对其敌人苏联的优越性的终极考验。
promised that America would win this race and, as one
of the most popular presidents in American history, he inspired a
nation to think of space exploration as the ultimate test of America’s
superiority over her Soviet enemy.
Translation — English to Chinese
America’s success as the first nation to reach the moon,
coupled with continuing Cold War rivalry, created much public
support for the space programme and Washington was able to fund
many more missions. During the 1970s, the moon was visited again,
unmanned missions were sent to Mars and, for the first time, manmade craft were put on paths that would take them out of the solar
system.
在20世纪70年代，月球被再次访问，无
人飞船被送往火星，而且人造飞船也首
次被送上将带领它们脱离太阳系的轨道。
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《读写教程 III》: Ex. XI, p. 270
Translation — Chinese to English
1. 美国国家航空和航天局宣布，这次飞行任务长达九天，其
明确目的之一将是研究太空飞行对衰老过程的影响。
one of the tangible objectives
space flight
the aging process
NASA announced that one of the tangible objectives of this
nine-day (flight) mission was to do research into the effects of
space flight on the aging process.
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2. 在冷战期间，苏美两国在外层空间的开发活动方面投入
了大量的资金。
the Cold War era
space exploration
spend substantial funds (on)
During the Cold War era, the Soviet Union and the United
States both spent substantial funds on space exploration.
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3. 总统关于削减政府社会福利支出的提议已经在公众中引
起了很大的争议。
scale down
social welfare
cause a great deal of controversy
The President’s proposal to scale down/back the
government’s social welfare spending has caused a great deal
of controversy.
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4. 美国“发现”号航天飞机回到肯尼迪航天中心之前，佛罗
里达恶劣的天气，加上舱门的故障，曾使安全着陆难以保
证。
the space shuttle Discovery coupled with
put its safe landing in doubt
Before the American space shuttle Discovery returned to the
Kennedy Space Center, the bad weather in Florida, coupled
with the door trouble, put its safe landing in doubt.
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5. 迄今为止还没有充分证据表明火星上有生命，但这并不
是说外层空间的研究没有科学价值。
there is little evidence of
this doesn’t justify
So far there is little evidence of life on Mars, but this doesn’t
justify the conclusion that space research has no scientific
value.
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6. 国际空间站是费用最为昂贵的太空探索项目，是有十六
个国家参与的合作项目。
the International Space Station
space-exploration project
The International Space Station, a collaboration in which
sixteen countries are taking part, is the most expensive spaceexploration project ever undertaken.
Translation — Chinese to English
7. 这本书讲的是在五十年代末，中国航天探索的先驱者在
没有外国专家帮助的情况下，执着地进行研究的情况。
at the end of the 1950s
pioneers
pressed ahead with the research
This book describes the period at the end of the 1950s when
the pioneers of Chinese space exploration pressed ahead with
their research without the help of foreign experts.
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8. 今年制造业创利已超过二千亿美元，占我国国内生产总
值的一半。
make profits
manufacturing industries
make up one half of our country’s GDP
This year the profits made in manufacturing industries have
exceeded $200 billion, making up one half of our country’s
GDP.