translation test (2) (30 minutes)
direction: translate the following passage into english and write your version in the corresponding space in your answer booklet.
本届会议将围绕“新世纪、新挑战：参与、合作、促进共同繁荣”的主题，审议 5 个方面的议题，以期促进亚太地区和全球经贸的发展。
今年的亚太经济贸易合作组织会议将主要侧重两个方面：一是加强亚太经合组织成员之间的合作，共同应对可能出现的经济衰退，重树信心；二是继续推进亚太经合组织贸易投资自由化进程，推动世界贸易组织尽早开始新一轮谈判。
分析：
① 本届会议将围绕“新世纪、新挑战：参与、合作、促进共同繁荣”的主题，审议 5 个方面的议题，以期促进亚太地区和全球经贸的发展。
译文 1 ： this meeting will discuss the topic of “new century, new challenge: participate getword("participate"); , cooperate and promote common prosperity covering 5 areas with a view to enhancing the development of economy and trade between the asian-pacific region and the rest world.
译文 2 ： this meeting will center round the theme of “meeting new challenges in the new century: achieving common prosperity through participation and cooperation” under 5 heads with a view to promoting the economic and trade development in the asia-pacific region and the world at large.
考点： 意译：“新世纪、新挑战：参与、合作、促进共同繁荣”如译文 1 翻译纯粹采取直译，把字面意思翻译出来，而译文 2 把这句话的含义翻译出来，值得推荐。
转性译法：动词 → 名词 参与 →participation 合作 →cooperation
② 今年的亚太经济贸易合作组织会议将主要侧重两个方面：一是加强亚太经合组织成员之间的合作，共同应对可能出现的经济衰退，重树信心；二是继续推进亚太经合组织贸易投资自由化进程，推动世界贸易组织尽早开始新一轮谈判。
译文 1 ： the apec meeting in this year will focus mainly on two aspects: one is on strengthening the cooperation among all the apec members to cope with the possible economic recession through rebuilding up confidence; the other is on promoting the liberalization of trade and investment of apec for the start of a new round of negotiations/talks for wto.
译文 2 ： this year’s apec meeting will focus on two key missions: one is to strengthen the cooperation among apec members in dealing with a possible economic slowdown to build up new confidence; the other is to continue to advance the process of apec trade and invest liberalization and facilitation and urge the wto to initiate a new round of talks as soon as possible.
考点： 增词译法：“一是加强” →one is on strengthening ，因为前接 focus mainly on ，因此增加 on 介词。
