2018年翻譯考試英語筆譯初級模擬題：東西方差異

　　漢譯英

　　東西方不僅僅是在空間模式上存有差異。當(dāng)我們觀察西方不同文化中城市規(guī)劃的時(shí)候，還體會各種各樣跨文化空間的感覺。例如，在美國，城市的布局通常是沿著一個(gè)網(wǎng)格展開， 軸心一般是南北向和東西向。街道和建筑物按順序編號。當(dāng)然這種安排對美國人來說是完美 的。當(dāng)美國人在像巴黎這樣的城市漫步時(shí)，他們往往會迷路。因?yàn)榘屠璧慕值朗菑闹醒胼椛?開來的。此外，巴黎的街道是命名的而不是按序編號的，而且常常不用經(jīng)過幾個(gè)街區(qū)，街名 就變換了。美國人對當(dāng)?shù)厝巳绾文軌虻教幮凶叽鬄橐苫�，而巴黎人卻顯得行動(dòng)自如�；魻栐� 《無聲的語言》一書中認(rèn)為：法國城市空間布局的特點(diǎn)僅僅是反映法國文化特征中中央集權(quán)的一個(gè)方面。因此巴黎是法國的中心，法國政府和教育系統(tǒng)高度集中。在法國人的辦公室里， 最重要人物的辦公桌就擺在其中央。

　　參考譯文

　　It is not only the East and the West that are different in their patterning of space. We can also see cross-cultural varieties of spatial perception when we look at arrangements of urban space in different Western cultures. For instance, in the United States, cities are usually laid out along a grid, with the axes generally north/south and east/west. Streets and buildings are numbered sequentially. This arrangement, of course, makes perfect sense to Americans. When Americans walk in a city like Paris, which is laid out with the main streets radiating from centers, they often get lost. Furthermore, streets in Paris are named, not numbered, and the names often change after a few blocks. It is amazing to Americans how anyone gets around, yet Parisians seem to do well. Edward Hall, in The Silent Language, suggests that the layout of space characteristic of French cities is only one aspect of the theme of centralization that characterizes French culture. Thus Paris is the center of France, French government and educational systems are highly centralized, and in French offices the most important person has his or her desk in the middle of the office.

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