2019年翻譯資格考試中級(jí)筆譯練習(xí)題：中國的傳統(tǒng)道德

　　漢譯英

　　在中國，離開了孔子和《論語》，“哲學(xué)的突破”這一命題就無從談起。我們說，中國哲學(xué)是倫理型的，哲學(xué)體系的核心是倫理道德學(xué)說。如果說西方各種文化形態(tài)重在求真，中國的各種文化形態(tài)便是求善。舊時(shí)代從碩學(xué)鴻儒到武術(shù)教師，第一課便是如何做人，如何講“德”。 他們讓學(xué)生背誦的座右銘或警句，多出自《論語》。

　　中國的傳統(tǒng)道德資源，經(jīng)過幾十年被棄若敝屣之后，在某些通都大邑簡直成了稀罕物，講求道德者往往被看作是“另類”，以致有人驚呼當(dāng)今是一個(gè)物欲橫流、臭銅熏陶的世界。但在若干“民智未開”的窮鄉(xiāng)僻壤，我們古代典籍中蘊(yùn)含的道德觀念卻依然留存。村夫農(nóng)婦，或許他們一字不識(shí)(目不識(shí)丁)，其語言行為在卻處處體現(xiàn)著“仁、義、禮、智、信、忠、孝、溫、良、恭、儉、讓”等為人處世之道，并以此言傳身教，他們的下一代因耳濡目染而潛移默化。

　　參考譯文

　　In China, the proposition of Philosophical Breakthrough is out of question if there is no Confucius or the Analects of Confucius. We say Chinese philosophy is ethical, and the core of its philosophy system is the theory of morality. Western cultures lay emphasis on pursuing trueness, while Chinese on seeking goodness. In old time, either to an eminent scholar, or to a Martial arts teacher, the first lesson was to be a human, and morality. Students were asked to memorize mottos or aphorisms, mostly from the Analects of Confucius.

　　China's traditional moral resources, after decades of being heaped indignity, have even become a scarce in some metropolis. In this world, where ethics people are often seen as "alternative", some people exclaim that today is a world of materialistic and smelly copper. But in a number of "uncivilized" remote lands, the morals of our ancient books still exist. Farmers and farmwomen, though may be illiterate, use languages and behaviors that embodied in the living philosophy of "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, loyalty, filial piety, warmth, goodness, good faith, frugality, and humility". Moreover, they teach their children with precepts and examples, which influence on their next generations.