2015年翻译资格考试笔译初级练习1

　　But a book is written, not to multiply the voice merely. not to carry it merely, but to perpetuate it. The author has something to say which he perceives to be true and useful, or fu1ly beautiful. So far as he knows, no one has yet said it; so far as he knows, no one else can say it. He is bound to say it, clearly and melodiously if he may; clearly at all events. In the sum of his life he finds this to be the thing, or group of things, manifest to him - this, the piece of true knowledge, or sight, which his share of sunshine and earth has permitted him to seize. "That is his “writing;” it is, in his small human way, and with whatever degree of true inspiration is in him, his inscription, or scripture. That is a "Book."

　　但是, 写书不仅仅为了重复声音, 也不仅仅为了传达声音, 而是为了使那声音永恒。作者 要说的, 他认为是真理 , 很有用, 或是有帮助 , 很美丽。就他而言, 他是第一个说这话的人; 就他而言, 能说这话的没有第二个人。他不能不说, 而且还要尽可能地说得明白, 说得动昕, 至少要说得明白。他发现这就是他一生中向他显现的那一件、或那几件事情一一就是这, 这一真知或灼见, 是他头上的太阳和脚下的土地使他得以把握住。……这就是他的 "写作", 虽然他个人十分渺小, 也无论他心中受到多少真正的启示, 这是他的镑刻, 他的笔画。这就是 "书 "