2020年6月大学英语六级翻译精选习题五

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.

　　人工智能程序“阿尔法围棋(AlphaGo)”打败世界顶级围棋选手后，中国人对这一历史性的“人机大战”反响不一。首先，有人提出质疑，为何“阿尔法围棋”不是与中国选手对战，毕竟围棋起源于2500多年前的中国。其次，“阿尔法围棋”四比一打败李世石后，好事的中国网友向其发起挑战，戏称：应该让“阿尔法围棋”学习另一项更具有中国特色的娱乐活动——麻将。科学家称，与围棋可通过计算实现的排列不同，麻将影响胜负的因素很多，比如运气等。

　　参考译文：

　　As the AI program AlphaGo recently defeated one of the top human Go players, Chinese react differently toward the historic duel between human and artificial intelligence. At first, concerns have already been raised on why the human player did not come from China, where the game was invented more than 2,500 years ago. Then, after a dramatic 4:1 win over Lee Se-Dol, glib Chinese web users have raised a challenge to the AlphaGo program, demanding jokingly that it learn another amusement with Chinese characteristics—mahjong. Scientists say compared with Go, mahjong has far fewer permutations for AI calculation, but involves chance and many other factors.