实用资料：历年考研英语真题翻译长难句荟萃

　　2007年：

　　1. Traditionally, legal learning has been viewed in such institutions as the special preserve of lawyers, rather than a necessary part of the intellectual equipment of an educated person。

　　译文：传统上，这些院校一直把学习法律看作是律师专有的特权，而不是每个受过教育的人所必备的一部分知识才能。

　　2. On the other, it links these concepts to everyday realities in a manner which is parallel to the links journalists forge on a daily basis as they cover and comment on the news。

　　译文：另一方面，通过采取与新闻记者在报道和评论新闻时一样的联系方式，法律把这些观念同日常生活实际联系了起来。

　　3. But the idea that the journalist must understand the law more profoundly than an ordinary citizen rests on an understanding of the established conventions and special responsibilities of the new media。

　　译文：但是，新闻记者必须比普通公民更深刻地了解法律，这种观点是基于对新闻媒体既定习俗和特殊责任的认识基础之上的。

　　4. In fact , it is difficult to see how journalists who do not have a clear grasp of the basic features of the Canadian constitution can do a competent job on political stories。

　　译文：事实上，那些没有清楚把握加拿大宪法基本特征的新闻记者是如何能够胜任政治新闻报道工作的，要想明白这一点是非常困难的。

　　5. While comment and reaction from lawyers may enhance stories, it is preferable for journalists to rely on their own notions of significance and make their own judgments。

　　译文：虽然律师提供的评论和反馈可能会丰富报道的内容，但是新闻记者凭借自己的重要观点做出自己的判断则更加难能可贵。

　　2006年：

　　1. I shall define him as an individual who has elected as his primary duty and pleasure in life the activity of thinking in Socratic(苏格拉底)way about moral problems。

　　译文：我认为，知识分子的定义是这样的：他选择使用苏格拉底式的方式来思考道德问题，将此作为自己人生的首要任务，并从中获得乐趣。

　　2. His function is analogous to that of a judge , who must accept the obligation of revealing in as obvious a matter as possible the course of reasoning which led him to his decision。

　　译文：他的职责与法官相似，要尽可能清楚明白地展示自己作出决定的推理过程，这是他必须承担的责任。

　　3. I have excluded him because, while his accomplishments may contribute to the solution of moral problems , he has not been charged with the task of approaching any but the factual aspects of those problems 。

　　译文：我将普通科学家排除在外的原因是，尽管他的成果可能有助于解决道德问题，但是他承担的任务只不过是研究这些问题的事实方面而已。

　　4. But his primary task is not to think about the moral code, which governs his activity, any more than a businessman is expected to dedicate his energies to an exploration of rules of conduct in business。

　　译文：但是，正如我们并不期望商人专注于探索商业行为的准则一样，普通科学家的首要任务也不是考虑支配自己行为的道德规范。

　　5. They may teach very well , and more than earn their salaries, but most of them make little or no independent reflections on human problems which involve moral judgment。

　　译文：知识分子可能很善于教书，而且不仅仅是为了挣钱。但是，对于涉及道德判断的人类问题，他们大多数人很少或者根本没有进行独立思考。