Clearly a tug of war over key policies continues between the pragmatic and ideological camps.
句中的 a tug of War 中的 tug 是“拖”的意思,而整个词组的意思是“拔河”,如果按词面意思翻译显然不符合原句的意思,译员就该立即想到拔河的动作,双方可能会持续一段时间,才能分出胜负,另外句中的 camps 也应译成“阵营”或“营垒”,不能译成“设营”或“野营”,因此,思维敏捷的译员会迅速把整个句子译成:
(二)知识渊博
口译人员应该掌握所译国家的语言,这是一个基本条件。如作为一名英汉互译的口头翻译,对英语或汉语不十分了解,而硬充当口译,那是一种职业性的错误,这不仅辜负了大会对译员的期望和信任,对译员本人的声誉和前途也会有很坏的影响。正如“国际会议口译工作者协会”(International Association of Conference Interpreters,即 AIIC)第三条所规定的: 本协会会员不应接受自知不能胜任的口译任务。但是,译员只了解语言还远远不够,译员还必须了解对方国家语言中诙谐、幽默的说法,了解对该国语言有重大影响的文学名著、影响该国历史的著名人物以及该国的传统习惯和风土人情。例如在谈到影视方面问题时,主谈者说:
Recently several people in Hollywood were arrested for possessing coke.
Hsi Shih was a famous beauty in the ancient kindgdom of Yueh. Tung Shih was an ugly girl who tried to imitate her ways. The ugly imitates the beautiful in such a distorted way that the ugliness of the ugly becomes even worse.