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Master's Admissions Guide of School of Advanced Translation, Beijing Foreign Studies University

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The School of Advanced Translation of Beijing Foreign Studies University was established in June, 1994.

Beijing Foreign Studies University held several advanced translation classes as early as 1950s and 1960s. 1979 Entrusted by the Government of China and United Nations Headquarters, the United Nations Interpretation Training Department was established to train simultaneous interpreters and translators for the United Nations. Most graduates work in UN agencies in new york and Geneva. Their professionalism and performance have been well received by the United Nations. During their work in China, many people served as translators for party and state leaders many times. The Translation Training Department has also trained a group of senior translators for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Culture, Shanghai Foreign Affairs Office and Chongqing Foreign Affairs Office.

From 65438 to 0995, the Advanced Translation Institute began to recruit students and set up a master's degree to train senior interpreters for China. English is a language for a while.

Training objectives: Our college trains English-Chinese simultaneous interpretation and other advanced interpreters and translators, and is an applied graduate student. Graduates should be able to undertake simultaneous interpretation and document translation of international conferences or advanced interpretation and translation of government departments.

Educational system: two years. Those who pass the examination and pass the thesis defense will be awarded master's degrees in foreign linguistics and applied linguistics.

Curriculum: English-Chinese consecutive interpretation, visual translation, simultaneous interpretation, translation and translation theory.

Examination subject: 1. Politics; Second, basic English; Third, two foreign countries (France, Germany, Japan, Russia and the West); Fourth, English-Chinese translation.

Our college enrolls students through the national postgraduate entrance examination every year. In 2007, 60 freshmen were enrolled (including 3 public students, 1 at their own expense, 9 at their own expense and 47 at their own expense). Candidates should have a bachelor's degree, and their majors are not limited. College students must have 1, graduate for 2 years, and publish 2 papers in national first-class journals. The date of registration and examination is subject to the unified national time. Those who pass the written test will be retested (items: 1, retelling 2, visual translation 3, dialogue).

Note: 1, the second external re-examination requires listening ability.

2. The basic English test paper is the same as other majors in English College.

Dean: Professor Wang

Address: P.O. Box No.2, North West Third Ring Road, Beijing 16 Postal Code: 100089

Tel: (0 10)-888 16386

Sir/madam:

Now I apply for simultaneous interpretation, and the relevant instructions for master students are as follows:

Simultaneous interpretation is one of the most difficult translation activities. In the tense environment of international conferences, it is not easy for an interpreter to listen and translate continuously. To learn this skill well, you need to have certain conditions, such as a solid foundation in English and Chinese, strong English listening and speaking ability, good pronunciation and intonation in English and Chinese, quick thinking, quick response, interest in international issues and wide knowledge. Therefore, the re-examination results of candidates are the main reason for admission. Candidates can make targeted preparations according to their own situation and professional requirements. As for the examination, the examination paper was issued by our college. Don't test theory, only test practice, the purpose is to examine students' actual translation ability. The basic English test paper is the same as other majors in English College.

About the second interview: 1, visual translation: orally translate an English manuscript (prepare for 5-6 minutes) into Chinese. 2. Retelling: First listen to the English recording (content length: 3-5 minutes) and listen to it twice in a row. You can take notes while listening, and then repeat what you hear in English. Interview: One English reading material, prepare for 10 minutes (you can take notes), and then answer questions according to the reading material.

The teaching mode of Translation College is mainly class (16- 18 class hours/week), which is different from the tutorial system of other majors.

The ratio of application to admission in 2006 was about 10: 1.

Bibliography:

1, A Guide to Chinglish, Joan Pinkerm and Jiang Guihua, 2000, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. If you want to buy this book, you can remit 27.40 yuan to the mail order department of FLTRP at No.3 Northwest Ring Road 19, Beijing. Tel: 888 17 163

2. A Concise Course of English-Chinese Translation, Zhuang Yichuan, 2002, Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

If you want to buy this book, you can remit 19.40 yuan to the mail order department of FLTRP, Northwest Third Ring Road 19, Beijing.

Note: If you mail order the above two books at the same time, you only need to remit money to 42 yuan. 80 yuan. Postal code: 100089

3. Advanced English-Chinese Translation Theory and Practice, edited by Ye Yinan, 200 1, Tsinghua University Publishing House. Tel: 62786544

If you want to buy this book, you can remit 23. 10 yuan to the mail order section of the distribution department of Tsinghua University Publishing House. Postal code: 100084

4. Theory and Practice of Non-literary Translation, edited by Luo Jinde, China Foreign Translation Publishing Company, 2004. Tel: 66 138842

If you want to buy this book, you can remit 4 1.4 yuan to the translation bookstore at No.4 Taipingqiao Street, Xicheng District, Beijing. Postal code: 1008 10

The above information is for reference only. Please contact graduate department of Beijing Foreign Studies University for previous years' test questions. Tel: 0 10— 888 16246. Please don't remit the remittance to the translation institute.

Graduate School of Translation, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Matters needing attention in re-inspection

First, please don't use reference books (including electronics)

Please turn off the power of your mobile phone when you enter the examination room. Put your ID card and admission ticket on the desk for future reference.

3. Visual translation and retelling will be carried out in two batches (the first batch will be at 8:00 and the second batch will be at 8:40). The time and list will be posted on the corridor wall of the Institute of Advanced Translation on Friday afternoon (13).

Four, because there are more candidates who take part in the second interview, in order to let the candidates have a quiet examination room environment. Candidates who are scheduled for an interview in the afternoon, please don't stay near the examination room (this floor) after the interpretation retelling and the interview in the morning.

Parents are not allowed to stay on this floor after the exam starts (8: 00).

6. According to the regulations of the school, the re-examination results can only be published after being reported to the Beijing Admissions Office for approval. Prior to this, our hospital has no right to announce the re-examination results in advance. 5. After that, you can check with the research and enrollment office. (888 16246)

7. Interview: When the candidate in front of you enters the interview room, you also enter the preparation room. When the time comes, you will get the text of the reading materials, and you can take notes on the draft paper (the draft paper will be distributed separately). Please return the text of the reading materials to the manuscript teacher before entering the interview room. The draft paper you took notes on can be taken into the interview room. Please give it to the interview teacher after the interview. When entering the interview room, you must submit relevant certificates and confirmation letters for inspection.

Eight, the total score ratio of the second interview: interpretation accounted for 30%, retelling accounted for 30%, and interview accounted for 40%.

Note: Starting from this year, the written test scores are included in the retest scores, accounting for 20% of the total retest scores.

Advanced Institute of Translation 2007/4/9

Graduate School of Translation, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Master's Admissions Guide for Multilingual Simultaneous Interpretation

postgraduate programme

Master of Arts in Translation and Interpretation

I. Overview

1. After discussion and approval by the Academic Degrees Committee of Beijing Foreign Studies University, the Institute of Advanced Translation will offer multilingual (Chinese-English+French/German/Russian) postgraduate courses in simultaneous interpretation from 2007. Students who have graduated from French/German/Russian with excellent English can apply for this new course in our college in the fall of 2006 and take the national unified entrance examination for postgraduate students. It is planned to enroll 12- 15 students in 2007, including 4-5 students majoring in French, 4-5 students majoring in German and 4-5 students majoring in Russian.

Two. Training objectives:

1. The goal of this course is to train professionals who can perform simultaneous conference interpretation and other types of interpretation and translation in China, Britain, France, Germany and Russia. Those who pass all subjects, complete their graduation thesis and pass the thesis defense can get a master's degree in this major.

Three. Academic system and entrance examination

1. This course is a two-year full-time master's research course. Applicants should major in French, German and Russian. Before taking the written test, the applicant will take the oral test first, and then take the national unified postgraduate entrance examination. After passing the written test, there is no need for a second interview. The subjects for the postgraduate entrance examination are politics, second foreign language (English, the required score is above the specified level), major 1 (English-Chinese translation), and major 2 (French, German or Russian exam). In other words, the first three items are the same as the traditional English-Chinese translation postgraduate entrance examination, and the fourth item is a professional basic subject, which is changed to the language learned by undergraduate majors. For the sake of easy memory, we can call this exam "3 plus X". X here refers to the language learned by undergraduate majors, which currently only includes French, German and Russian. Please refer to the examination papers of Translation College over the years (you can apply to our school for the annual examination of purchasing power, each volume is 5 yuan).

Four. Credit requirements

According to the relevant regulations of postgraduate training, postgraduate training should complete certain subjects and credits. This course focuses on the cultivation of students' translation ability, and the training method is mainly elective courses. According to the curriculum of English-Chinese translation graduate students, the required course of this course is not less than 60 credits. In ...

(1) Specialized courses 1

English-Chinese translation 4 credits

Chinese-English translation 4 credits

Visual translation 4 credits

English-Chinese consecutive interpretation 4 credits

Chinese-English consecutive interpretation 4 credits

English-Chinese simultaneous interpretation 8 credits

Chinese-English simultaneous interpretation 8 credits

Translation theory 2 credits

(2) Major 2

2. 6 credits for foreign language translation

2 foreign language interpretation 6 credits

(3) Public compulsory courses

Marxism-Leninism Theory Course: 6 credits

(4) The first-level courses are open.

World literature 2 credits

General linguistics 2 credits

Thesis requirements

The paper requires writing a translation summary or experimental report with a certain theoretical basis, with a length of 65,438+0.5 to 20,000 Chinese characters, written in Chinese or English; In addition, you need to complete the translation practice of1-20,000 words. Before writing a thesis, each student will be assigned a thesis instructor by the college.

tuition

There will be a student with excellent grades in French, German and Russian who will enjoy the treatment of public students; The rest of the students are self-funded, and the tuition fee is 25,000 yuan per year and 50,000 yuan for two years (there are other relevant fees for international students), and the treatment is the same as that for publicly funded students. The university provides on-campus accommodation for graduate students, and the accommodation fee is XXX per year. Students can have meals in the on-campus restaurant, and the meals are paid for by themselves.

note:

In order to give candidates more choices,1interview multilingual candidates at 8:00 am on October 28th. 10. The interview procedure is the same as the national unified examination postgraduate re-examination procedure.

Beijing Foreign Languages University

200 1 postgraduate entrance examination

English-Chinese simultaneous interpretation professional examination paper

Translate the following articles into English (35%)

Not long ago, NASA announced that their measurements showed that the ozone hole over Antarctica had expanded to the southern Chilean city of punta arenas in the past two months. This is the largest hole ever observed by human beings. More seriously, this is the first time that the ozone hole covers densely populated cities.

Many people are familiar with the function of ozone. Ozone is about 25-30 kilometers from the ground and can absorb 99% of the sun's ultraviolet rays. It can be said that it is a natural barrier of the earth's ecological environment and an umbrella for human reproduction and survival. According to scientists' calculations, every time the ozone content in the atmosphere decreases by 1%, the amount of solar ultraviolet radiation will increase by 2%, and the number of human skin cancer patients will increase by 5% to 7%.

But now, it can be said that all residents of a city are at risk of collective skin cancer. For the health of residents, punta arenas and its neighboring areas were forced to declare a state of emergency. This is probably the first time that mankind has entered a state of emergency due to the ozone hole problem. The health department of Punta arenas has repeatedly warned people not to go out between noon 1 1 and 3 pm, because exposure to the sun for about 7 minutes will damage their skin.

According to scientists' observation, the ozone hole has reached more than 28 million square kilometers at present. It is chemicals such as freon that are constantly released in industrial production that make ozone thinner and thinner, and finally this huge hole is formed. Although the expansion of the ozone hole is also caused by the rising temperature in the Antarctic continent, the rising temperature is directly related to the massive release of carbon dioxide by human beings.

I hope Punta Arenas' alarm is the first and last time!

Two. Translate the following sentences into English (15%)

We sincerely hope that we will not go to war, strive for long-term stability and concentrate on domestic modernization.

After the end of the Cold War, the world situation has undergone major changes, the bipolar pattern has ended, and multipolarization has become the dominant direction of the evolution of the international pattern.

In recent years, under the impact of economic globalization, the original division of labor pattern and resource allocation mode are undergoing historic and important changes. Developed countries are adjusting, and so are newly industrialized countries, developing countries and countries with economies in transition, although the contents and difficulties of adjustment are different.

Three. Translate the following articles into Chinese (35%)

Sanctions are a blunt instrument that can sometimes be useful. For Iraq, they forced its terrible dictator to spit out almost all his deadliest weapons. Ten years later, the perspective has changed. In the past 15 months, Saddam Hussein was still in power, and no UN inspector was on the scene to stop him from reinventing his dirtiest toy. At the same time, sanctions almost destroyed his country: its health and education systems have collapsed; Its infrastructure has rusted; Its middle class has fallen into poverty; Its children are dying. Many people now think it is necessary to change the policy.

The oil-for-food program adopted by the UN Security Council in 1996 was originally intended to save ordinary Iraqis from sanctions. Iraq is allowed to sell a certain amount of oil in exchange for "humanitarian" goods. Denis Halliday, an experienced UN official, was in charge of the project for two years, but then resigned in disgust (his successor resigned a few weeks ago). Mr. Halliday has now written "genocide" straight out. He and others described how the representatives of the United States and Britain in the sanctions Committee insisted that anything they suspected, no matter how far away, had a dual purpose. The list of suspicious goods ranges from heart-lung machines to trolleys, from fire-fighting equipment to detergents, from pumps to pencils.

Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, confirmed some of these views in his report on Iraq sanctions submitted to the Security Council this month. He revealed how far the oil-for-food program is from alleviating the tragedy in Iraq. Mr. Annan spread his criticism everywhere, but he was particularly disturbed by, firstly, the dangerous dilapidated state of Iraq's oil industry, and secondly, the capricious delay of the sanctions Committee in approving the delivery of materials to hospitals: at present, drugs and medical equipment worth about $/kloc-0.5 billion were detained. At one time, outsiders had a deep-rooted view of Iraq's sanctions, thinking that the situation was either black or white. Now there is a big gray area, a persistent question: Is sanctions still the right policy? The author recorded the impact of sanctions on the lives of ordinary Iraqis, and the reasons for the change were quite convincing. He who hesitates should pay attention.

Four. Translate the following sentences into Chinese (15%)

We need to break the vicious circle of AIDS, poverty, conflict and AIDS. Because the fact is that AIDS not only threatens stability, but also encourages AIDS when peace is broken.

Nuclear-weapon States continue to insist that these weapons in their hands can enhance security, while in the hands of other countries, these weapons are a threat to world peace, which is not conducive to achieving the goal of nuclear non-proliferation.

In developing countries, the labor force involved in global production usually includes a large proportion of women-whether in textile, electronics, data processing or chip manufacturing industries. In many cases, the working conditions and wages of these women are shocking, and we must try our best to improve this situation.

Beijing Foreign Languages University

2002 Postgraduate Entrance Examination

English-Chinese simultaneous interpretation professional examination paper

Translate the following articles into English (35%)

People are divided into men and women, but does the law talk about gender?

The Constitution of China clearly stipulates that women enjoy equal rights with men in politics, economy, culture, society and family. Since men and women have equal rights, the law should be gender-neutral, so as to achieve equality between men and women and truly achieve fairness.

But in fact, today, when women are protected by law, respected by society and equal between men and women, the phenomenon of inequality between men and women still exists more or less. This is the "sequela" left by the history of "men are superior to women" and women are attached to men. So we have to face the reality that although the status of contemporary women has been greatly improved, compared with men, they are still a vulnerable group that needs to be taken care of.

In view of this phenomenon, China's current laws give special care to women, including the special law on the protection of women's rights and interests, and there are also special protection clauses in the marriage law, inheritance law and other legal provisions. There is no such special protection for men. From this perspective, the law also talks about "gender".

A little more female perspective in legislation is more practical for contemporary legislators. Not to mention the inequality between men and women in real life, that is, the fact that most legislators are men may make our laws unconsciously bear the mark of men. Therefore, legislators must go beyond the existing social habits and cast more perspectives on women, a vulnerable group. In legislation, there should be more female perspectives and more care and protection for women.

Women are mothers, daughters and sisters ... a little more female perspective in legislation does not mean ignoring men's rights and interests, but to maximize the legal equality between men and women, so as to achieve equality between men and women in real life.

If one day, the law no longer needs to pay special attention to women's gender perspective, then men and women will be truly equal.

Translate the following sentences into English (15%)

Revolution is the liberation of productive forces, and reform is the liberation of productive forces.

Planned economy is not equal to socialism, and capitalism also has plans; Market economy is not equal to capitalism, and socialism also has a market.

In short, several years of practice have proved that our road to reform and opening up is correct.

Three. Translate the following articles into Chinese (35%)

In England in the early17th century, the Stuart dynasty increasingly resorted to "forced loans" to finance its own expenses-if the loans were not repaid, the lenders would have no recourse. This practice is one of the many obvious signs that the regime has not promised to protect property rights. Other signs include direct confiscation of land and funds, compulsory public procurement at below-market prices, willingness to dismiss judges who oppose the king, and the sale of monopoly rights over various profitable economic activities. The arbitrary exercise of this sovereign power was interrupted in the civil war in the middle of this century, but the restoration of the monarchy was accompanied by the return of the same excesses.

/kloc-the glorious revolution of 0/688 brought about a series of fundamental changes in the political system, which restricted the monarch from exercising his power at will. This revolution established the supreme position of parliament in taxation and auditing royal expenses. These steps were taken with the establishment of the Bank of England, which exercised important control over public finance. The result of these changes is a fairer distribution of power among the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government. These restrictions on the arbitrary exercise of power have greatly enhanced the state's ability to finance public expenditure by issuing debt.

From the development of debt market, we can see the influence of these changes in political system and property rights protection. In 65438 +0688, the royal government can only issue bonds equivalent to 2% to 3% of GDP-and the term is very short and the interest rate is very high. By 1697, the royal government can issue bonds equivalent to 40% of GDP, and repay the principal and interest at a lower interest rate and for a longer period. The emergence of a well-functioning public debt market, in turn, is conducive to the development of private capital markets, thus helping to finance the subsequent industrial revolution.

Translate the following sentences into Chinese (15%)

The contents of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium in these stars are very low, which indicates that they must have been formed early in the history of galaxies, before a large number of heavy elements were produced in the first generations of stars.

Recent speculations include that the first living cell may appear on Mars, sowing the earth through many meteorites known to have traveled from Mars to our planet.

Nowadays, governments and their international institutions realize that public opinion will never fully support them.

Beijing Foreign Languages University

2003 postgraduate entrance examination

English-Chinese simultaneous interpretation professional examination paper

Translate the following sentences into Chinese (25 points)

Poets are born, but orators are made.

Today, mainly due to the technological and communication revolution, there are new opportunities to promote DNP (Disarmament and Non-Proliferation) education and training at all levels.

This is the nature of westerners. Many people are often willing to sacrifice higher wages in exchange for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers.

China's expectations of Hollywood are similar to those of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for the oil industry: huge, undeveloped and potential wealth.

In addition to torturing the relationship between Germany and the United States, this stand of going it alone comes from a government that claims to be a sworn follower of multilateralism, which often weakens Berlin's influence among its EU neighbors.

Translate the following passage into Chinese (50 points)

Globalization is changing the world. Although it has brought great benefits to some countries and individuals, it has also rebounded, because the distribution of these benefits is so unequal, and because the global market has not been supported by the values and rules that solve key social problems, such as protecting human rights, labor standards and the environment. Globalization has also inadvertently made it easier for what I call an "uncivilized society"-crime, terrorism, drug and arms trafficking-to cross national borders. Our challenge today is to make globalization an engine to free people from hardships, not a force to suppress them.

The past half century has brought unprecedented economic growth. Today most people are expected to live longer than their parents. They get better nutrition, enjoy better health, get better education and generally face more favorable economic prospects. But there is also widespread poverty and despair. More than 1 100 million people must live on less than 1 dollar a day. Significant inequalities still exist within and between countries. Diseases such as AIDS and malaria may undo years of progress. The "digital divide" between technology-rich countries and technology-poor countries has aggravated the gap between the rich and the poor. When information and knowledge become the main source of wealth and power, half of people in developing countries have never made or received a phone call, let alone used a computer. Bringing these people into the mainstream is one of our biggest projects.

Poverty and inequality are fertile ground for conflict. Wars between countries have become less frequent, but in the past decade, brutal civil wars have claimed more than 5 million lives and forced many times more people to leave their homes. Weapons of mass destruction continue to cast a shadow of fear. We must look at security more from the perspective of protecting people than defending territory. Whether we are talking about conflict prevention, peacekeeping, post-conflict peace-building or other peace-building tools at the disposal of the international community, we must ensure that when the United Nations is called upon to take action, it has the mandate and resources to complete the work.

Translate the following sentences into English (25 points)

Since 1998, in order to curb deflation, the government has adopted a proactive fiscal policy, expanded fiscal expenditure and stimulated GDP growth, and achieved certain results.

There is no doubt that the social security system plays an important role in the market economy. The problem is how to speed up and strengthen the construction of this system.

The shortage of water resources not only seriously damaged the fragile ecological balance in many areas of western China, but also endangered the normal industrial and agricultural production and people's lives.

9. After the11incident, the international anti-terrorism struggle has had a tremendous impact on the international political, economic and security situation.

Opposing power politics and safeguarding the interests of developing countries are important principles that China follows in its multilateral diplomatic activities.

Translate the following passage into English (50 points)

Since the reform and opening up, the rural population has moved to cities and towns, and the number of young and middle-aged farmers seeking employment opportunities in cities is increasing. Because most of them have more than one child, the prominent problem of bringing more than one child to school has brought new problems to local compulsory education. According to the Ministry of Education, at present, a considerable number of cities have not included the schooling of these migrant children in their local education development plans, and the number of migrant children is unclear, especially in the urban-rural fringe where a large number of migrant children gather, and the financial pressure is increasing, resulting in inadequate government management.

"What is a children's park? I have never heard of it. " Jingjing, a 7-year-old girl, asked the teacher timidly. She was born after her parents went to Hangzhou to work. Her parents are busy selling cakes and fried dough sticks all day. Children in the city can travel with adults during holidays, and she dare not even think about it, because parents are always the busiest at that time.

She was lucky enough to take part in a special recruitment project.