Part A

47. Directions:

    Suppose you won a translation contest and your friend, Jack, wrote an email to congratulate you and ask for advice on translation. Write him a reply to

    1) thank him, and

    2) give your advice.

    You should write about 100 words on the ANWSER SHEET.

    Do not sign your own name at the end of the letter. Use “Li Ming” instead.

    Do not write the address. (10 point)

参考范文

Dear Jack,

I am very glad to receive your letter and would express my gratitude for your congratulation on my success in the translation contest. In reply to your request, I’d like to share some personal suggestions on how to improve translation skills.

To begin with, it is necessary to read extensively and constantly expose yourself to great reading materials. Through reading English and Chinese materials, you can cultivate a broad knowledge base and accumulate amount of useful expressions. Besides, practice is a must. Only by practicing as much as possible can you aware the weaknesses and strengths, which is important to improve your translation skills.

I sincerely hope that you will find these suggestions useful and I’m willing to discuss it with you about further details.

Yours sincerely,

Li Ming

参考译文

亲爱的杰克，

很高兴收到你的来信，在此想对你前来祝贺我在翻译比赛中获奖表示感谢。你在邮件中问道如何提高翻译水平，接下来我就如何提高翻译水平分享一下我的个人建议。

首先，博览群书并且不断地让自己接触高质量的阅读材料很有必要。通过阅读中英文材料，你可以打下广泛的知识基础，并且积累很多有用的表达。除此之外，练习是必不可少的。只有通过练习，你才能了解自己的弱项和长处，这对于提升阅读技巧是非常重要的。

我真诚地希望这些建议对你有帮助。我很乐意和你进一步探讨这个话题。

诚挚的，

李明

本篇作文要求写一封回信，回复函的格式要完整，语言风格应真诚、自然。

文章应包含以下两方面内容：第一，感谢对方的来信祝贺；第二就如何提高翻译水平提出建议。