三笔翻译真题

2012.11

三级笔译实务

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英 译汉：文章来源为美国国务院网站，原文标题为：

Beaverton: Oregon

’

s Most Diverse City

Stroll through the farmers

’

market and you will hear a plethora of languages and

see a rainbow of faces. Drive down Canyon Road and stop for halal meat or Filipino

pork belly at adjacent markets. Along the highway, browse the aisles of a giant Asian

supermarket stocking fresh napa cabbage and mizuna or fresh kimchi. Head toward

downtown

and

you

’

ll

see

loncheras

—

taco

trucks

—

on

street

corners

and

hear

Spanish bandamusic. On the city

’

s northern edge, you can sample Indian chaat.

Welcome

to

Beaverton,

a

Portland

suburb

that

is

home

to

Oregon

’

s

fastest

growing

immigrant

population.

Once

a

rural

community,

Beaverton,

population

87,000, is now the sixth largest city in Oregon

—

with immigration rates higher than

those of Portland, Oregon

’

s largest city.

Best

known

as

the

world

headquarters

for

athletic

shoe

company

Nike,

Beaverton

has

changed

dramatically

over

the

past

40

years.

Settled

by

immigrants

from northern Europe in the 19th century, today it is a place where 80 languages from

Albanian to Urdu are spoken in the public schools and about 30 percent of students

speak

a

language

besides

English,

according

to

English

as

a

Second

Language

program director Wei Wei Lou.

Beaverton

’

s wave of new residents began arriving in the 1960s, with Koreans

and

Tejanos

(Texans

of

Mexican

origin),

who

were

the

first

permanent

Latinos.

In

1960, Beaverton

’

s population of Latinos and Asians was less than 0.3 percent. By

2000,

Beaverton

had

proportionately

more

Asian

and

Hispanic

residents

than

the

Portland metro area. Today, Asians comprise 10 percent and Hispanics 11 percent of

Beaverton

’

s population.

Mayor Denny Doyle says that many in Beaverton view the immigrants who are

rapidly reshaping Beaverton as a source of enrichment.

“

Citizens here especially in

the arts and culture community think it

’

s

fantastic that we have all these different

possibilities here,

”

he says.

Gloria

Vargas,

50,

a

Salvadoran

immigrant,

owns

a

popular

small

restaurant,

Gloria

’

s Secret Caf

é

, in downtown Beaverton.

“

I love Beaverton,

”

she says.

“

I feel

like I belong here.

”

Her mother moved her to Los Angeles as a teenager in 1973, and

she

moved

Oregon

in

1979.

She

landed

a

coveted

vendor

spot

in

the

Beaverton

Farmers Market in 1999. Now in addition to running her restaurant, she has one of the

most popular stalls there, selling up to 200 Salvadoran tamales

—

wrapped in banana

leaves

rather

than

corn

husks

—

each

Saturday.

“

Once

they

buy

my

food,

they

always come back for more,

”

she says.

“

It

’

s pretty relaxed here,

”

says Taj Suleyman, 28, born and raised in Lebanon,

and recently transplanted to Beaverton to start a job working with immigrants from

many

countries.

Half

Middle

Eastern

and

half

African,

Suleyman

says

he

was

attracted

to

Beaverton

specifically

because

of

its

diversity.

He

serves

on

a

city-sponsored Diversity Task Force set up by Mayor Doyle.

Mohammed

Haque,

originally

from

Bangladesh,

finds

Beaverton

very

welcoming. His daughter, he boasts, was even elected her high school

’

s homecoming

queen.

South Asians such as Haque have transformed Bethany, a neighborhood north of

Beaverton.

It

is

dense

with

immigrants

from

Gujarat,

a

state

in

India

and

primary

source for the first wave of Beaverton

’

s South Asian immigrants.

The first wave of South Asian immigrants to Beaverton, mostly Gujaratis from

India, arrived in the 1960s and 1970s, when the motel and hotel industry was booming.

Many

bought

small

hotels

and

originally

settled

in

Portland,

and

then

relocated

to

Beaverton

for

better

schools

and

bigger

yards.

The

second

wave

of

South

Asians

arrived during the high-tech boom of the 1980s, when the software industry, and Intel

and Tektronix, really took off.

Many

of

Beaverton

’

s

Asians

converge

at

Uwajimaya,

a

30,000-square-foot

supermarket near central Beaverton. Bernie Capell, former special events coordinator

at

Uwajimaya,

says

that

many

come

to

shop

for

fresh

produce

every

day.

But

the

biggest group of shoppers at Uwajimaya, she adds, are Caucasians.

Beaverton

’

s Asian population boasts a sizable number of Koreans, who began to

arrive in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

According to Ted Chung, a native of Korea and Beaverton resident since 1978,

three

things

stand

out

about

his

fellow

Korean

immigrants.

Upon

moving

to

Beaverton, they join a Christian church

—

often Methodist or Presbyterian

—

as a

gathering

place;

they

push

their

children

to

excel

in

school;

and

they

shun

the

spotlight.

Chung says he and his fellow Korean

é

migr

é

s work hard as small businessmen

—

owning

groceries,

dry

cleaners,

laundromats,

delis,

and

sushi

shops

—

and

are

frugal so they can send their children to a leading university.

Most recently, immigrants from Central and South America, as well as refugees

from Iraq and Somalia, have joined the Beaverton community.

Many Beaverton organizations help immigrants.

The

Beaverton

Resource

Center

helps

all

immigrants

with

health

and

literacy

services.

The

Somali

Family

Education

Center

helps

Somalis

and

other

African

refugees to get settled. And one Beaverton elementary school even came up with the

idea of a

“

sew in

”—

parents of students sewing together

—

to welcome Somali

Bantu parents and bridge major cultural differences.

Historically white churches, such as

Beaverton First

United Methodist Church,

offer

immigration

ministries.

And

Beaverton

churches

of

all

denominations

host

Korean- or Spanish-language services.

Beaverton

’

s Mayor Doyle wants refugee and immigrant leaders to participate in

the town

’

s decision-making. He set up a Diversity Task Force whose mission is

“

to

build inclusive and equitable communities in the City of Beaverton.

”

The task force

is

working

to

create

a

multicultural

community

center

for

Beavertonians

of

all

backgrounds.

The

resources

and

warm

welcome

that

Beaverton

gives

immigrants

are

reciprocated in the affection that many express for their new home.

Kaltun

Caynan,

40,

a

Somali

woman

who

came

to

Beaverton

in

2001

fleeing

civil war, is an outreach coordinator for the Somali Family Education Center.

“

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