翻译专业资格一级笔译模拟试题（五）

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees. It is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep spring of life.

Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exits in a man of 60, more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows merely by the number of years; we grow old by deserting our ideas. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station; so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from infinite, so long as you are young.

(摘自Youth by Samuel Ullman)

参考译文1

青春不全是生命的一段时光，而是一种心境;青春不是玫瑰般的脸颊、红润的嘴唇以及灵活的膝盖;青春是坚强的意志，美好的憧憬，炽热的情感;青春是生命清新的源泉。

青春意味着勇敢胜于胆怯，冒险胜过安逸。这种年轻的精神常存于60岁的人身上更甚于20岁的男孩。没有人只因岁月流逝而老去，抛弃理想反而会使人变老。岁月可能会使皮肤泛起皱纹，但放弃对事物的热爱却会使灵魂萎缩。担忧、恐惧和不自信会使心灵变得卑微，会使青春朝气归于尘土。

无论是60岁还是16岁，在每个人的心中都有对新奇事物的爱好，有孩童般永不泯灭的天真向往以及对生活乐趣的无限追求。在你我的心中都有一个无线电台，只要它能从天上和人间接收美好、希望、欢愉、勇气和力量的讯息，你就会青春永驻。

参考译文2

青春不是年华，而是心境;青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝，而是深沉的意志、宏伟的想象、炽热的感情;青春是生命的深泉在涌流。

青春气贯长虹，勇气盖过怯弱，进取压倒苟安，如此锐气，二十后生有之，六旬男子则更多见。年年有加，并非垂老;理想丢弃，方堕暮年。岁月悠悠，衰微只及肌肤;热忱抛却，颓唐必至灵魂。烦忧、惶恐、丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。

无论年届花甲，抑或二八年华，心中皆有生命之欢乐，奇迹之诱惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一台天线，只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、勇气和力量的信号，你就青春永驻，风华常存。