汉英口译实践 第三篇 文化交流

现代化的交通、电信与大众传媒手段使世界越来越小，国际社会如同一个地球村，居住在地球村里的各国人民在文化交流和冲撞中和睦相处、彼此尊重、共求发展。

Modern means of transportation, telecommunication¹ and mass media have shortened the geographical² distance of the world. The international community appears to be no more than a global village, in which peoples of all nations experience the inevitable³ cultural exchanges and clashes, while seeking common development in a harmonious⁴ and respectful relationship.

我赞同这种的看法：当代社会的民族文化不可能在自我封闭的状态下得到发展。在我看来，不同的文化应该相互学习，取长补短。当然，在广泛的文化交流中，一个民族的文化必须保持本民族的鲜明特色。我认为，文化交流不是让外来文化吞没自己的文化，而是为了丰富各民族的文化。

I’m with the view that in this modern world, the culture of any nation cannot develop in isolation⁵. And I believe that different cultures should learn from each other’s strengths to offset⁶ their own weaknesses. Of course, the culture of a nation must withhold⁷ its own distinctive⁸ national characteristics in its extensive exchange with other cultures. Cultural exchange, I think, is by no means a process of losing one’s own culture to a foreign culture, but a process of enriching each other’s national curltures.