英語六級必讀美文現行考試與工作脱節中英譯

Its tempting to conclude that the exam system is wrong to cause such pain for so little gain. It is not as if we remember ffie facts that we stuffed into our heads at the very last minute, On the evening of my finals, I could probably have told you about Mttgensteins view on the indeterminacy oftranslation but now all I can recaU is the picture that was a duck one minute and a rabbit the next.

我們很容易得出這樣一個結論：考試制度造成如此大的痛苦，但換來的'收穫如此之少，證明這種制度存在問題。我們根本記不住在最後一分鐘硬塞進腦子裏的那些事實。在期末考試前一天晚上，我或許還能夠告訴你維特根斯坦有關翻譯不準確性的看法，但現在，我只記得起那幅上一分鐘還是鴨子，卞一分鐘卻變成兔子的圖片。

Yet that isnt why its all a waste. Even though Ive forgotten what I leamt, I am still proud to have once known it. This seems a less shameful state ofignorance than never having Imown it at all.

不過，這並不是考試製度一無是處的原因所在。儘管我曾學過的東西都忘記了但我還是以曾經知道為榮。這種無知狀態似乎不那麼可恥。

The real problem with the exam system is that it teaches lessonsabout work itselfthat you need to unleam pretty smartly ifyou want to get ahead in business.

考試製度的真正問題在於，它教授了一些關於工作本身的知識，如果你想在商界中獲得成功，你就必須很快忘卻這些東西。