考研翻译模拟试题:一位科幻小说作家
Thereisnoquestionthatscience-fictionwritershavebecomemoreambitious,stylisticallyandthematically,inrecentyears.(46)Butthismayhavelesstodowiththeluringcallofacademicsurroundingsthanwithchangingmarketconditions—afactorthatacademiccriticsrarelytakeintoaccount.RobertSilverberg,aformerpresidentofTheScienceFictionWritersofAmerica,isoneofthemostprolificprofessionalsinafielddominatedbypeoplewhoactuallywriteforaliving.(UnlikemysteryorWesternwriters,mostscience-fictionwriterscannotexpecttocashinonfatmoviesalesorTVtie-ins.)(47)Stillinhislatethirties,Silverberghaspublishedmorethanahundredbooks,andheisdisarminglyfrankabouttherelationshipbetweenthequalityofgenuineproseandthequalityofavailableoutlet.Byhisownaccount,hewas“anannoyinglyverbalyoungman”fromBrooklynwhopickeduphisfirstscience-fictionbookattheageoften,startedwritingseriouslyattheageofthirteen,andatseventeennearlygaveupindespairoverhisinabilitytobreakintothepulpmagazines.(48)Athisparents’urging,heenrolledinColumbiaUniversity,sothat,ifworstcametoworst,hecouldalwaysgototheSchoolofJournalismand“getanicesteadyjobsomewhere”.Duringhissophomoreyear,hesoldhisfirstscience-fictionstorytoaScottishmagazinenamedNebula.Bytheendofhisjunioryear,hehadsoldanovelandtwentymorestories.(49)Bytheendofhissenioryear,hewasearningtwohundreddollarsaweekwritingsciencefiction,andhisparentswerereconciledtohispursuitoftheliterarylife.“Ibecameverycynicalveryquickly,”hesays.FirstIcouldn’tsellanything,thenIcouldselleverything.Themarketplayedtomyworstcharacteristics.Aneditorofaschlockmagazinewouldcalluptotellmehehadaten-thousand-wordholetofillinhisnextissue.I’dfillitovernightforahundredandfiftydollars.Ifoundthatrewritingmadenodifference.(50)IknewIcouldnotpossiblywritethekindsofthingsIadmiredasareader—Joyce,Kafka,Mann—soIdetachedmyselffrommywork.Iwasaphenomenonamongmyfriendsincollege,apublished,sellingauthor.Buttheyalwaysasked,“Whenareyougoingtodosomethingserious?”—meaningsomethingthatwasn’tsciencefiction—andIkepttellingthem,“WhenI’mfinanciallysecure.”答案
46.但是这一点与其说是与学术环境具有诱惑力的召唤有关，还不如说是与变化的市场状况有关——一这是一个学术评论家很少考虑的因素。
47.还不到四十多岁，西尔弗伯格就已出版了一百多本书籍，而他对真正散文的质量与应时之作的质量之间的关系十分坦诚，毫无掩饰。
48.在他双亲的敦促下，他报考了哥伦比亚大学，所以即便最糟他也能进入新闻学校，“将来总可以有一份稳定的好工作。”
49.到大四结束的时候，他每星期写科幻小说已经可以赚两百美元了，而他的双亲也接受了他对于文学生涯的追求。
50.我知道我写不出作为读者的我所喜欢的东西，就像乔伊斯、卡夫卡、曼恩的作品，所以我不再那么关注我所写的东西。
总体分析
本文介绍了科幻小说家罗伯特·西尔弗伯格。文章先指出科幻小说的繁荣与市场需求关系紧密，接着通过介绍多产的科幻小说家西尔弗伯格的创作经历予以说明。
本文考查的知识点：后置定语、插入语、比较结构、同位语、上下文中词义的选择等。
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