第二届全国口译大赛（英语）初赛样题及参考答案

(Brief to contestants: BP CEO’s Speech on Global Business and Global Poverty

... I believe the ingredients of sustainable business success are transparency, the extension of opportunity, education and the improvement of environmental conditions. …)

Opportunity is about providing an equal chance to everyone – on the basis of merit, so that if we are working in China or Russia, a Chinese or Russian woman joining at the age of 21 or 22 has an equal chance of rising through the company across the world as someone joining the company here in the UK or in the USA. Opening the door of personal opportunity within a global organization is very important because it demonstrates (that) globalization brings real practical benefits at a personal level.

附：参考答案

所谓机会，就是在业绩的基础上提供均等的机会给每个人。因此，当我们在中国或俄罗斯运营时，一位加盟我们的中国或俄罗斯的21或22岁的姑娘与我们英国或美国的员工一样，享有同样的升职机会。在一个全球性的公司内打开个人的机会之门，这是非常重要的，因为这表明全球化能给个人带来真正的实际利益。