LSAT 28套 Test10 Section 2

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8.     A translation invariably reflects the writing style of the translator. Sometimes when a long document needs to be translated quickly, several translators are put to work on the job, each assigned to translate part of the document. In these cases, the result is usually a translation marked by different and often incompatible writing styles. Certain computer programs for language translation that work without the intervention of human translation can finish the job faster than human translators and produce a stylistically uniform translation with an 80 percent accuracy rate. Therefore, when a long document needs to be translated quickly, it is better to use a computer translation program than human translators.

Which one of the following issues would be LEAST important to resolve in evaluating the argument?

(A) whether the problem of stylistic variety in human translation could be solved by giving stylistic guidelines to human translators

(B) whether numerical comparisons of the accuracy of translations can reasonably be made

(C) whether computer translation programs, like human translators, each have their own distinct writing style

(D) whether the computer translation contains errors of grammar and usage that drastically alter the meaning of the text

(E) how the accuracy rate of computer translation programs compares with that of human translators in relation to the users’ needs

  答案给的是C  我一开始错选的B 

  后来想想选C的确有道理，因为题干已经说是用一个program来进行翻译从而提高翻译的速度，这就不涉及多个programs之间风格差异的问题了（题目还是挺阴险的啊） 我的理解是不是正确的呢？

另外不选B是不是因为对验证computer program翻译的准确性还是需要numerical comparisons的呢？所以B在评估这个问题时还是有价值的    这点理解还不是很透彻

 

    

23.   Farm animals have certain behavioral tendencies that result from the evolutionary history of these species. By imposing on these animals a type of organization that conflicts with their behavioral tendencies, current farm-management practices cause the animals more pain and distress than do practices that more closely conform to the animals’ behavioral tendencies. Because the animals tend to resist this type of organization, current practices can also be less efficient than those other farm-management practices.

If the statements above are true, which one of the following can be properly inferred from them?

(A) Some of the behavioral tendencies of farm animals can be altered by efficient farm-management practices.

(B) In order to implement efficient farm-management practices, it is necessary to be familiar with the evolutionary history of farm animals.

(C) In order to create farm-management practices that cause less pain and distress to farm animals, a significant loss of efficiency will be required.

(D) Farm-management practices that cause the least amount pf pain and distress to farm animals are also the most efficient management practices.

(E) Some changes in farm-management practices that lessen the pain and distress experienced by farm animals can result in gains in efficiency.

答案是E   也是排除法选的E  其他确实不靠谱

但总觉得E的逻辑结构推理也不是那么完美

题干说了：“现代农场管理措施比那些更加遵循动物自身行为倾向的管理措施更容易导致动物有更多的痛苦。”同时“因为这些动物容易抵触这种组织形式，现代措施比那些其他的农场管理措施效率要低。” 我觉得似乎再加一个条件“因为动物痛苦多，所以动物更容易抵触”   虽然这是大白话，但总觉得还是必要的.....   牛牛帮我梳理一下吧

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-5-10 1:21:49编辑过]

didiwei

第8题，我的理解是：

C，不同computer之间比较，翻译风格是一样的还是不一样的跟原文无关，原文主要讲人翻译的时候，不同人会造成一篇文章内风格不一致的问题，只要单个computer在它翻译的文章中风格前后一致就行了。所以C横向比较不同computer不重要。

B，主要讲的是检查computer accuracy的问题，numerical comparisons是指对检测结果的比较，如果检测结果不能被reasonablly比较的话，原文得出的20%可能不成立，所以B说的这个检测对原文论证很重要。

crusoecrusoe

第8题，比较对象是“人的翻译和电脑的翻译”，只要出现非“人与电脑的关系”，就是离题的，就是答案。

第23题，匆忙看了一下题干，也没看懂，感觉E答案读起来顺，就选了。

至于你要的梳理。其实你的翻译已经很到位了。
解题思路：题目第一句说的很明白，动物的天性是亿万年形成的，意思是你是无法改变的，而接下来说，农场的管理构建，由于违反了动物的天性，这样一条不可抗拒的规律，所以效果不好。因此，只要“取非”，就是农场管理如果“顺应动物的天性，即让动物少the pain and distress 这样的抵触情绪”，结果自然就会理想的。

本题给出的暗示算是很明显了，故意制造一个农场管理的失误，并给予一条自然规律，我们只要找到问题的所在，便是答案所蕴含的信息了。

cuishang11

两位都很有道理~~   了解了