一、词汇口译

　　august 威严的、尊严的

　　conflagration 灾难性冲突

　　defy control 无法控制

　　internal conflict 国内冲突

　　impede social and economic development 阻碍社会经济的发展

　　grinding / abject poverty 赤贫

　　look (up) to 依赖

　　succour 解救、救助

　　predicament 困境

　　cripple their capacities 能力受挫

　　reappear 卷土重来

　　lethal nexus 致命的联系体

　　tuberculosis 肺结核

　　devastating consequences破坏性后果

　　ring听起来

　　the spirit of good neighborliness 睦邻友好精神

　　reign 盛行

　　South Summit 南方首脑会议

　　reap the benefit of peace 收获和平的成果

　　portend 预示

　　live in dignity 体面地生活

　　reinvigorate 振兴

　　二、口译技巧

　　1.词性转换

　　名词转化为动词

　　For the vast majority of peoples, grinding poverty has remained a fact of their everydayexistence.

　　对绝大多数人来说，赤贫仍然日日与他们相伴。

　　2.拆分

　　The world is also faced with the scourge of internal conflicts / which threaten regional peaceand impede social and economic development.

　　世界面临着国内冲突带来的灾难，/ 它们威胁着地区和平，并阻碍社会和经济发展。(拆分后使用增词技巧，增加主语。)

　　3.短语单独成句

　　challenges of poverty and new disease that have so far defied scientific knowledge andcontrol.

　　科学技术在贫困和新的疾病面前依然束手无策。

　　due to the heavy burden of external debts which have crippled their capacities for nationalinitiatives.

　　因为这些国家外债沉重，它们建设国家的能力受到严重破坏。(原文冲“national initiatives”采用意译的技巧。)

　　4.反译

　　Although the world has generally become a safer place to live in, thanks to the contributions ofthe United Nations, we must all feel deeply worried that the message of hope which thisorganization has been spreading, is yet to reach the millions of mankind for whom it isintended.

　　由于联合国的贡献，总的来说，世界比以前更加安全。但是，我们也深感不安，因为联合国还未能将希望带给其为之服务的数以百万计的人民。同时运用了增词的技巧：根据原文意思增加“其为之服务的”省略技巧：“tolive in”和“the message”在译文中省略不译。

　　In addition, we now have AIDS which continue to defy control

　　现在，又有了艾滋病，至今无法控制

　　5.省略

　　Old disease, such as tuberculosis, which we all thought had been eradicated, have reappearedwith devastating consequences especially in developing countries.

　　我们原以为已经根除的疾病如肺结核，现在又卷土重来，带来了破坏性的后果，在发展中国家尤其如此。(原文中形容词“Old”省略不译)