大学考试|英美报刊节选翻译训练(九)

From The aves, and ave nots 摘自《经济学人》 Feb 23rd 2006

While the presence of the virus in any form is a concern, Nigeria, Egypt and India face bigger problems coping with dense^{1 farmed avian populations, and they are less well equipped to deal with them. （1）More significantly, it is increasingly apparent that the real and most immediate2 issue is to what extent wild birds, or humans themselves, are responsible for the infection's spread in poultry3.}

A research paper in Proceedings^{4 of the National Academy of Sciences, published online on February 10th, shows that the H5N1 virus has persisted in its birthplace, southern China, for almost ten years and has been introduced into Vietnam on at least three occasions, and to Indonesia. （2）The authors suggest that such transmissions are perpetuated6 mainly by the movement of poultry and poultry products, rather than by migrating birds.}

new words

perpetuate^{5 v. 使永存,使不朽
These measures will perpetuate the hostility7 between the two groups. 采取这类手段必然使那两集团永远对立。}

poultry n. 家禽

参考答案：

更要紧的是，那些实质并迫切的问题愈加明显是野生动物或者人类应在何种程度上对家禽中传播感染负责任。 作者觉得这种病毒的传送被维持下来，主如果通过家禽和家禽制品的运输而不是通过鸟类迁徙。