2020年11月全国翻译专业资格（水平）考试英语三级《笔译实务》真题编辑：李振龙
2020年11月CATTI全国翻译专业资格（水平）考试
英语三级《笔译实务》试题
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Section 1: English-Chinese translation(英译汉)(50points)
At 51, Cathy McDonnell wanted to put her Oxford physics degree and former experience crunching data at Qinetiq to better use. She had worked part-time in a school for several years while her three children were young, but she wanted to get back into the corporate world.
Several applications later, all for jobs in her former field of defence, she was getting nowhere. Then a friend told her about "returnships", a form of later-life work experience that some companies are experimenting with to help older people —mainly women —return to work, often after breaks to care for families.
( ) Cathy eventually secured    a place on an 11-week "Career Returners" programme with O2, open to men
and women, which included being buddied with a 20-year-old male student who was also with the company on work experience. He helped to acquaint her with new technology, such as using an iPhone and accessing the company's virtual private network from her laptop so she could work from home but still access internal files.
"On the assessment day, I thought they must have been looking at my project management skills. But they weren't looking at us for specific roles. They were just thinking, 'These women have a lot to offer, let's see what they can do.' That was refreshing."
In fact, by hiring female returnees, companies can access hard skills these women developed in their former high-level jobs —and for a discount. In return, employers coach older females back into working life.Through her returnship, Ms McDonnell gained a full-time role as an operations data consultant, handling projects within service management at O2. She still is earning less than she would like to. "But it's a foot in the door and the salary is up for review in six months," she says.
It is still overwhelmingly women who stay home to care for young families. UK government figures show that women account for around 90 per cent of people on extended career breaks for caring reasons. A lack of middle-aged women working, particularly in highly skilled roles, is costing the UK economy £50bn a year, according to a report. The report found that men over 50 took