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英语翻译Such a nation of overachievers — a brochure from the Min

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Such a nation of overachievers — a brochure from the Ministry of Business and Industry says,“Denmark is one of the world’s cleanest and most organize d countries,with virtually no pollution,crime,or poverty.Denmark is the most corruption-free society in the Northern Hemisphere.”So,of course,one’s heart lifts at any sighting of Danish sleaze:skinhead graffiti on buildings (“Foreigners Out of Denmark!”),broken beer bottles in the gutters,drunken teenagers slumped in the park.
Nonetheless,it is an orderly land.You drive through a Danish town,it comes to an end at a stone wall,and on the other side is a field of barley,a nice clean line:town here,country there.It is not a nation of jay-walkers.People stand on the curb and wait for the red light to change,even if it’s 2 a.m.and there’s not a car in sight.However,Danes don’ t think of themselves as a wai nting-at-2-a.m.-for-the-green-light people——that’s how they see Swedes and Germans.Danes see themselves as jazzy people,improvisers,more free spirited than Swedes,but the truth is( though one should not say it)that Danes are very much like Germans and Swedes.Orderliness is a main selling point.Denmark has few natural resources,limited manufacturing capability; its future in Europe will be as a broker,banker,and distributor of goods.You send your goods by container ship to Copenhagen,and these bright,young,English-speaking,utterly honest,highly disciplined people will get your goods around to Scandinavia,the Baltic States,and Russia.Airports,seaports,highways,and rail lines are ultramodern and well-maintained.
The orderliness of the society doesn’t mean that Danish lives are less messy or lonely than yours or mine,and no Dane would tell you so.You can hear plenty about bitter family feuds and the sorrows of alcoholism and about perfectly sensible people who went off one day and killed themselves.An orderly society c an not exempt its members from the hazards of life.
这是如此有成就的一个国家.---一个工商部的宣传册上这样说到:“丹麦是世界上最有条理,最干净的国家,几乎没有污染和犯罪;丹麦在北半球是最廉洁的社会.”同样,当然的,有些人热衷于找出丹麦肮脏的一面:小流氓们在一些建筑上边涂鸦“外国人滚出丹麦”;路边的排水沟里随处可见的碎啤酒瓶;醉酒的青少年摔倒在公园里等等.
尽管如此,丹麦仍然是一个秩序良好的国家,当你开车经过丹麦的小镇时,路的尽头有一堵石墙,石墙的另一边是一片麦田,如此美妙整齐的一条线:这边是小镇,那边是村庄.这是一个遵守交通规则的国家,人们站在路边等待着红灯的变换,即便是凌晨两点,路上一辆车也没有的时候.然而,丹麦人不会把他们自己看做是凌晨两点等绿灯的人,这是他们眼中的瑞典人和德国人.丹麦人认为他们自己是活泼的,是即兴诗人,比瑞典人更加思想开放,但事实是(尽管人们不说)丹麦人非常喜欢瑞典人和德国人.秩序是最重要的.丹麦资源稀缺,限制了制造能力;它在欧洲的未来会是一个代理商,银行家或是一个批发商.你将你的货物用集装箱船送往哥本哈根,这些聪明的、年轻的、说英语的、绝对诚实的、非常守纪律的人们会把你的货物送往斯堪的纳维亚、波罗的海国家、俄罗斯.机场、海港、高速公路、铁路都是超现代化的,并且维护的非常好.
良好的社会秩序并不意味着你们或者我们的国家比丹麦肮脏、荒凉,没有丹麦人会这么跟你说的.你可以听到许多穷苦家庭的辛酸往事,酒精中毒的悲痛,还有关于非常完美的人有一天变质了,自杀了.一个有秩序的社会不会宽恕它的人们对生命造成的危害.
翻完了,翻的很别扭,写这篇文章的人思维太活跃了,跳得厉害,直接跟不上.有些地方的翻译不一定完全准确,凑合用吧.