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Putin will finish the second of two terms as President in 2008. Under his leadership, Russia has re-emerged as a significant wor
Putin will finish the second of two terms as President in 2008. Under his leadership, Russia has re-emerged as a significant wor
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Putin will finish the second of two terms as President in 2008. Under his leadership, Russia has re-emerged as a significant world power.【F1】
I have friends who predict that Vladimir Putin will find his new position as Russian prime minister a comedown after eight years as President.
I doubt it. Putin is more likely to define his job than be defined by it. After our first meetings, in 1999 and 2000, I described him in my journal as "shrewd, confident, hard-working, patriotic, and ingratiating." In the years since, he has become more confident and—to Westerners— decidedly less ingratiating.
Born in Leningrad(today’s St. Petersburg)Putin is the son of a sailor and a factory worker. From 1976 to 1990, Putin served in the foreign intelligence branch of the notorious Soviet spy agency. For many of those years, he was stationed in Germany. In 1998, Putin was tapped to run the FSB(successor to the KGB)by then Russian President Boris Yeltsin.【F2】
When Yeltsin resigned shortly before the end of his second term, Putin was chosen to serve as acting President, putting him in an ideal position to win the office in the election that followed.
【F3】
Some believe Putin’s KGB background explains everything, but his allegiance to the KGB is in turn explained by his intense nationalism—which accounts for his popularity in Russia.
Timing matters in history, and Putin has had the benefit of high oil prices and the contrast with his predecessor, Boris Yeltsin.【F4】
His vision of Russia is that of a great power in the old-fashioned European sense.
Such powers have spheres of influence and subjugate lesser powers. At home, they celebrate national traditions and prize collective glory, not individual freedom.
Tolstoy described the 19th century count Mikhail Speransky as a " rigorous-minded man of immense intelligence, who through his energy...had come to power and used it solely for the good of Russia." What one found disconcerting, though, " was Speransky’s cold, mirror-like gaze, which let no one penetrate to his soul. " It is possible to love the idea of a nation without caring too much for its citizens.
【F5】
It is unlikely that Putin, 55, will wear out his welcome at home anytime soon, as he has nearly done with many democracies abroad.
In the meantime, he will remain an irritant to NATO, a source of division within Europe and yet another reason for the West to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.
【F3】
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答案
一些人认为,普京的克格勃出身解释了这一切,但是,他对克格勃的忠诚反过来也说明了他极其热爱自己的国家——这也是普京在俄罗斯备受欢迎的原因所在。
解析
该句为由but连接的并列句。前一分句中包含一个宾语从句,后一分句中包含一个非限制性定语从句。翻译时关键是一些词语词义的确定。主要是三个词:background,nationalism和explain。词义的确定主要根据上下文语境,第一个background的本义是“背景”,这里联系到个人,翻译成“出身”更为恰当;nationalism本义是“民族主义”,在这里宜引申,翻译成“热爱自己的国家”;explain出现两次,第一次出现可翻译成本义“解释”,第二次则翻译成“看作”更为贴切。
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