2021catti二級筆譯翻譯練習：人類VS.機器

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　　WHAT IS IT like to lose to a machine? In 1997 the world’s best chess player, Garry Kasparov, was beaten by Deep Blue, a $10m super-computer made by IBM. Twenty years later he wrote “Deep Thinking”, a book about the experience. What comes across vividly is how exhausting each game was. Chess players, even great ones like Mr Kasparov, get tired and frustrated. Doubts begin to creep in. By contrast, Deep Blue just needed the occasional reboot. Now turn the tables. What is it like to win against the machines? By New Year’s Eve the least smart buy-and-hold investor in an index fund might be able to boast of such a victory. For 2020 has been rotten for “quant” funds, which use powerful computers to sift market data for patterns that might predict future prices.

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　　WHAT IS IT like to lose to a machine? In 1997 the world’s best chess player, Garry Kasparov, was beaten by Deep Blue, a $10m super-computer made by IBM. Twenty years later he wrote “Deep Thinking”, a book about the experience. What comes across vividly is how exhausting each game was. Chess players, even great ones like Mr Kasparov, get tired and frustrated. Doubts begin to creep in. By contrast, Deep Blue just needed the occasional reboot. Now turn the tables. What is it like to win against the machines? By New Year’s Eve the least smart buy-and-hold investor in an index fund might be able to boast of such a victory. For 2020 has been rotten for “quant” funds, which use powerful computers to sift market data for patterns that might predict future prices.

　　輸給一臺機器是什么感覺?1997年，世界上最優秀的國際象棋選手加里·卡斯帕羅夫(Garry Kasparov)被一臺價值千萬美元的IBM超 級計算機“深藍”打敗。20年后，他圍繞這段經歷寫下了《深思》(Deep Thinking)一書。其中讓人感受最深的是，每一場比賽都如此讓人精疲力竭。即使像卡斯帕羅夫這樣偉大的棋手也會感到疲倦和沮喪。自我懷疑隨之滋生。相比之下，深藍只需要偶爾重啟一次。 現在換位想一下。擊敗了機器又是什么感覺?到今年年底，哪怕是最不精明的投資者，只要買入并持有一支指數基金，就可能取得這樣的勝利。因為對于使用強大的計算機從市場數據中尋找模式來預測未來價格的“量化”基金來說，2020年是慘烈的一年。

　　相關詞匯學習與積累-逆向：

　　輸給一臺機器lose to a machine

　　打敗be beaten by

　　其中讓人感受最深的是，每一場比賽都如此讓人精疲力竭。What comes across vividly is how exhausting each game was.

　　感到疲倦和沮喪get tired and frustrated

　　懷疑隨之滋生Doubts begin to creep in

　　偶爾重啟一次the occasional reboot

　　現在換位想一下。Now turn the tables.

　　擊敗機器win against the machines

　　買入并持有 buy-and-hold

　　一支指數基金an index fund

　　可能取得這樣的勝利be able to boast of such a victory

　　從市場數據中尋找模式sift market data for patterns

　　sift

　　V-T If you sift a powder such as flour or sand, you put it through a sieve in order to remove large pieces or lumps. 篩 (面粉、沙子等)

　　例：

　　Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium-sized mixing bowl.

　　把面粉和發酵粉篩到一個中號攪拌碗中。

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