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happyman2000UID: 136936

145 "A crucial test of character is whether one is able to adapt to changing social conventions without sacrificing one’s principles."
性格测试最重要的一点就是看一个人能否适应在不牺牲个人原则的基础上改变社会传统的做法。
Undoubtedly it is true that whether one is able to adapt to changing social conventions while keeping to one’s principles is a very important indicator for a persevering but not stubborn character in that person, but one should not go too far to claim that this test of character can work well in all situations. How one should look on the relationship between his/her own principles and changing social conventions completely depends on the specific situations and conditions, no uniform standard or test to be abided by.  

Above all, it is valuable in many cases for most people to adapt to changing social conventions in the condition of not sacrificing their principles. There are many occasions where people’s principles are valuable to individuals or the society as a whole and therefore people shouldn’t give up their principles. However, the changing social conventions that are not congruous with their principles are often so powerful that these people would find no way to persevere in their principles if they would not like to make a certain concession. Obviously, on these situations people should deliberately keep a balance between compromise and consisting. Some great politicians in history were always confronted with these forbidding situations. Franklin Roosevelt, one of the greatest presidents in the U.S.A., was said that his political inclination to join the war against the Nazi was in conflict with the conservative conventions throughout his nation of keeping away from any war outside America. Roosevelt had to make some concessions to the public temporarily, but he did not give up his principles and tried his best to persuade his people to be against the Nazi. As is well known, both the U.S.A. and the whole world benefited from Roosevelt’s’ persevering in his principles.

Roosevelt knew that the temporary compromise was indispensable to convince his people of the necessity to join the Great War. However, in many another cases, people shouldn’t submit their principles at all to the changing social conventions. This point is especially true when the pervasive social conventions will lead to some serious or even disastrous aftermaths to both individuals and the society as a whole. This situation is not as unusual as many people imagined. Every people will understand it if only he/she give a glimpse to the extraordinary popularity of smoking habits all over the world. Had our ancestors made no any compromise to smoking, the society today would not have suffered so greatly from this bad addiction that countless social resources are wasted in it and numerous people die of it. Therefore, under this circumstance, more crucial test of character is to firmly keep to one’s principles, and any compromise is harmful and shouldn’t be encouraged.

When we highlight the value of keeping to one’s principles, it should not be ignored that sometimes to learn to give up one’s principles is a more crucial test of character. Given that there is no absolute truth in the world, no body can boast that his/her principles are right or valuable perpetually. Although to persevere in one’s principles is worthwhile to be encouraged, what is more valuable and more respectable is to understand what is wrong with ones’ principle and to give up the principles that are proved to be false. Deng Xiao Ping, the former leader of the P.R.C., distinguished himself from other politicians in that he could wisely find out the fatal deficiency in the socialism and then decisively gave up some basic principles such as the planned economy that had long been deemed as the backbone of the socialism. In this sense, stubbornly sticking to some obsolete principles is not a virtue but a vice at some times.

As a conclusion, the above analysis is not intended to deny the value both of adapting to changing social conventions and of persevering in the principles, but to remind people of the basic fact that there is not a uniform standard to test one’s character because of the complexity of situations. Any people should not be encouraged to follow some uniform laws or standards, but to independently determine when to give up and when to stick to.   (688 words)

木耳UID: 123036

只看了题目，觉得你翻译的不妥。
该这样：能否在不牺牲个人原则的情况下适应社会习俗的改变，是对一个人品质的重大考验
test 考验
character 品质

果酱面包UID: 142490

Undoubtedly it is true that whether one is able to adapt to changing social conventions while keeping to one’s principles is a very important indicator for a persevering but not stubborn character in that person, but one should not go too far to claim that this test of character can work well in all situations. How one should look on the relationship between his/her own principles and changing social conventions completely depends on the specific situations and conditions, no uniform standard or test to be abided by.

Above all, it is valuable in many cases for most people to adapt to changing social conventions in the condition of not sacrificing their principles. There are many occasions where people’s principles are valuable to individuals or the society as a whole and therefore people shouldn’t give up their principles. However,（我觉得这句话不太通） the changing social conventions that are not congruous with their principles are often so powerful that these people would find no way to persevere in their principles if they would not like to make a certain concession. Obviously, on these situations people should deliberately keep a balance between compromise and consisting. Some great politicians in history were always confronted with these forbidding situations. Franklin Roosevelt, one of the greatest presidents in the U.S.A., was said that his political inclination to join the war against the Nazi was in conflict with the conservative conventions throughout his nation of keeping away from any war outside America. Roosevelt had to make some concessions to the public temporarily, but he did not give up his principles and tried his best to persuade his people to be against the Nazi. As is well known, both the U.S.A. and the whole world benefited from Roosevelt’s’ persevering in his principles.

Roosevelt knew that the temporary compromise was indispensable to convince his people of the necessity to join the Great War. However, in many another cases, people shouldn’t （我觉得用should not 好一点，以为我在上T般的时候，老师说标准书面语是不能有缩写的）submit their principles at all to the changing social conventions. This point is especially true when the pervasive social conventions will lead to some serious or even disastrous aftermaths to both individuals and the society as a whole. This situation is not as unusual as many people imagined. Every people（Everyone吧） will understand it if only he/she give（gives吧） a glimpse to the extraordinary popularity of smoking habits all over the world. Had our ancestors made no any compromise to smoking, the society today would not have suffered so greatly from this bad addiction that countless social resources are wasted in it and numerous people die of it. Therefore, under this circumstance, more crucial test of character is to firmly keep to one’s principles, and any compromise is harmful and shouldn’t be encouraged.

When we highlight the value of keeping to one’s principles, it should not be ignored that sometimes to learn to give up one’s principles is a more crucial test of character. Given that there is no absolute truth in the world, no body can boast that his/her principles are right or valuable perpetually. Although to persevere in one’s principles is worthwhile to be encouraged, what is more valuable and more respectable is to understand what is wrong with ones’ principle and to give up the principles that are proved to be false. Deng Xiao Ping, the former leader of the P.R.C., distinguished himself from other politicians in that he could wisely find out the fatal deficiency in the socialism and then decisively gave up some basic principles such as the planned economy that had long been deemed as the backbone of the socialism. In this sense, stubbornly sticking to some obsolete principles is not a virtue but a vice at some times.

As a conclusion, the above analysis is not intended to deny the value both of adapting to changing social conventions and of persevering in the principles, but to remind people of the basic fact that there is not a uniform standard to test one’s character because of the complexity of situations. Any people（是不是用person比较好） should not be encouraged to follow some uniform laws or standards, and they should learn to independently determine when to give up, （这句话好象读起来不顺，这么改改你看行吗：persons who compeletely follow some uniform laws or standards are not encouraged, furthermore, people who want to  give up their principles should make decision independently.when to stick to and when to adapt to, which is really crucial test of character. (不好意思，我没看懂这句话的意思)(698 words)
（我觉得principle 这个词太抽象，所以在论述的时候先给它一个你自己的定义，后面论述的时候看起来就清晰多了）个人意见，仅供参考

果酱面包UID: 142490

我觉得我在理解题目的问题上就很差。真的需要好好琢磨一下

happyman2000UID: 136936

最初由 木耳 发布
[B]只看了题目，觉得你翻译的不妥。
该这样：能否在不牺牲个人原则的情况下适应社会习俗的改变，是对一个人品质的重大考验
test 考验
character 品质 [/B]

你翻译得挺好的，我和你持同样的看法。
你看到的那个翻译不是我翻的。

happyman2000UID: 136936

最初由 果酱面包 发布
[B]我觉得我在理解题目的问题上就很差。真的需要好好琢磨一下 [/B]

这个题目讨论了好多次，也没有一致的意见，难点可能就是题目意思不好把握。
我的结尾写得的确不大清楚。多谢提醒！
欢迎大家继续批评，越多越好！

blake_wangUID: 9871

1, Undoubtedly it is true that whether one is able to adapt to changing social conventions while keeping to one’s principles is a very important indicator for a persevering but not stubborn character in that person, but one should not go too far to claim that this test of character can work well in all situations. ---->in the first sentence ,the use of phrase "this test" seems incorrect. what does"this" aims to refer to? well, may be you mean "the test of character" in the quotation.
2, the last sentence may well be revised for clarity.

happyman2000UID: 136936

最初由 blake_wang 发布
[B]1, Undoubtedly it is true that whether one is able to adapt to changing social conventions while keeping to one’s principles is a very important indicator for ..

以下省略...... [/B]

多谢指正！

happyman2000UID: 136936

这个题目我最担心的是理解题意出现偏差。
大家能否再帮我看看内容上有没有偏差！
谢谢！