英譯中：（25分）
Libraries are one of the most enduring features of the academy, central to the
values and the practice of scholarship. However, in a period of austerity,
libraries are increasingly being asked to justify their existence. Perhaps the
deepest, yet most intangible, contribution that libraries make is to provide a
physical manifestation of the scholarly ethos that universities exist to instruct
and preserve. There is a risk that this intrinsic value may not be recognized by
future generations of researchers who work in an online world. In building the
evidence as to libraries’ contribution to research, it is important to stress that
the whole is greater than the sum of the parts and that the value of the library is
as a crucial cornerstone and representation of the values of the academy and of
scholarship.
三、關鍵詞處理：austerity 宜譯「財政緊縮」而非「嚴峻」；justify their existence 譯「說明存在的正當性」；intangible 譯「無形的、難以衡量的」；intrinsic value 譯「內在價值」；physical manifestation 譯「具體有形的體現」，不宜直譯為「物理顯現」；cornerstone 譯「基石」；representation 譯「表徵」或「體現」。
四、句型與語體：There is a risk that... 宜轉為「令人憂心的是……可能……」；the whole is greater than the sum of the parts 為英文習語，譯「整體大於部分之和」；被動式 are being asked to 宜轉為主動語氣「卻愈來愈常被要求」，以保留原文略帶無奈的意味。全篇屬論說性學術語體，譯文宜莊重、少用口語，並保留 However、Therefore 所標示的轉折與因果層次。
一、譯文（事件與聲援）：On 24 May 2023, Taiwanese expatriate and academic groups in Belgium held an event on the square adjacent to the European Parliament in Brussels, calling for support for Taiwan's participation in the World Health Assembly (WHA). Several Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) attended the event to voice their support.
二、譯文（致詞內容）：In his address that day, Taiwan's Representative to the European Union and to Belgium thanked the Taiwanese community in Belgium for taking concrete action to support Taiwan's participation in international affairs. He further stressed that, although the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that COVID-19 no longer constitutes a threat to international health security, gaps in international public health remain — precisely because Taiwan has still not been invited to join the WHO — and that global health coverage can hardly be described as universal.
三、用詞說明：僑界宜譯 overseas Taiwanese community 或 Taiwanese diaspora，避免譯為 Chinese community in Belgium 而使語意失真；學界譯 academic circles；聲援譯 voice support 或 express support；致詞譯 address 或 remarks；實際行動譯 concrete action；國際衛生安全威脅譯 threat to international health security；破口譯 gap，不宜用 loophole；覆蓋率譯 coverage；普及譯 universal。
四、句法與格式提醒：中文長句宜拆為二至三句英文，避免 run-on sentence；「原因就在於」可用 precisely because 帶出強調；「雖……但……」以 although 引導讓步子句，主要訊息置於主要子句。專有名詞首次出現寫全稱並附縮寫（World Health Assembly, WHA；World Health Organization, WHO），其後一律用縮寫。另提醒：本題為翻譯練習，譯文僅忠實呈現原文語意與立場，不代表譯者個人評價。
一、信頭與稱謂（採齊頭式 full block format，各行左對齊、不縮排）：[Institution Name]／[Street Address, City, Taiwan]／Tel: [__] E-mail: [__]；10 August 2023；The Director, Yingge Ceramics Museum, Yingge District, New Taipei City, Taiwan；Dear Director:
二、開場與目的：On behalf of [name of institution], I am writing to explore the possibility of co-organising a three-day cultural exhibition with the Yingge Ceramics Museum, to be held from Friday 24 to Sunday 26 November 2023. As cultural activity has revived in the post-pandemic period, we believe that a joint exhibition would attract both local visitors and international guests.
三、展出內容：The exhibition would centre on the museum's ceramic collection, presented alongside a selection of carvings, including wood, stone and mixed-media pieces, drawn from our partners' holdings. We envisage themed display zones, live demonstrations by craftspeople, and two short lectures on the dialogue between ceramic art and carving traditions.
四、分工與經費：We would be glad to discuss the division of responsibilities. The museum might provide the venue, security and curatorial advice, while we could handle transportation, insurance arrangements and part of the promotion through our networks. Costs would be apportioned on a basis to be agreed in a written memorandum of understanding.
五、請求與結語：We would be grateful if you could confirm whether the dates are available and whether the museum would be interested in principle. We are happy to visit Yingge to present a detailed proposal at your convenience; please contact me at the number above. Thank you for your consideration. Yours sincerely, [Name], [Title], [Institution]
六、格式提醒：英文商務書信段落間空一行、不縮排；稱謂後用冒號（Dear Director:）；已知收信人姓名時以 Yours sincerely 結尾，不知姓名則用 Dear Sir or Madam: 搭配 Yours faithfully。可於稱謂後加一行 Subject: Proposal for a Joint Cultural Exhibition。另應避免中式敬語直譯，如「敬請鈞鑒」宜改為中性禮貌的客套語。
英文作文：（30分）
On the official website of British Columbia, one sentence tries to highlight the
importance of public servants: “As professionals, public servants play a vital
role in society.” Please write a 250-word analysis to share your opinions and
views on such a statement.
參考解答（AI 生成，非官方）
一、The sentence on British Columbia's official website is more than a slogan; it identifies where a government's legitimacy is actually produced. Public servants — policy analysts, health inspectors, frontline clerks — convert political mandates into services that citizens can feel. Their professionalism, understood as competence, impartiality and accountability, is what makes public administration predictable and worthy of trust.
二、Three elements sustain that professionalism. The first is technical competence: decisions grounded in evidence, data and evaluation rather than intuition. The second is ethical neutrality: rules applied equally to whoever stands at the counter. The third is accountability: records kept, decisions explained, mistakes owned. During the pandemic, health officials who explained their reasoning in public earned a trust that authority alone could never have purchased.
三、The role is also one of continuity. Governments change; administrations persist. A career civil service carries institutional memory and keeps long-term programmes from being dismantled at every election. Yet the same professionalism can curdle into insularity — the assumption that officials know best, an attachment to procedure for its own sake, and a reluctance to be judged by outcomes rather than inputs.
四、I therefore accept the statement, but conditionally. Professionalism is vital only when it faces outward. A competent but unaccountable official is not a professional in any meaningful sense; competence without responsiveness merely makes the machinery harder to challenge. Public servants earn the word 'vital' when their expertise serves the public rather than the institution, and when they remain willing to be questioned.
五、寫作要點：四段結構為「破題並界定專業三要素—舉證—讓步指出專業主義的陰暗面—提出條件式立場」，字數約 250 字，段落比例約 1：1.2：1.1：1.2。用語提醒：public servant 可與 public service professional 交替使用以避免貶義聯想；讓步段用 Yet、Admittedly 帶出轉折；結論段不再引入新論點，僅收回立場。全篇屬議論文體，宜用現在式與第三人稱論述，避免過多第一人稱。