Language Exams and the Needs of Research

Although these frustrations are understandable, this system has not been created solely to cause woe for graduate students. 尽管这些沮丧情绪可以理解，但这一制度并非仅仅为了给研究生制造痛苦。 Much of the work for which these students are being prepared will focus on research. 这些学生所准备从事的大部分工作，核心在于研究。 While much has been written in English about many topics, adequate research can only be done if one is able to read what people have written in other languages. 尽管许多课题已有大量英语文献，但只有能够阅读其他语言的著作，才能完成充分的研究。 For instance, there are many important articles and books written about almost every topic by European scholars. 例如，几乎每个课题都有欧洲学者撰写的重要文章和书籍。 If a graduate student does not know any foreign languages, all of these articles and books will be impossible to read, and hence useless to their research endeavors. 如果研究生不懂任何外语，所有这些文章和书籍都将无法阅读，因而对其研究工作毫无用处。 This would be a great loss for a student‘s research. 这对学生的研究来说将是一个巨大的损失。给这篇文章起个标题呢？