四级翻译：范文-中国传统文化

英语四级段落翻译（中国传统文化）

一、对龙图腾他的崇拜在中国大约已绵延了八千多年。中国龙是古人将鱼、蛇、马、牛等动

物与云雾、雷电等自然天象集合而成的一种神物。

中国龙的形成与中华民族的多元融合过

程同步。在中国人的心目中，龙具有振奋 腾飞、开拓变化的寓意和团结凝聚的精神。

Dragon totem worship in China has been around for the last 8,000 years. The ancients in

China considered the dragon (or loong) a fetish that combines animals including the fish,

snake, horse and ox with cloud, thunder, lightning and other natural celestial phenomena.

The Chinese dragon was formed in accordance with the multicultural fusion process of the

Chinese nation. To the Chinese, the dragon signifies innovation and cohesion.

二、

秧歌 舞是中国汉族的一种民间传统舞蹈，

通常在北方省份表演。

秧歌 舞者通常穿上明亮

多彩的表演服装，他们的表演动作有力迅速。

在农历春节、元宵节等节日期间，人们一旦听

到锣鼓声，

不管外 面天气有多冷，他们都会蜂拥到街上看秧歌舞表演。

近年来，中国东北某

些城市的老年人自发组织了了秧歌队，

队员常年通过跳秧歌舞来保持健康，

同事他们也乐在

其中。

Yangko is one of tradition folk dance of Han in China. It is usually performed in northern

provinces. The dancers usually wear colorful and light costumes, and the performance is

powerful

and

rapid.

During

some

festivals

such

as

Spring

Festival,

Lantern

Festival,

if

people hear the sound of drum and gong, no matter how cold the weather is , they will

come

to

street

and

appreciate

the

Yangko.

Recent

years,

the

old

people

in

city

of

east- northern of China organized the team of Yangko by themselves, the teamers keep

their health by dancing Yangko the whole year.

三、

长城是人类创造的世界奇迹之一 。

如果你到了中国却没去过长城，

就想到了巴黎没有去

看看菲尔铁塔，或者就像到了埃及没有去看金字塔一样。人们常说：

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不到长城非好汉。

”

实

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长城最初只是一些断断续续的城墙，直到秦朝统一中国后才将其连城长城。

然而，今

天我们看到的长城

——

东起山海关，西至嘉峪关

——

大部分都是在明 代修建的。

The Great Wall is one of the wonders of the world that created by human beings! If you

come to China without climbing the Great Wall, it's just like going Paris without visiting the

Eiffel T

ower; or going to Egypt without visiting the Pyramids! Men often say,

not

reach

the

Great Wall

is

not

a

true

man.

fact,

it

began

as

independent

walls

for

different states when it was first built, and did not become the

Dynasty. However, the wall we see today, starting from Shanhaiguan Pass in the east to

Jiayunguan Pass in the west, was mostly built during the Ming Dynasty.

四、

Dumplings

Dumplings

are

one

of

the

Chinese

people’s favorite

traditional

dishes.

According

to

an

ancient

Chinese

legend,

dumplings

were

first

made

by

the

medical

saint---Zhang

Zhongjing.

There

are

three

steps

involved

in

making

dumplings:

1)

make

dumpling

wrappers out of dumpling flour; 2) prepare the dumpling stuffing; 3) make dumplings and

1

boil them. With thin and elastic dough skin, fresh and tender stuffing, delicious taste, and

unique shapes, dumplings are worth eating hundreds of times. There’

s an old saying that

claims, “Nothing could be more delicious than dumplings”. During the Spring Festival and

other holidays, or when treating relatives and friends, Chinese people like to follow the

auspicious custom of eating dumplings. To Chinese people who show high reverence for

family love, having dumplings at the moment the old year is replaced by the new is an

essential part of bidding farewell to the old and ushering in the new year.

饺子是深受中国人民喜爱的传统食品。

相传为古代医圣张仲景发明。饺子的制作是包括：

1

）

擀皮、

2

）

备馅、

3

）

包馅水煮三个步骤。其特点是皮薄馅嫩，味道鲜美，形状独特，

百食不厌。

民间有

“

好吃不过饺子

”

的俗语。

中国人接亲待客、

逢年过节都有包饺子吃的习俗，

寓意吉利。对崇尚亲情的中国人来说，

“

更岁交子

”

吃饺子 ，更是欢度除夕、辞旧迎新必不可

少的内容。

五、

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is an important part of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). In accordance

with the “main and collateral channels” th

eory in TCM, the purpose of acupuncture is to

dredge

the

channel

and

regulate

qi

and

blood,

so

as

to

keep

the

body’s

yin

and

yang

balanced and achieve reconciliation between the internal organs. It features in traditional

Chinese

medicine

that

“internal

diseases

are

to

be

treated

with

external

therapy”.

The

main

therapy

of

acupuncture

involves

using

needles

to

pierce

certain

acupoints

of

the

patient’s

body,

or

adopting

moxibustion

to

stimulate

the

patient’s

acupoints

so

as

to

stimulate

the

channels

and

relieve

pain.

With

its

unique

advantages,

acupuncture

has

been handed down generation after generation and has now spread all over the world.

Nowadays, acupuncture, along with Chinese food, kung fu (otherwise known as Chinese

martial arts), and traditional Chinese medicine, has been internationally hailed as one of

the “four new national treasures.”

针灸是中医学的重要组成部分。

按照 中医的经络理论，

针灸疗法主要是通过疏通经络、

调和

气血，来达到阴阳归于平衡，使脏腑趋于调和之目的。其特点是

“

内病外治

”

。主要疗法是用

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或用艾火的温热刺激烧灼病人的穴位，

以达到刺激经络。

治疗

病痛的目的。针灸以其独特的 优势，流传至今并传播到了世界，与中餐、功夫、中药一起被

海外誉为中国的

新四大国粹

”

。

六、

Chinese Kung Fu

Chinese kung fu, or Chinese martial arts, carries traditional Chinese culture in abundance.

It is a

traditional Chinese sport which applies the art of attack and defence in combat and

the motions engaged with a series of skill and tricks. The core idea of Chinese king fu is

derived from the Confucian theory of bo

th “the mean and harmony” and “cultivating qi”

(otherwise

known

as

nourishing

one’s

spirit).

Meanwhile,

it

also

includes

thoughts

of

Taoism and Buddhism. Chinese kung fu has a long history, with multi-various sects and

many

different

boxing

styles,

and

emphasizes

coupling

hardness

with

softness

and

internal and external training. It contains the ancient great thinkers’ pondering of life and

the

universe.

The

skills

in

wielding

the

18

kinds

of

weapons

named

by

the

later

2

generations

mainly

involve

the

skills

of

bare- handed

boxing,

such

as

shadow

boxing

(Taijiquan), form and will boxing (Xingyiquan), eight trigram palm (Baguazhang), and the

skills of kung fu weaponry, such as the skill of using swords, spears, two-edged swords

and halberds, axes, tomahawks, kooks, prongs and so on.

中 国功夫即中国武术，

是将技击寓于搏斗和套路运动之中的中国传统体育项目，

的中国民族传统文化。其核心思想是儒家的中和养气之说，同时 兼容了道家、释家的思想。

中国武术源远流长、流派林立、拳种繁多，讲究刚柔并济、内 外兼修，蕴含着先哲们对生命

和宇宙的参悟。后世所称十八般武艺，主要指：徒手拳艺， 如太极拳、形意拳、八卦掌等；

器械功夫，如刀枪剑戟、斧钺钩叉等。

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七、

Chinese Characters

Chinese

characters

were

initially

meant

to

be

simple

pictures

used

to

help

people

remember things. After a long period of development, it finally became a unique character

system

that

embodies

phonetic

sound,

image,

idea,

and

rhyme

at

the

same

time.

The

writing system, which was extremely advanced in ancient times, began with inscriptions

on bones and

tortoise

shells, and

these

are regarded

as

the

original forms of Chinese

characters.

Afterwards,

Chinese

characters

went

through

numerous

calligraphic

styles:

bronze inscriptions, official script, regular script, cursive script, running script, etc. Chinese

characters

are

usually

round

outside

and

square

inside,

which

is

rooted

in

ancient

Chinese

beliefs

of

an

orbicular

sky

and

a

rectangular

Earth.

The

five

basic

strokes

of

Chinese

charact

ers

are

“

---

“

(the

horizontal

stroke)

“│”

(the

vertical

stroke),

“

／

”(

the

left-

falling stroke), “

＼

” (the right

-

falling stroke), and “

乙

” (the turning stroke).

汉字是从原 始人用以记事的简单图画，

经过不断演变发展最终成为一种兼具音、

形、

意韵的

独特文字。

现存中国古 代最早成熟的文字是甲骨文，被认为是现代汉字的初形。此后，

汉字

又经历了金文、隶书、楷书、草书、行书等不同的阶段。汉字结构

“

外圆内方

“

，

源于古人

”

天圆地方

“

的观念。汉字有五种基本笔画，即：横、竖、撇、捺、折。

八、

Chinese Chopsticks

The Chinese way of eating with chopsticks is unique in the world. The recorded history of

chopsticks started more than three thousand years ago. Chopsticks were named zhu in

ancient Chinese. They look deceptively simple to use, but possess multi-various functions,

such as clamping, turning over, lifting up, raking, stirring, scooping, poking, tearing, and so

on. Chopsticks were taken as an auspicious mascot by ordinary people in ancient China.

For

example,

the

partial

tone

of

chopsticks

is

often

used

by

people

as

a

metaphor

at

weddings to indicate a blessing or benediction for the couple to have a baby soon. Unlike

using a knife and fork or one’s own hands, a pair of chopsticks also implies the meaning of

“Harmony

is what matters”. Chopsticks are highly praised by Westerners as a hallmark of

ancient oriental civilization.

中国人使用筷子就餐的方式在世界 上独树一帜。

有史记载用筷的历史已有三千多年。

筷子古

时称为箸，它看似简单，但却同时具有夹、拨、挑、扒、拌、撮、戳、撕等多种功能。中国

民间视筷子为吉祥之物，

如婚俗中将筷子隐喻为快生贵子的祝福等。

与使用刀叉以及手抓的

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