传统中国文化八大主题中英翻译.pdf

2013 年 伊林老师 （englishleon@ ） 大学英语新四六级 翻译专项授课资料 中国传统文化 Traditional Chinese Culture 1 书法艺术 The Art of Calligraphy 2 中国画的含意The Significance of Chinese Paintings 3 重新发现孔子 Rediscover Confucius 4 中医和西医的差异 Differences between Chinese and Western Medicines 5 戏曲的作用The Role of Operas 6 中国人崇尚的颜色: 黄和红 China’s Favorite Color: Yellow Red ： 7 筷子的重要性 The Importance of Chopsticks 8 茶的格调 The Elegance of Tea Drinking 1. 书法艺术 The Art of Calligraphy 有批评家指出，不同的书法风格有不同的政治寓意。拿王羲之的书体来说。他的书法在他有 生之年被批评为非正统的书体，然而在他去世几十年之后又被认为是正统的书体。 Some critics suggest that different genres of Chinese calligraphy have different political implications. Take Wang Xizhi for an example. His calligraphy was repudiated as unorthodox during his lifetime but, only a few decades after his death, was established as an orthodox genre. 从历史上看，中国书法和政治紧密相连。2000 多年前，秦始皇建立了官方的汉字体系。新的 简化文字使得书法不那么复杂了。它允许人们使用带有更多直笔的文字，因此用毛笔写起来 更加容易。这种书体被称为隶书。逐渐地，其他书体也出现了，最终形成中国书法的五大书 体：篆书、隶书、楷书、行书、草书。 Historically, Chinese calligraphy and politics were closely intertwined. Over 2,000 years ago, Emperor Qin Shihuang, established the official Chinese writing characters(汉字). The new, simplified characters made writing calligraphy less complicated. It allowed people to use characters with more straight strokes(笔划), thus making it easier to write with brushes(毛笔). This created the Li genre. Over time, other variations were also developed, which eventually lead to the formation of the five genres in Chinese calligraphy. These were the Zhuan, Li, Kai, Xing and Cao genres(五种书体). 中国老百姓很喜欢书法。很多人把它作为高文化修养的一种方式。老人用书法来健身。他 们觉得当聚精会神写字的时候，精气上升，身体康健。 Ordinary Chinese people like calligraphy a lot. Many people practice calligraphy as a way to raise their cultural accomplishment. Older people use calligraphic writing as a method to keep fit. They believe that when a person concentrates on writing calligraphy, his inner well-being is stimulated. 2. 中国画的含意The Sig