不花钱学英文 — 用流利英文介绍中国传统….留着用了
在去年的英语四六级考试中，很热点的一个问题是比较“中国风”的一些词汇的翻译，例如有的同学把“火药”翻译成TNT、把“指南针”翻译成GPS…那么其他一些中国传统应该如何翻译呢？
比方说剩下的“四大发明”：
火 药 gunpowder
指南针 compass
好了，这里做一个汇总吧：
1. 元宵节： Lantern Festival
2. 刺绣：embroidery
3. 重阳节：Double-Ninth Festival
4. 清明节：Tomb sweeping day
5. 剪纸：Paper Cutting
6. 书法：Calligraphy
7. 对联：(Spring Festival) Couplets
8. 象形文字：Pictograms/Pictographic Characters
9. 人才流动：Brain Drain/Brain Flow
10. 四合院：Siheyuan/Quadrangle
11. 战国：Warring States
12. 风水：Fengshui/Geomantic Omen
13. 铁饭碗：Iron Bowl
14. 函授部：The Correspondence Department
15. 集体舞：Group Dance
16. 黄土高原：Loess Plateau
17. 红白喜事：Weddings and Funerals
18. 中秋节：Mid-Autumn Day
19. 结婚证：Marriage Certificate
20. 儒家文化：Confucian Culture
21. 附属学校：Affiliated school
22. 古装片：Costume Drama
23. 武打片：Chinese Swordplay Movie
24. 元宵：Tangyuan/Sweet Rice Dumpling (Soup)
25. 一国两制：One Country, Two Systems
26. 火锅：Hot Pot
27. 四人帮：Gang of Four
28. 《诗经》：The Book of Songs
29. 素质教育：Essential-qualities-oriented Education
30. 《史记》：Historical Records/Records of the Grand Historian
31. 大跃进：Great Leap Forward (Movement)
32. 《西游记》：The Journey to the West
33. 除夕：Chinese New Year’s Eve/Eve of the Spring Festival
34. 针灸：Acupuncture
35. 唐三彩：Tri-color Pottery of the Tang Dynasty/ The Tang Tri-colored pottery
36. 中国特色的社会主义：Chinese-charactered Socialist/Socialist with Chinesecharacteristics
37. 偏旁：radical
38. 孟子：Mencius
39. 亭/阁： Pavilion/ Attic
40. 大中型国有企业：Large and Medium-sized State-owned Enterprises
41. 火药：gunpowder
42. 农历：Lunar Calendar
43. 印/玺：Seal/Stamp
44. 物质精神文明建设：The Construction of Material Civilization and Spiritual Civilization
45. 京剧：Beijing Opera/Peking Opera
46. 秦腔：Crying of Qin People/Qin Opera
47. 太极拳：Tai Chi
48. 独生子女证：The Certificate of One-child
49. 天坛：Altar of Heaven in Beijing
50. 小吃摊：Snack Bar/Snack Stand
51. 红双喜：Double Happiness
52. 政治辅导员：Political Counselor/School Counselor
53. 春卷：Spring Roll(s)
54. 莲藕：Lotus Root
55. 追星族：Star Struck
56. 故宫博物院：The Palace Museum
57. 相声：Cross-talk/Comic Dialogue
58. 下岗：Lay off/Laid off
59. 北京烤鸭：Beijing Roast Duck
60. 高等自学考试：Self-taught Examination of Higher Education
61. 烟花爆竹：fireworks and firecracker
62. 敦煌莫高窟：Mogao Caves
63. 电视小品：TV Sketch/TV Skit
64. 香港澳门同胞：Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao
65. 文化大革命：Cultural Revolution
66. 长江中下游地区：The Mid-low Reaches of Yangtze River
67. 门当户对：Perfect Match/Exact Match
68. 《水浒》：Water Margin/Outlaws of the Marsh
69. 中外合资企业：Joint Ventures
70. 文房四宝（笔墨纸砚）：”The Four Treasure of the Study” “Brush, Inkstick, Paper, and Inkstone”
71. 兵马俑：cotta Warriors/ Terracotta Army
72. 旗袍：cheongsam
