不花錢學英文 — 用流利英文介紹中國傳統….留著用了
在去年的英語四六級考試中，很熱點的一個問題是比較「中國風」的一些辭彙的翻譯，例如有的同學把「火藥」翻譯成TNT、把「指南針」翻譯成GPS…那麼其他一些中國傳統應該如何翻譯呢？
比方說剩下的「四大發明」：
火 葯 gunpowder
指南針 compass
好了，這裡做一個匯總吧：
1. 元宵節： Lantern Festival
2. 刺繡：embroidery
3. 重陽節：Double-Ninth Festival
4. 清明節：Tomb sweeping day
5. 剪紙：Paper Cutting
6. 書法：Calligraphy
7. 對聯：(Spring Festival) Couplets
8. 象形文字：Pictograms/Pictographic Characters
9. 人才流動：Brain Drain/Brain Flow
10. 四合院：Siheyuan/Quadrangle
11. 戰國：Warring States
12. 風水：Fengshui/Geomantic Omen
13. 鐵飯碗：Iron Bowl
14. 函授部：The Correspondence Department
15. 集體舞：Group Dance
16. 黃土高原：Loess Plateau
17. 紅白喜事：Weddings and Funerals
18. 中秋節：Mid-Autumn Day
19. 結婚證：Marriage Certificate
20. 儒家文化：Confucian Culture
21. 附屬學校：Affiliated school
22. 古裝片：Costume Drama
23. 武打片：Chinese Swordplay Movie
24. 元宵：Tangyuan/Sweet Rice Dumpling (Soup)
25. 一國兩制：One Country, Two Systems
26. 火鍋：Hot Pot
27. 四人幫：Gang of Four
28. 《詩經》：The Book of Songs
29. 素質教育：Essential-qualities-oriented Education
30. 《史記》：Historical Records/Records of the Grand Historian
31. 大躍進：Great Leap Forward (Movement)
32. 《西遊記》：The Journey to the West
33. 除夕：Chinese New Year』s Eve/Eve of the Spring Festival
34. 針灸：Acupuncture
35. 唐三彩：Tri-color Pottery of the Tang Dynasty/ The Tang Tri-colored pottery
36. 中國特色的社會主義：Chinese-charactered Socialist/Socialist with Chinesecharacteristics
37. 偏旁：radical
38. 孟子：Mencius
39. 亭/閣： Pavilion/ Attic
40. 大中型國有企業：Large and Medium-sized State-owned Enterprises
41. 火藥：gunpowder
42. 農曆：Lunar Calendar
43. 印/璽：Seal/Stamp
44. 物質精神文明建設：The Construction of Material Civilization and Spiritual Civilization
45. 京劇：Beijing Opera/Peking Opera
46. 秦腔：Crying of Qin People/Qin Opera
47. 太極拳：Tai Chi
48. 獨生子女證：The Certificate of One-child
49. 天壇：Altar of Heaven in Beijing
50. 小吃攤：Snack Bar/Snack Stand
51. 紅雙喜：Double Happiness
52. 政治輔導員：Political Counselor/School Counselor
53. 春卷：Spring Roll(s)
54. 蓮藕：Lotus Root
55. 追星族：Star Struck
56. 故宮博物院：The Palace Museum
57. 相聲：Cross-talk/Comic Dialogue
58. 下崗：Lay off/Laid off
59. 北京烤鴨：Beijing Roast Duck
60. 高等自學考試：Self-taught Examination of Higher Education
61. 煙花爆竹：fireworks and firecracker
62. 敦煌莫高窟：Mogao Caves
63. 電視小品：TV Sketch/TV Skit
64. 香港澳門同胞：Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao
65. 文化大革命：Cultural Revolution
66. 長江中下游地區：The Mid-low Reaches of Yangtze River
67. 門當戶對：Perfect Match/Exact Match
68. 《水滸》：Water Margin/Outlaws of the Marsh
69. 中外合資企業：Joint Ventures
70. 文房四寶（筆墨紙硯）：”The Four Treasure of the Study” “Brush, Inkstick, Paper, and Inkstone”
71. 兵馬俑：cotta Warriors/ Terracotta Army
72. 旗袍：cheongsam
