2018年大学英语四级考试翻译试题:文化相关6篇
第一篇
请将下面这段话翻译成英文:
文化交流
文化是不同国家的人们互相理解的最佳媒体。通过举办文化节,许多中国城市在世界上的知名度提高了。已经证明,对促进中国人民和世界其他地方人民之间的交流来说,这是最好的途径之一。这种交流不仅仅限于文化方面,还扩大到了经济和其他领域。
参考译文
Culture is the best medium for people of different countries to understand each other. Through culture festivals, many cities in China have raised their prestige in the world. As has been proven that, this is one of the best ways to promote the communication between Chinese people and the people from different parts of the world. This kind of communication is not only confined to culture, but extends to economy and other fields.
第二篇
请将下面这段话翻译成英文:
竹文化
中国因其国宝(national treasure)—熊猫—而闻名于世。熊猫的食物竹子—也深受中国人民的喜爱。中国是世界上拥有竹子最多的国家,被称为竹子的王国。竹文化长久以来深深根植于中国人的思想中。对中国人民来说,竹子是美德的象征。它反映了人的灵魂和情感。中国古代的学者对竹子非常敬重。这就解释了为什么历史上有那么多的著作和绘画都是以竹为主题的。
参考译文:
China is worldwide famous for its national treasure, the pandas.The panda's food, bamboo, is also favored by Chinese people.It is known as the Kingdom of Bamboo possessing more bamboos than any other country in the world. Bamboo culture has been rooted in Chinese people's minds for a long time.To the Chinese people, bamboo is a symbol of virtue, which reflects people's souls and emotions.Ancient Chinese scholars looked up with great respect to bamboo.This explains why there are so many writings and paintings dedicated to the plant throughout history.
第三篇
请将下面这段话翻译成英文:
河姆渡文化
河姆渡文化是中国长江流域下游地区古老而多姿的新石器时代文化。1973年,第一次发现于浙江余姚河姆渡,因而命名。它主要分布在杭州湾南岸的宁绍平原及舟山岛,经科学的方法进行测定,它的年代为公元前5000年至公元前3300年。它是新石器时代母系氏族公社时期的氏族村落遗址,反映了约7000年前长江下游流域氏族的情况。
参考译文
Hemudu Culture The Hemudu Culture was an ancient and diverse neolithic culture on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River. It was so named after it was discovered in 1973 in Hemudu, Yutao, Zhejiang Province. It was mainly distributed on the Ningshao Plain and Zhoushan Island in the southern coast of Hangzhou Bay. According to radiocarbon dating, it ranged between 5000BC and 3300BC. As clan village ruins in the matriarchal society in the Neolithic Period, it reflects the conditions of the clans in the basin of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River about 7,000 years ago.
第四篇
请将下面这段话翻译成英文:
梦文化
梦文化是中国古代文化的重要组成部分。除了家喻户晓的“庄周梦蝶”,关于梦的古老传说,中国有很多。解梦在中国十分流行,其中最知名的解梦书籍当属《周公解梦》(Duke ofZhou Interprets Dreams )。梦的意义各不相同,古人把梦当作是神的意旨。人们认为梦预示着吉兆和厄运,所以常常参照《周公解梦》一书来解读梦境,通过解梦来得知吉凶祸福的预兆。
参考翻译:
Dream Culture
Dream culture is an important part of ancientChinese culture. Besides the household “ZhuangZhou's Dreaming of Becoming a Butterfly”,there aremany old tales about dreams in China. Dreaminterpreting is also popular in China, and the most famous book for dream interpreting iscalled Duke of Zhou Interprets Dreams. Different dreams have different meanings, and ancientpeople considered dreams as the implication from God. People believe that dreams can implyauspicious and inauspicious things, so they often interpret their dreams according to Dukeof Zhou Interprets Dreams to get implications of auspiciousness or inauspiciousness.
第五篇
请将下面这段话翻译成英文:
茶文化
中国是一个文化历史悠久的(time-honored )国度,也是一个礼仪(ceremony and decorum )之邦。每当客人来访,都需要泡茶给客人喝。在给客人奉茶之前,你应该问问他们都喜欢喝什么类型的茶,并采用最合适的茶具奉上。奉茶期间,主人需要仔细留意客人的茶杯里的茶量。通常,若是用茶杯泡的茶,在茶喝完一半之后就应该加开水,这样,茶杯就一直都是满的,茶的芳香(bouquet)也得以保留。
参考翻译:
Chinese Tea Culture
China is a country with a time-honored civilizationand also a land of ceremony and decorum.Whenever guests visit, it is necessary to make andserve tea to them. Before serving tea, you may askthem for their preferences as to what kind of tea they fancy, and serve them the tea in themost appropriate teacups. In the course of serving tea, the host should take careful note ofhow much water remains in the guests'cups. Usually, if the tea is made in a teacup, boilingwater should be added into the cup when half of the tea in it has been consumed; and thus thecup is kept filled and the tea retains the same bouquet.
第六篇
酒文化
1、中国人在7000年以前就开始用谷物酿酒。
2、总的来说,不管是古代还是现代,酒都和中国文化息息相关。
3、长久以来,中国的酒文化在人们生活中扮演着重要的角色。
4、我们的祖先在写诗时以酒助兴,在宴会中和亲朋好友敬酒。
5、作为一种文化,酒文化也是普通百姓生活中不可分割的部分,比如生日宴会、送别晚宴、婚礼庆典等很多场合中,随处可见酒的身影。
参考译文:
Chinese people began to make spirits with grains seven thousand years ago.
Generally speaking,wine has a close connection with culture in China in both ancient and modern times.
Chinese wine culture has been playing a quite important role in Chinese people's life for a long time.
Our Chinese ancestors used wine to enjoy themselves while writing poetry, or to make a toast to their relatives and friends during a feast.
Wine culture, as a kind of culture form, is also an inseparable part in the life of ordinary Chinese people through numerous events such as birthday party, farewell dinner, wedding, etc.