2017年12月英语六级翻译题库:韩国
请将下面这段话翻译成英文:
一提起韩国,人们可能会想到很多东西,比如泡菜、化妆品和美女。实际上,韩国的手工制作衣服也很有名。在韩国,几天的时间就可以让你拥有一套手工制作的衣服,但是一定要留意尺寸,因为韩国的尺码通常偏小一点,特别是对西方人来说。即便是一件大号的T恤衫对美国人来说也可能太小了!韩国的衣服由各种丝绸以及其他材料制作而成。你也可以在韩国购买传统手工服装。
那些传统韩国服装有着很悠久的历史,这些历史经常出现在古代壁画或者墓穴中。韩服是韩国文化的最佳代表。今天,人们在正式场合仍然穿着韩服。韩服由两部分组成。上衣为长袖衬衫式样,称为“赤古里”。女性下装穿着高腰背心裙,而男性则穿着像口袋一样的裤子,也被称为“巴基”。
在节日或者特殊的日子,普通韩国百姓一般穿着白色服装,而上层阶级则以穿着鲜艳的衣服来表明自己的社会地位。韩国人也会佩戴珠宝或者发饰来让自己装束完整。传统韩服偏好用柔和的线条来遮掩身体的曲线,代表了韩国人对美和优雅的追求。不同的韩服设计代表了韩国的丰富文化。
参考翻译:
When mentioning Korea.people might come up witha string of things,such as kimchi,cosmetics and beautiful girls.In fact,Korea is also famous for hand—madeclothes.In Korea,you Can get asuit that is well made to your measure within a couple of days but be carefulabout the size because Korean sizes are often a little small,especially to westerners.Even a “large” sizeT-shirt bought in Korea can be too small for an American! Korean clothes aremade of various kinds of silk and other materials.YouCan also buy hand—made traditional clothes in Korea. Those traditional Korean clothes have quite along history which Can be found in ancient wall paintings or on tombs.“Hanbok”Can be the best representative of Korean culture.Today hanbok is still worn during formal occasions.Hanbok consists of two parts.“Jeogori”,me top part,isblouse—like and has long sleeves.For the bottom part,women wear “Chima”),a kind of skirt,and men wear “Paji”,bag—like trousers. White is the color for common people whileduring festivals or on Special days,upper classes will wear clothes in bright colorsto indicate their social status.Accessories likejewelry and head—dresses complete traditional Korean clothes.Traditional Korean clothes favor soft flowing lines to hide thebody’s shape representing the pursuit for beauty and elegance of Korean people.The de-signs of various forms of Hanbok represent the rich cultureof Korea.