2017年英语六级翻译练习:吴语
请将下面这段话翻译成英文:
吴语
吴语,又称“江东话”“江浙话”“吴越语”,至今有约三千多年历史。在中国分布于今浙江、江苏南部、上海、安徽南部、江西东北部、福建北部等地,使用人口约一亿,是中国七大方言之一。吴语的语法结构和普通话差别很大。吴语是吴越人的母语,吴语人群构成以上海为首的吴语城市群和江南文化圈,是江南人思维方式、生活情调、文化涵养的生动体现。
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Wu Chinese (Language)
Wu Language (Language) is also known as “Jiangdong Language” or “Jiangzhe Language”. With more than 3000 years of history, it is now spoken primarily in Zhejiang, southern Jiangsu, Shanghai, northeast Jiangxi,and northern Jujian. With roughly 100 million speakers, it is one of the seven major dialects of China. Its syntactic structure differs drastically from Standard Chinese.