2018上半年英语六级翻译模拟题:微博
请将下面这段话翻译成英文:
微博(microblog)是一种近几年开始兴起的社交网络服务。简单地说,就是随时随地将你生活中的所见、所闻和所想写成不超过140个字的几句话或者图片,通过电脑或手机发到微博上,和你的朋友分享。作为一种交际工具和获取信息的平台,这种新型的交流方式在不同年龄段的人群中都很流行。国际上最知名的微博网站是Twitter,很多国际知名人士和组织在这里进行交流。“新浪微博”(Sina nicroblog)是中国此类网站中最常访问的网站。现在微博已经成为中国网民(netizen)上网的主要活动之一。
参考译文
Arising in recent years, microblog is a social networking service. To put it simply, you send several sentences of no more than 140 words or picture to the microblog via computer or cell phone, sharing what you see, hear and think in your lives with your friends anytime and anywhere. As a communication tool and platform to obtain information, this new means of communication has been popular among people of different ages. The international best-known microblog website is Twitter, on which a great many renowned individuals and organizations communicate. The Sina microblog is the most visited such site in China. At present, microblog has become one of the major online activities of Chinese netizens.