汉英练习｜大禹治水怎么翻译？小编生日北川羌族民俗博物馆观后感｜旅游不忘学英语

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Welcome to Beichuan

the Hometown of Da Yu

the Tamer of The floods

星标我，不走散

1. 前言

2. 翻译

3. 福利

前言

2020年12月29日是小编的生日，当天碰巧受到同学邀请，前往北川羌族民俗博物馆（Beichuan Qiang Ethnic Folklore Museum）观摩，整个旅程说说笑笑、汉英夹杂、吃吃喝喝、拍这拍那，非常愉快，行程结束后感觉自己身上又多了一股四川历史的气息。

Oh，I love Sichuan.

北川羌族民俗博物馆肯定是位于四川省绵阳市大禹故里北川县境内，由下图可见，该县面向银河系的宣传口号是：大禹故里，中国羌城，大爱北川。

其英译为：

Hometown of Da Yu

Home and Hearth of Qiang Nationality

A Generous Place

大禹何许人也？Who on earth is Da Yu? Great Yu? Yu the Great?

维基百科解释如下：

鲧 gǔn 禹 yǔ 治水（也称作大禹治水）是中国汉族先民的上古大洪水传说。三皇五帝时期，大约4000年前，黄河泛滥，鲧与儿子大禹先后受命于舜帝，任崇伯和夏伯，负责治水。

Yu the Great (大禹) (c. 2123–2025 BC) was a legendary king in ancient China who was famed for his introduction of flood control, his establishment of the Xia dynasty which inaugurated dynastic rule in China, and his upright moral character. He figures prominently in the Chinese legend of "Great Yu Who Controlled the Waters" (Chinese: 大禹治水; pinyin: Dà Yǔ Zhì Shuǐ).

博物馆内，大禹治水的英译为：DA YU TAMED THE FLOODS。

我虽不是砖家，但认为 TAMED 应该改为 TAMES。

原因：大禹治水虽为历史传说，但因其用作描述一幅画，故应改写成：

DA YU TAMES THE FLOODS

此外，如下视频，经使用欧路词典在线词典 Linguee.com 搜索大禹治水。

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她今早告訴我，上星期在一集「包青天」中，包大人說：「 大禹治水 ，三過家門而不入」，是因為他已經將家庭之愛轉化成對蒼生萬民之愛。
She told me this morning that in one of episodes in the series shown last week, Judge PAO said, "When YU of the Xia Dynasty was working on the river training programme, he did not enter his place of residence even though he passed by it three times.
正如我多次引用的例子，請不要介意我引用這個例子，因為可能有些議員從沒有聽過大禹治水。
Just like an example which I have repeatedly cited ― please do not mind if I quote this example because some Members may not have heard it ― flood control by Dayu.
在中國古代有大禹治水，我希望透過局長向我們的環境局局長傳遞這項信息，希望邱局長可以盡快出來治水，以最新科技清潔我們的海水，以及長遠地考慮搬走新油麻地避風塘卸貨區，考慮在當地建設海濱長廊和水上中心。
It is our wish that Secretary Edward YAU will "tame the rivers" expeditiously by adopting the latest technology to clean our seawater, considering relocating the New Yau Ma Tei Typhoon Shelter and loading/unloading areas on a long-term basis, and considering constructing a waterfront promenade and a water sports centre in the area.

因此，根据不同语境，大禹治水英译有以下写法：

Da Yu Controls the Waters
Da Yu Tames the Floods
Da Yu introduces the Control of the Waters/Floods/Rivers
The introduction of Flood/Water/River Control by Da Yu
Da Yu's introduction of Flood/Water/River Control
Da Yu, the Tamer of the Waters/Floods/Rivers

经过这么一番研究，他不就是中国人自己的 Aquaman 海王吗？美帝又抄袭中国文化！

海货/海哥/海人/水货/水人/水行侠

博物馆内对议话坪制的解释如下图：

思考些许，发现英译需要改善。

翻译

议话坪，羌语称“尔母孜巴”，羌寨遇有重大事情，要召集大家在议话坪集会，共同商议解决。

Yihuaping, named Er Mu Zi Ba in Qiang(ic) language/dialect, referred to the lawn on which villagers make decisions by discussions. All the members in the Qiang fortress village would be summoned to discuss solutions to issues of great importance.

注：召集和共同，意思重复，故用 summon 即可概括。

古代议话坪议题是羌丁武装、推选寨首及决定出兵打仗等事宜，近代主要是制订乡规民约、解决纠纷和封山育林等公共事务。

In ancient times, the issues discussed on the lawn were ranging from young armed forces, the election of the village head, and the declaration of war (on other villages). While in modern times, they were transformed into various public affairs including the development of regulations and conventions, the settlement of disputes, as well as the afforestation of mountains.

注：议题和事宜，意思重复，故用 issues 即可概括。是并非简单地解释成 be 动词，而需添加其他动词，显化议题的演化或转变过程，故使用 transform into。

议话坪制是羌族人原始民主制的遗俗。

Yihuaping System was the legacy of the Qiang Nationality's primitive democracy.

注：遗俗在字典上的解释一般是 an old custom 和 traditional practices，但我认为通过总结上文语境，其中文意涵使用 legacy 即可表达。

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