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汉译英中国的文学 中文原文： 与舞蹈和音乐相伴的歌谣跟口头流传的神话，远在文字出现之前就已大量产生。中国的文学正是发端于此。不过歌谣本是人们在生活中随兴而发的东西，上古时代也没有保存和记载它们的手段，因之也就很快湮灭，不留痕迹。我们只能从一些古籍书中推断它们的存在。古书中记载了一些据称年代非常久远的歌谣，但是大多出于后人的伪托，能够断定朝代的歌谣要到《诗经》里才能看见。从这点来看，古代神话对中国文学的影响更为显著。 ? 参考译文： Long?before?the?emergence?of?the?written?word,?ballads,?accompanied?by?music?anddance,and?myths,?passed?around?by?word?of?mouth,?were?widely?popular.?Chinese?literature?findsits?origins?in?these?traditions.?However,?ballads?were?what?people?improvised?out?of?daily?life,?anddue?to?lack?of?means?to?record?and?preserve?them?in?ancient?times,?they?quickly?disappearedwithout?leaving?much?of?a?trace.?Today,?we?can?only?deduce?their?existence?from?ancient?books,which?recorded?some?time-honored?ballads,?though?most?of?these?are?belived?to?be?derivatives?oflater?generations.?Ballads?in?the?Book?of?Songs?are?the?earliest?writings?that?can?be?dated.?From?thispoint?of?view,?ancient?mythology?obviously?has?had?a?great?influence?on?Chinese?literature. 汉译英《追忆往事》 中文原文： 老太太总以自家花园里那棵高大的玫瑰树为荣。她非常喜欢告诉别人，数年前她初次结婚时从罗马带回来的枝条，是如何长成如今这般高大的。那时，她与丈夫乘马车从罗马旅行归来(那时还没有火车)，途经锡耶那南部的崎岖路段时，马车坏了，他们被迫就宿于路边的小屋里。住宿条件当然非常差；她一夜未能安眠，一早便起身穿好衣服，立于窗前，感受着扑面而来的席席凉风，等待着黎明的到来。事隔多年，她仍然记得那情景。明月高悬在青山群峦之上，远处山峰上的小镇逐渐明亮起来，月亮慢慢消退，晨曦把群山涂得粉红。突然之间，一束阳光照亮了城镇。城里的窗户相继明亮起来，反射出耀眼的光芒。最后，整个小城宛若繁星，在天空中不停闪烁。 ? 参考译文： The?old?lady?had?always?been?proud?of?the?great?rose-tree?in?her?garden,?and?was?fond?oftelling?how?it?had?grown?from?a?cutting?she?had?brought?years?before?from?Italy,?when?she?wasfirst?married.?She?and?her?husband?had?been?travelling?back?in?their?carriage?from?Rome?(?it?wasbefore?the?time?of?railways?)?and?on?a?bad?piece?of?road?south?of?Siena?they?had?broken?down,?andhad?been?forced?to?pass?the?night?in?a?little?house?by?the?road-side.?The?accommodation?waswretched?of?course;?she?had?spent?a?sleepless?night,?and?rising?early?had?stood,?wrapped?up,?ather?window,?with?the?cool?air?blowing?on?her?face,?to?watch?the?dawn.?She?could?still,?after?all?theseyears,?remember?the?blue?mountains?with?the?bright?mo