“孔子的很多思想,尤其是其教育思想。”用英文翻译是:
Many thoughts of Confucius, especially educational thoughts.
四级有关孔子翻译题:
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孔子(ConfUcius)是一位思想家、政治家,教育家,也是中国儒 学(the Ru School)思想的创始人。儒学(Confucianism),这个道德和 宗教哲学的大系统建立在孔圣人(Master Kung)的教学上。冯友兰,中国思想史上20世纪伟大的的权威之一,把孔子在中国历史上的影 响比作西方的苏格拉底。
参考译文:
Confucius was a thinker, political figure, educator, and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought. Confucianism, the great system of moral and religious philosophy built upon the teachings of Master Kung. Fung You-lan, one of the great 20th century authorities on the history ofChinese thought, compares Confucius9 influence in Chinese history with that of Socrates in the West.
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孔子(Confucius)是我国古代著 名的思想家、教育家,儒家学派(Confucian School)的创始人。相传孔子有弟子三千,贤弟子72人,孔子曾带领部分弟子周游列国14年。在中国五千年的历史上,对华夏民族的性格、气质 (temperament)产生最 大影响的人就算是孔子了。他正直、乐观向上、积极进取。他一生都在追求真、善、美,一生都在追求理想的社会。他品格中的优点,几千年来影响着中国人,特别是影响着中国的知识分子。
参考翻译:
Confucius
Confucius is a famous ideologist, educator, and thefounder of Confucian School in ancient China. It'ssaid he has 3,000 disciples, 72 out of whom areexcellent ones, and he has led some disciples to visitvarious states for 14 years. During 5,000 years' history of China, it's Confucius who has exertedthe greatest impact on Chinese nation's characteristic and temperament. He is upright,optimistic, active and enterprising, striving for truthfulness, kindness and beauty, andseeking for an ideal society all his life. The shining points in his characteristics have beeninfluencing the Chinese people, especially the Chinese intellectuals for thousands of years.
1.创始人:说思想、学派的创始人或奠基者,可以founder、creator或 originator来表达。
2.弟子:译为disciple,当时的弟子多指门徒,而非当今的学生。
3.周游列国:可译为visit various states 或者travelaround various states。 孔子生于春秋时期,那时的国家跟现在国家的概念是不一样的,那时的国家更适合译作state,而不是country,如“战国”应译作Warring States。
4.积极进取:可译为active and enterprising,其中active意为“积极的”,enterprising意为“有进取心的”。
5.真、善、美:应译为truthfulness, kindness, beauty。
6.追求:文中两处用到“追求”,可以分别翻译为striving for和seeking for,以增加用词的变化,彰显语言功底。