Tai Chi
Tai Chi is a series of slow movements which areaimed at trainning us physically and mentally. It isjust like a dance that requires you to look inside anddance to the internal rhythms instead of music. Itwas created thousands of years ago as a martial art and specifically as a defensive art.However, nowadays its martial aspect is not that popular. It is practiced by thousands ofpeople around the world mostly because of its miraculous effects on human's health. It is oftencalled “meditation in motion” because it combines the body's movements with the calm andmeditative state of mind.
1.修炼身心:可译为train us physically and mentally 或者译为 train the body and mind 此处译文的us为补译的内容,为的是使英语句子结构完整。
2.随音乐起舞:应译为dance to the music,其中dance to是一种固定表达方式,表示“随着…起舞”之意。
3.一种自卫的技艺:应译为a defensive art。这里的“技艺”指“手脚灵巧, 有技能”,所以不能翻译成technique。
4.它对于人类健康的神奇作用:翻译为its miraculous effects on human's health,其中要注意与effects搭配使用的介词为on。
5.将结合起来:对应的英文表达为combine...with...