范文:
Ancient capital Xi'an is a noted historic and cultural city shining the light of ancient civilization and high technology. Xi'an,once called Chang'an, is one of the four ancient capitals of the world. Setting foot on this ancient ground, you can feel ancient customs and rhymes everywhere, which have been widely read by literati and people with literary reputation for thousands of years. This famous tourism city is created by the sediment of historical culture. Xi'an,a city that let people linger on with no thought of leaving has long enjoyed the good name of the“General History Museum”
翻译详解:
1.历史文化名城:翻译为a noted historic and cultural city。
2.黄土地:直接翻译成ground即可,不必直译。
3.古风古韵:古风指“古代的风俗习惯”,古韵指“古代的音韵”,故可译为ancient customs and rhyme。该词组所处句子缺少主语,在翻译时需增译主语。
4.流连忘返:可译为to have much enjoyment and forget to go back home或者to linger on with no thought of leaving, linger on 意为“徘徊;流连”。
5.历史文化的沉积:可译为sediment of historical culture。sediment意为“沉积”。