2018年英语四级翻译考试模拟题：异物志
来源 :中华考试网 2018-01-09
中请将下面这段话翻译成英文：
《异物志》
《异物志》是汉唐间一类专门记载周边地区及国家新异物产的典籍。它产生于汉末，繁盛于魏晋南北朝，至唐开始衰变，宋以后消亡。早在汉代《异物志》就已经记载了南海诸岛，标志着南海岛屿是我国最早发现并命名的。
参考译文
Records of Foreign Matters
The Records of Foreign Matters is a category of classic specially designed to record the new and exotic matters of the peripheral regions and countries from the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. It was authored in the late Han Dynasty, became popular in the Wei, Jin and the Southern and the Northern Dynasties, began to decline from the Tang Dynasty and perished after the Song Dynasty. As early as the Han Dynasty, the Records of Foreign Matters kept the records of the islands in South China Sea, which showed that these islands were first discovered and named by China.