2018年四级英语翻译汉译英题型练习:丑陋的中国人
来源 :中华考试网 2018-01-15
中请将下面这段话翻译成英文:
《丑陋的中国人》
《丑陋的中国人》,作者中国台湾作家柏杨。该书1985年出版于中国台湾,当年即评为台湾年度畅销书。该书结集作者的数十篇杂文,主要内容是批判中国人的劣根性。作者以“恨铁不成钢”的态度,将传统文化种种弊端喻之为“酱缸文化”,指出中国传统文化有一种滤过性疾病,子孙后辈永远受感染,且持续不断。
参考译文
The Ugly Chinese
The Ugly Chinese was written by Bo Yang, a writer from Taiwan, China. It was published in Taiwan, China in 1985, and was reviewed as an annual bestseller in Taiwan. The book is a collection of dozens of essays written by the author, and mainly criticized the deep-rooted bad habits of Chinese people. Various drawbacks of traditional Chinese culture are compared to “Jiang Gang Culture” by the author being anxious for Chinese people to get rid of those bad habits. The author points out that Chinese traditional culture has a kind of virus disease, and that the children and grandchildren are heritably infected on and on.