2017年12月英语六级翻译考试试题：北朝
来源 :中华考试网 2017-12-01
中请将下面这段话翻译成英文：
北朝
北朝(386—581年)是我国历史上与南朝同时代的北方王朝的总称，其中包括了北魏、东魏、西魏、北齐、北周等数个王朝。北朝结束了我国从八王之乱起将近一百五十年的中原混战的局面。后世的隋唐两朝都是继承了北朝，开国皇帝的祖先都是北朝名贵，并且又从军事和政治制度等各个领域都沿袭北朝并加以更好的发展和创新。
参考译文
The Northern Dynasties
The Northern Dynasties (386-581) is the general name of four dynasties in northern China at roughtly the same time with the Southern Dynasties, including several dynasties such as the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi and Northern Zhou. The appearance of the Northern Dynasties gave an end to nearly 150 years of wars in the central regions since the Upheaval of the Eight Princes in the Western Jin Dynasty. Both the following Sui and Tang Dynasties inherited the Northern Dynasties: the ancestors of the first emperor of the two dynasties were the nobles of the Northern Dynasties, and the two dynasties inherited the Northern Dynasties in all fields such as military and political systems and made further and better development and innovation of them.