2018年英语六级翻译考试试题:后母戊鼎
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中2018年英语六级翻译考试试题:后母戊鼎
请将下面这段话翻译成英文:
后母戊鼎
后母戊鼎,全称为“后母戊大方鼎”,是迄今世界上出土的最大、最重的青铜礼器,享有“镇国之宝”的美誉。它是中国国家一级文物,于1939年3月在河南安阳出土,是商王祖庚或祖甲为祭祀其母戊所制,是商周时期青铜文化的代表作,现藏于中国国家博物馆。
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Houmuwu Tripod
Houmuwu Tripod, whose full name as "Houmuwu Rectangular Tripod" was the biggest and heaviest bronze object ever unearthed in the world, enjoying a good reputation as "the treasure of the whole country". It's Chinese "Level 1" articraft, was unearthed in An’yang, Henan province in March 1939. It was made by Zu Geng or Zu Jia, the king of Shang Dynasty for his mother Wu. It is representative of bronze culture in Shang and Zhou Dynasty and it is kept in the National Museum of China.