2018年英语六级翻译考试试题:梁书
来源 :中华考试网 2018-01-07
中请将下面这段话翻译成英文:
《梁书》
《梁书》是纪传体断代史书,“二十四史”之一,由唐姚思廉撰,于贞观十年(636年)成书。全书共五十六卷,分本纪六卷,列传五十卷,它主要记述了南朝萧齐末年的政治和萧梁皇朝(502—557年)五十余年的史事;保存了较为丰富的原始资料,包括思想、文化、目录、医学方面,文笔也比较生动简练,被认为是南朝诸史中写得较好的一部。
参考译文
History of Liang (of the Southern Dynasties)
The History of Liang is the biographic history of dynasties and one of the "24 histories". Compiled by Tang Yaosi, it was finished in the 10th year of Zhenguan (636). Consisting of 56 volumes totally including 6 volumes of biographic sketches of emperors and 50 volumes of collected biographies, it mainly recorded over 50 years of history involving the late Qi Dynasty and the Liang Dynasty in the Five Dynasties Period (502—557); with relatively rich original data reserved covering ideology, culture, category and medicine, it is featured by a vivid and simple style of writing. Therefore, it is one of the excellent works among the histories of the Southern Dynasties.