­　　Wuzhen is an ancient water town in Zhejiang province, which is located in the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou. This is a charming place, having many ancient bridges, Chinese style hotels and restaurants. Over the past one thousand years, the water system and lifestyle of Wuzhen has not experienced many changes, which is a museum showing ancient civilizations. All the houses in Wuzhen are built of stone and wood. For hundreds of years, the local people built homes and fairs along the river. Countless beautiful and spacious courtyards lie among the houses, thus the tourists would have a pleasant surprise when coming to here.

­　　版本二：功夫

­　　功夫（Kung Fu）是中國武術(shù)（martial arts）的俗稱。中國武術(shù)的起源可以追溯到自衛(wèi)的需要，狩獵活動以及古代中國的軍事訓(xùn)練。它是中國傳統(tǒng)體育運動的一種。年輕人和老年人都練。它已逐漸演變成了中國文化的獨特元素。作為中國的國寶，功夫有上百種不同的風(fēng)格，是世界上練得最多的武術(shù)形式。有些風(fēng)格模仿了動物的動作，還有一些則受到了中國哲學(xué)思想、神話和傳說的啟發(fā)。

­　　Kung Fu is commonly known as the Chinese martial arts, the origin of which can be traced back to the need of self-defense, hunting activities and military training in ancient China. It is one kind of Chinese traditional sports. The young and the old often practice it. It has gradually evolved into the unique elements of Chinese culture. As a national treasure of China, there are hundreds of different styles for Kung Fu, which is most common forms of martial arts. Some of styles imitate the movement of the animals, and some are inspired by Chinese philosophy, myths and legends.

­　　版本三：風(fēng)箏

­　　在山東濰坊市，風(fēng)箏不僅僅是玩具，而且還是這座城市文化的標(biāo)志。濰坊以“風(fēng)箏之都“而聞名，已有將近2400年放飛風(fēng)箏的歷史。傳說中國古代哲學(xué)家墨子用了三年時間在濰坊制作了世界上首個風(fēng)箏，但放飛的第一天風(fēng)箏就墜落并摔壞了。也有人相信風(fēng)箏是中國古代木匠魯班發(fā)明的。據(jù)說他的風(fēng)箏用木頭和竹子制作，飛了三天后才落地。

­　　In the city of Weifang, Shandong province, kites are not just toys, but also a sign of the city culture. Weifang is famous for "the kite", having a history of nearly 2400 years of flying kites. It is said that the ancient Chinese philosophers spent three years on making the first kite in the world , but the first day of the flying kites had dropped and broken. Some people believe that the kite was invented by ancient Chinese carpenter, Lu Ban. It has been said that his kite is made of wood and bamboo, falling to the ground after flying three days.

­　　綜合對以上題目進(jìn)行分析，我們會發(fā)現(xiàn)，翻譯還是沿續(xù)老的傳統(tǒng)側(cè)重對中國文化進(jìn)行考查，內(nèi)容相對來講，是大家所熟悉的，象“風(fēng)箏”，“烏鎮(zhèn)”“功夫”，駕馭起來難度并不是很大。同一個內(nèi)容，可以用不同的形式來呈現(xiàn)，比如，“以……而聞名”用英文表達(dá)可以“be famous for...”還可以是“be renown as...”；再比如，“追溯到...”即可以“go back to....”也可以用“trace back to”等等。只要平時在學(xué)習(xí)的過程中，用心積累，必然會駕輕就熟。