2013年12月大学四级真题翻译题中国结的答案

【真题原文】

中国结最初是由手工艺人发明的，经过数百年不断的改进，已经成为一种优雅多彩的艺术和工艺。在古代，人们用它来记录事件，但现在主要是用于装饰的目的。“结”在中文里意味着爱情，婚姻和团聚,中国结常常作为礼物交换或作为饰品祈求好运和辟邪。这种形式的手工艺代代相传，现在已经在中国和世界各地越来越受欢迎。

【文都教育翻译答案】

The Chinese knot was originally invented by the craftsmen. After hundreds of years of continuous improvement，it has become a kind of elegant and colorful arts and crafts. In the ancient times，people used it to record the events，but now it was used mainly for decorative purposes. In Chinese, the knot means love, marriage and reunion, and is often a jewelry used for gift exchange or praying for good luck and warding off evil spirits. This form of handicrafts pass down from generation to generation, and then it has become increasingly popular in China and around the world.