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在英文中找不出能够跟它们相比的童话...

English translation: There are no fairy stories in the English language to compare with them

07:24 Oct 5, 2009
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / biography, Oscar Wilde
Chinese term or phrase: 在英文中找不出能够跟它们相比的童话...
求英文原文：
“在英文中找不出能够跟它们相比的童话，它们写得奇妙无比，故事依着一种罕有的丰富想象发展，读起来(或讲起来)叫小孩和成人都感到兴趣，而同时它们中间又贯穿着一种微妙的哲思。”
from "the Life of Oscar Wilde" by R.H.Sherard
Vicky Wang
Local time: 22:58
English translation:There are no fairy stories in the English language to compare with them
Explanation:
(Chapter XI)
« There are no fairy stories in the English language to compare with them. The writing is quite masterly ; the stories proceed from a rare and opulent imagination ; and while the tales that are told interest the child no less than the man of the world there underlies the whole a subtle philosophy [...] »
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Muriel FINETIN
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Local time: 16:58
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5 +3There are no fairy stories in the English language to compare with them
Muriel FINETIN


  

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There are no fairy stories in the English language to compare with them


Explanation:
(Chapter XI)
« There are no fairy stories in the English language to compare with them. The writing is quite masterly ; the stories proceed from a rare and opulent imagination ; and while the tales that are told interest the child no less than the man of the world there underlies the whole a subtle philosophy [...] »

Muriel FINETIN
France
Local time: 16:58
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PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Daisy Zhu
5 hrs
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agree  Grace Liu
19 hrs
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neutral  ILT: Good, but better, ...as/so good as...
1 day 8 hrs
  -> This is the original text, an excerpt from the English book
agree  ricochu0311
2 days 18 hrs
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