Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
站在1927年的红色砖墙边
English translation:
Standing Beside The Historic Red Walls of 1927
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Apr 19, 2012 06:02
12 yrs ago
Chinese term
站在1927年的红色砖墙边
Chinese to English
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这是一篇文章的标题。文章主题是关于一幢始建于1927年的革命历史纪念建筑，“红色”除了象征意义外，建筑本身的外墙也是红色的。我所能想到的译法是Standing Beside The Historic Red Walls，但觉得又不能够尽意，另外，如果后接具体建筑名称，又觉得太啰嗦。请各位惠赐佳译，谢谢！
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | Standing Beside The Historic Red Walls of 1927 |
Catherine Chen
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| 4 | Standing Beside the Red Brick Walls of 1927 |
Zhigang Wang
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| 3 +1 | The red wall of 1927 |
Phil Hand
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Proposed translations
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Catherine Chen
China
China
Native in Chinese
China
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Native in: Chinese (Variants: Simplified, Traditional)
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English
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Standing Beside The Historic Red Walls of 1927
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Standing Beside the Red Brick Walls of 1927
Standing Beside the Red Brick Walls of 1927
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The red wall of 1927
Chinese titles are often sentences; English titles are usually noun phrases.
Note from asker:
| 谢谢！原标题传达的是抒情兼介绍的含义，如果采用The red wall of 1927，可能比较容易使人想到这是篇纯介绍说明类的文字。 |
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