It rains in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

English version of Qingming by Du Mu (Tang Dynasty);

In the rainy season in spring, the continuous drizzle continues.

Passengers along the road look gloomy and miserable.

When I asked a shepherd boy where I could find a pub,

He pointed to a small village in the distance among apricot flowers.

This translation was translated by China famous translator Yang, Yang and Yang. Together, they translated the whole novels A Dream of Red Mansions and The Scholars, which were well received at home and abroad.

The translation of this poem has no rhyme. Although it doesn't rhyme, there is no contradiction in reading, and there is a feeling that "no rhyme is better than rhyme, and there is no trick to win."

This kind of translation uses simple words to present the meaning and artistic conception of the original text, which truly embodies the realm that less is more.

First of all, the endless in the first sentence is more appropriate than Wu Juntao's thick and fast, which embodies the essence of "mushrooming".

In the rainy season in spring after the first sentence, there is no translation of "Tomb-Sweeping Day" in the original sentence, which is softer and easier for foreigners to understand. This is what I appreciate most.

In addition, the most intoxicating group of words appears in the last sentence, which is very vivid. The author thinks that "Xinghua Village" is "a distant village nesting among apricot flowers".

The nestlings are cleverly used to describe the state of the village "snuggling, comfortable and having a place"; The word "flower blossom" is also beautiful, with the artistic conception of "ten-mile peach (apricot) flowers, three generations and three generations"

"Qingming" Tang | Du Mu original:

It rained a lot during my stay in Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Pedestrians on the road want to die.

Ask local people where to buy wine?

The shepherd boy just laughed and didn't answer Xingshan Village.