English Grade 6 Translation Lotus Plum Blossom Peony What is your translation?

The second half of the 2019 National University English Level 4 and 6 exams started with yesterday, in which the translation questions asked candidates to translate lotus, plum blossom and peony. These translation questions are difficult for the candidates and have left all of them in a daze.

Original English translation questions

Plum blossom

Plum blossom (plum blossom) ranks among the top ten most famous flowers in China, originating from southern China, and has a history of more than 3,000 years of cultivation and planting. In winter, colorful plum blossoms bloom proudly in the face of snow and wind in spite of the cold. In traditional Chinese culture, the plum blossom symbolizes strength, purity and elegance, and inspires people to defy difficulties and move forward. Since ancient times, many poets and painters have drawn inspiration from the plum blossom and created countless immortal works. The general public also loves plum blossoms, which are often used for home decoration during the Spring Festival. Nanjing has designated the plum blossom as the city flower and organizes the Plum Blossom Festival every year, where thousands of people brave the cold to enjoy the plum blossom in the snow on Plum Blossom Mountain.

Peony

Peony is known as the "king of flowers" in China because of its brilliant color and elegant image, which symbolizes peace and prosperity. Peony is cultivated and planted in many places in China. For thousands of years, many poems and paintings have been created to praise peony. During the Tang Dynasty, peonies became especially popular as they were commonly planted in royal gardens and were known as the national flower. In the 10th century, the ancient city of Luoyang became the center of peony cultivation, and this status has been maintained until today. Thousands of domestic tourists now flock to Luoyang for the annual Peony Festival to enjoy the unique beauty of the peonies and to explore the history of the ancient capital of the Nine Dynasties.

Lotus

Lotus is one of the famous flowers in China and is very popular among people. Lakes and ponds in many parts of China are suitable for the growth of lotus. The colorful lotus flowers bloom early in the morning and close at night in summer, and their flowering period lasts for two to three months, attracting tourists from all over the world to see them. Lotus has a variety of functions, not only can green the water surface, can beautify the garden, but also can purify the water quality, reduce pollution, improve the environment. Lotus meet the sun and not afraid, out of the mud and not stained, symbolizing purity, elegance, often used as a metaphor for people's noble character, has always been an important subject for poets and painters to create. The lotus blooming place is also a lot of photography enthusiasts often patronize the place.

The plum blossom of the piece "do not fear hardships and move forward bravely", many netizens translated into "dont care trouble, keep moving on", the result of the real translation should be The real translation should be "face hardships and move forward bravely". The real translation should be "face hardships and move forward bravely". As it is often impossible to think of this level, the result is such a joke, with last year's lion dance translated into "DJ lion" has a spell.

The translation of the lotus has a phrase "face the sun but not scare, grow in dirty but not dirty", which most users translate as "face the sun but not scare, grow in dirty but not dirty". "The real translation should be "not fear thestrong sunshine, keeps clean in the dirty soil".