中国日报双语新闻

韩国首尔地铁站,为何出现这三首中国诗词?

Image

近日,首尔市政府选定一批外国诗歌贴在地铁屏蔽门欢迎各地游客。李白、杜牧、辛弃疾等中国著名文学家的古诗词随之走进首尔地铁站。
视频来源:中新视频
中国古诗词文化一直以来都让外国人为之着迷,其深刻、广泛且浪漫的意蕴征服了许多外国友人。

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has selected a batch of foreign poems to be posted on subway screen doors to welcome tourists from all over the world. The poems include the ones by famous Chinese litterateurs such as Li Bai, Du Mu and Xin Qiji.

Ancient Chinese poetry and literature have consistently captivated foreigners, with its profound meaning and romantic symbolism.

中文古诗走进首尔地铁

据相关报道,此次在地铁屏蔽门上张贴外国诗歌,是向到访首尔并乘坐地铁的外国人表达欢迎之意,并用日常生活中的诗给他们带去乐趣。

Image

图片来源:小红书网友

首尔市政府此前统计过去一年来访韩游客人数最多的13个国家和地区,选出这13种语言的24首诗。随后通过专家、各国驻韩大使馆等多种渠道,收集各国知名诗作。

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has counted the 13 countries with the highest number of tourists visiting South Korea in the past year and selected 24 poems in these 13 languages, which include English, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Thai. Those well-known poems were collected from different countries through experts and embassies in South Korea. 

在选择地铁站时,市政府考虑了各国大使馆的位置以及与主要国家相关的地点,最终选定了首尔站、市厅站、明洞站等13个地铁站。
据了解,入选的24首诗歌中有三首中文诗词,分别是明洞地铁站的《山行》(杜牧)、弘益大学站的《丑奴儿·书博山道中壁》(辛弃疾)和大林站的《山中问答》(李白)。

The city government selected 13 subway stations taking into account the locations of embassies and locations related to major countries, etc. Three Chinese poems have been selected from 24 poems to be featured on the subway. 

Image

Image

图片来源:小红书网友
古诗风靡国外 少不了译介之功
这并非中国古诗第一次受到外国人的喜爱,事实上,早前就有不同国家的人们对中国古诗表现出浓厚兴趣。

"Reading Chinese poems may help us understand more about China, I also felt that we all live in the same world, see things from similar perspectives, appreciate beauty, and express our emotions in a similar way," said a Seoul resident.

此前,唐代诗人张继的《枫桥夜泊》在加拿大迅速走红。
一位中国大叔在蒙特利尔等地铁时,用毛笔蘸水在月台地上书写了这首古诗,周围的外国人掏出手机录制,还有人将视频分享给当地媒体。许多网友纷纷赞扬大叔的书法,认为其笔法非常优美。还有一些人表示对这么美的作品很感兴趣,但不清楚具体表达的是什么,期望能够有英文版进行解读。于是,不少热心的华人用英文翻译了这首《枫桥夜泊》,还附上了拼音和每个字的意思。

Image

而中国古诗之所以能流传到世界各地,这首先得益于诸多汉学家的翻译及研究之功。其中就有著名的翻译家许渊冲,他毕生致力于中西文化互译工作,把唐诗宋词翻译成英文,美得令人沉醉。

The global dissemination of ancient Chinese poetry owes much to the efforts of numerous scholars. Among them is the celebrated translator Xu Yuanchong, who dedicated his life to the cross-cultural translation work between China and the West, rendering Tang and Song poetry into English and enchanting readers with its beauty.

Image

首尔地铁站出现的三首古诗词,许老曾译成充满韵律美的英文。一起来欣赏。

山 行

Going up the Hill

杜牧

Du Mu

远上寒山石径斜,

I go by slanting stony path to the cold hill,

白云生处有人家。

Where rise white cloudy, there appear cottages and bowers.

停车坐爱枫林晚,

I stop my cab in maple woods to gaze my fill,

霜叶红于二月花。

Frost-bitten leaves look redder than early spring flowers.

(translated by Xu Yuanchong)

《丑奴儿·书博山道中壁》

Song of Ugly Slave

辛弃疾

Xin Qiji

少年不识愁滋味,
While young, I knew no grief I could not bear;

爱上层楼,爱上层楼,

I’d like to go upstair, I’d like to go upstair,

为赋新词强说愁。

To write new verses with a false despair.

而今识尽愁滋味,

I know what grief is now that I am old;

欲说还休,欲说还休,

I would not have it told, I would not have it told,

却道天凉好个秋。

But only say I’m glad that autumn’s cold.

(translated by Xu Yuanchong)

山中问答

A Dialogue in the Mountain

李白

Li Bai

问余何意栖碧山, 

I dwell among green hills and someone asks me why,

笑而不答心自闲。

My mind carefree, I smile and give him no reply.

桃花流水窅然去, 

Peach blossoms fallen on running water pass by,

别有天地非人间。

This is an earthly paradise beneath the sky.

(translated by Xu Yuanchong)

你被这些经典诗词英译“美”到了吗?

编辑:孙誉荧
来源:中国日报网 中国新闻网 新京报 小红书 抖音等

China Daily精读计划来了!
每天20分钟,
带你学英语,看世界!
点击图片,了解更多
↓↓↓

Image

推 荐 阅 读

Image
热搜第一!微信转账和红包,哪个要还?网友:以后还是转账吧……
Image
苹果498元手机壳“指蟒为龙”?网友吵翻……

Image