1、翻了个译,MTI专业辅导英译汉Genghis Khan was a vicious warlord, but his domestic policies “would today open him up to accusations of being a politically correct, latte-drinking virtue signaller”. The Mongols practised ethnic and religious tolerance, which is one reason why they were so effective. They promoted s
2、killed fighters, engineers and administrators of all backgrounds. Of the 150,000-strong horde that invaded Europe in 1241, only around a third were ethnic Mongols.成吉思汗是个残暴的大军阀,但其国内政策“若放到今天,会让他被斥为政治正确的喝着拿铁的自由主义者,浑身道德优越感”。 在族裔和宗教方面,蒙古人施行宽容政策,这也是他们如此高效的原因之一。精兵强将、工程师和管理者无论来自何种背景,都会得到提拔。1241年,15万大军远征欧洲,其
3、中只有约三分之一是蒙古族。汉译英中国的宋朝欢迎穆斯林商人、印度僧侣和波斯人,比西方早400年发明了纸币、 水力纺织机和工业革命的其他要素。但后来的朝代闭关自守,止步不前。明朝的 官员捣毁了精巧的机器,以死刑严禁海外贸易,还限制国内人口流动。满族人的统治更糟糕:为阻止民众与外部世界接触,1661年他们强迫南部沿海的全体居民向内陆迁移30公里。一个世纪后,乾隆皇帝禁止或焚烧了任何带有同情前朝意味的书籍,包括一部经济和技术类的大百科全书。Chinas Song dynasty, which welcomed Muslim traders, Indian monks and Persians, dev
4、eloped paper money, water-powered textile machines and the makings of an industrial revolution 400 years before the West. But later dynasties turned inward and stagnated. Ming officials smashed clever machines, banned overseas trade on pain of death and curbed movement within China itself. The Manch
5、us were even worse: to prevent contact with the outside world, in 1661 they forced the whole population of the southern coast to move 30km inland. A century later the Qianlong emperor banned or burned any books that seemed sympathetic to previous dynasties, including a great encyclopedia of economic
6、 and technical matters.背景知识:The term latte liberal came to prominence when it was used in a 1997 article for the Weekly Standard by the conservative writer David Brooks. He described latte towns in which liberalism is a dominant lifestyle as well as the unchallenged ideology, and where social concer
7、n takes the form of concrete activism.Accusing someone of virtue signalling is to accuse them of a kind of hypocrisy. The accused person claims to be deeply concerned about some moral issue but their main concern is so the argument goes with themselves. Theyre not really concerned with changing minds, let alone with changing the world, but with displaying themselves in the best light possible.翻了个译,MTI专业辅导