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坤寧宮,其后是御花園;中路兩側為東、西六宮;東六宮向南至奉先殿、齋宮和誠肅殿;西六宮往南為養(yǎng)心殿。宮殿建筑有外朝、內廷之分。 ? The Imperial Palace, previously called the Forbidden City and now popularly known as the Palace Museum, is located in the center of Beijing. Once the palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is the largest and most plete ancient wooden plex extant in China today. Building work began in 1406, the fourth year of the Ming emperor Yongle’ s reign. The plex was finished 14 years later. During its time as Imperial Palace a succession of 24 emperors sat on the throne and administered state affairs. ? 被稱為“殿宇之?!钡墓蕦m平面為長方形,占地 72萬平方米,有殿宇樓閣 9000多間,建筑面積達 15萬平方米。始建于明永樂四年( 1406年),歷時十四年才竣工。原文中有大量描寫建筑布局和造型的文字,不可拘泥,要靈活處理,重在實現原文的信息功能。原文很好地濃縮了故宮的精華,語言樸實,空間和時間邏輯鮮明,是一篇典型的旅游文體文章。旅游景點范例之一:北京故宮 A Brief Introduction to the Imperial Palace ? 【概述】 ? 本文選自 1998年中國世界語出版社出版的《故宮向導圖》 ( A Sketch Map of the Imperial Palace)。與其它詳細的景點介紹不同,導游圖上的文字一般比較簡短,旨在概括地介紹景點的歷史、現狀及其重要的文物價值,增強他們的游覽興趣。翻譯成英文,總體風格要與原文一致,應注意故宮里主要建筑物名稱的翻譯,使用音譯加意譯的方法,因為這些名稱里面包含著獨特的中華文化的基本精神,如“天人合一”的理念。 ? 故宮舊稱紫禁城,位于北京城的中心,為明、清兩代的皇宮,是中國現存最大最完整的古代木構建筑群。迄今已有 500余年歷史,有 24位皇帝相繼在此登基執(zhí)政。 宮墻長達 3公里,四面各一門,四角均矗立造型奇特的角樓 , ? The rectangular palace plex occupies an area of 720,000 square meters and consists of 9000 rooms, with a floor area of 150,000 square meters. The wall surrounding the Imperial Palace is three kilometers long, with a gate on all four sides and a uniquely shaped watchtower standing at each o