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在去年的英语四六级考试中，很热点的一个问题是比较“中国风”的一些词汇的翻译，例如有的同学把“火药”翻译成TNT、把“指南针”翻译成GPS...那么其他一些中国传统应该如何翻译呢？
火 药 gunpowder
指南针 compass

1. 元宵节： Lantern Festival
2. 刺绣：embroidery
3. 重阳节：Double-Ninth Festival
4. 清明节：Tomb sweeping day
5. 剪纸：Paper Cutting
6. 书法：Calligraphy
7. 对联：(Spring Festival) Couplets
8. 象形文字：PictogramsPictographic Characters
9. 人才流动：Brain DrainBrain Flow
10. 四合院：SiheyuanQuadrangle
11. 战国：Warring States
12. 风水：FengshuiGeomantic Omen
13. 铁饭碗：Iron Bowl
14. 函授部：The Correspondence Department
15. 集体舞：Group Dance
16. 黄土高原：Loess Plateau
17. 红白喜事：Weddings and Funerals

18. 中秋节：Mid-Autumn Day
19. 结婚证：Marriage Certificate
20. 儒家文化：Confucian Culture
21. 附属学校：Affiliated school
22. 古装片：Costume Drama
23. 武打片：Chinese Swordplay Movie
24. 元宵：TangyuanSweet Rice Dumpling (Soup)
25. 一国两制：One Country, Two Systems
26. 火锅：Hot Pot
27. 四人帮：Gang of Four
28. 《诗经》：The Book of Songs
29. 素质教育：Essential-qualities- oriented Education
30. 《史记》：Historical RecordsRecords of the Grand Historian
31. 大跃进：Great Leap Forward (Movement)
32. 《西游记》：The Journey to the West
33. 除夕：Chinese New Year’s EveEve of the Spring Festival
34. 针灸：Acupuncture
35. 唐三彩：Tri-color Pottery of the Tang Dynasty The Tang Tri-colored pottery
36. 中国特色的社会主义：Chinese-charactered SocialistSocialist with
Chinesecharacteristics
37. 偏旁：radical
38. 孟子：Mencius

39. 亭阁： Pavilion Attic
40. 大中型国有企业：Large and Medium-sized State-owned Enterprises
41. 火药：gunpowder
42. 农历：Lunar Calendar
43. 印玺：SealStamp
44. 物质精神文明建设：The Construction of Material Civilization and Spiritual Civilization
45. 京剧：Beijing OperaPeking Opera
46. 秦腔：Crying of Qin PeopleQin Opera
47. 太极拳：Tai Chi
48. 独生子女证：The Certificate of One-child
49. 天坛：Altar of Heaven in Beijing
50. 小吃摊：Snack BarSnack Stand
51. 红双喜：Double Happiness
52. 政治辅导员：Political CounselorSchool Counselor
53. 春卷：Spring Roll(s)
54. 莲藕：Lotus Root
55. 追星族：Star Struck
56. 故宫博物院：The Palace Museum
57. 相声：Cross-talkComic Dialogue
58. 下岗：Lay offLaid off
59. 北京烤鸭：Beijing Roast Duck
60. 高等自学考试：Self- taught Examination of Higher Education

61. 烟花爆竹：fireworks and firecracker
62. 敦煌莫高窟：Mogao Caves
63. 电视小品：TV SketchTV Skit
64. 香港澳门同胞：Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao
65. 文化大革命：Cultural Revolution
66. 长江中下游地区：The Mid-low Reaches of Yangtze River
67. 门当户对：Perfect MatchExact Match
68. 《水浒》：Water MarginOutlaws of the Marsh
69. 中外合资企业：Joint Ventures
70. 文房四宝（笔墨纸砚）：
Inkstone
71. 兵马俑：cotta Warriors Terracotta Army
72. 旗袍：cheongsam