【雙語(yǔ)閱讀】中國(guó)文化曾影響世界,未來(lái)也同樣可以

    FOR at least four centuries, from the 14th to the 18th, China was looked upon by the West with awe. The Venetian trader Marco Polo (1254-1324), whose family had long been travelers on the Silk Road, spent over 20 years exploring Asia, including much of China and Mongolia.
    至少四個(gè)世紀(jì)，從14世紀(jì)到18世紀(jì)，中國(guó)被西方國(guó)家仰視與敬畏。威尼斯商人馬可•波羅(1254 - 1324)，他的家人一直是絲綢之路上的旅行者，花了20多年探索亞洲，包括中國(guó)大部分地區(qū)和蒙古。

    Another word for cultural power is "soft power," a subject that has increasingly over recent years challenged Chinese policymakers and thought leaders.
    另一個(gè)表述文化力量的詞是“軟實(shí)力”，一個(gè)近年來(lái)越來(lái)越挑戰(zhàn)中國(guó)政策制定者和思想領(lǐng)袖的課題。

    There have been some developments. The opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics projected some brilliant images of Chinese tradition; the Chinese pavilion of the Shanghai World Exposition in 2010 was an architectural masterpiece, while its techno-artistic display of the recreation of the scroll "Along the River during the Qingming Festival by" Zhang Zeduan (1085-1145) was simply brilliant.
    已經(jīng)有了一些進(jìn)展。2008年夏季奧運(yùn)會(huì)開(kāi)幕式展現(xiàn)了中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)的一些精彩圖像；2010年上海世博會(huì)的中國(guó)國(guó)家館是一個(gè)建筑杰作，而其數(shù)碼藝術(shù)展示的宋代畫家張擇端(1085 - 1145)《清明上河圖》的大幅再現(xiàn)是極其輝煌的。

    Similarly, Chinese contemporary authors are getting to be much better known in the world, a trend which should get a spurt with this year's award of the Nobel Prize of Literature to Mo Yan (born in 1955).
    同樣，中國(guó)當(dāng)代作家越來(lái)越成為世界所熟知，這一趨勢(shì)隨著今年的諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)得主莫言(生于1955年)而應(yīng)該得到井噴。

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    China's rising cultural flourishing is reflected not only in the traditional arts, but also in its absorption of Western culture. China stands out especially in its embrace of Western classical music; the annual Beijing Music Festival is becoming increasingly known and hailed.
    中國(guó)不斷增強(qiáng)的文化繁榮不僅反映在傳統(tǒng)藝術(shù)上，也反應(yīng)在對(duì)西方文化的吸收上。特別是在擁抱西方古典音樂(lè)方面中國(guó)脫穎而出，一年一度的北京國(guó)際音樂(lè)節(jié)越來(lái)越知名和廣受贊譽(yù)。

    While these developments are important and impressive, it no doubt remains the case that China's global cultural reach remains modest when compared to that of the US and some European countries.
    盡管這些發(fā)展重要且令人印象深刻，但中國(guó)的全球文化造詣與美國(guó)和一些歐洲國(guó)家相比仍然保持中等，毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)事實(shí)依然如此。

    Though Chinese universities are attracting more and more foreign students , the numbers pale in comparison with American, European and Australian universities. Indeed, Western soft power still exerts great impact on China as many of its students flock to Western universities.
    盡管中國(guó)的大學(xué)正吸引著越來(lái)越多的外國(guó)學(xué)生，這一數(shù)字與美國(guó)、歐洲及澳大利亞的大學(xué)相比相形見(jiàn)絀。事實(shí)上，隨著許多中國(guó)學(xué)生涌向西方大學(xué)，西方軟實(shí)力依然對(duì)中國(guó)發(fā)揮著重大影響。

    As its economic power matures and its population ages, China should increasingly develop its cultural fields. In the course of the decades ahead, as China may be exporting fewer goods, it should aim at exporting more culture.
    由于經(jīng)濟(jì)實(shí)力的成熟和人口老齡化，中國(guó)應(yīng)該日益發(fā)展文化領(lǐng)域。在未來(lái)幾十年的過(guò)程中，因中國(guó)可能將出口越來(lái)越少的商品，它應(yīng)該致力于出口更多的文化。

    Soft power is the best means to make friends and influence people.
    軟實(shí)力是影響朋友和他人的最好手段。

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