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杨太太 |为什么会想到把文章翻译成英文

——草原上的长颈鹿

2017年我在伦敦参加英国大律师公会举办的中国律师培训项目,在教会里遇见了在英国工作的Julian姐妹(我在英国的教会见《关于伦敦苏豪堂历史的感人见证》一文)。
她的英语、国语和广东话都说得非常好。她说她很喜欢看我的文章,一直把我的文章目录发给有需要的姐妹。她甚至还一度想要翻译我的文章,因为有很多出生在英国的姐妹看不懂中文,而微信的翻译也并不是很好。
我当时连连摆手,怎么可能让你来帮我翻译呢?我和她说:“等我有空一点,我也可以自己来翻译的。”
但这件事就一直存在我肚子里,一直都没有着手进行。一等已经七年了,到现在我还是没有时间……
今天突发奇想,其实我也可以发英文的文章的。刚才就顺手翻译了一篇。虽然现在有各种高科技,但是翻译还是很费劲,我的英语能力也有限,有很多的中文语句也很难直译成英文。
所以向各位英语读者抱歉(其实也不一定有),我估计大概不会有第二篇英文的了。哈哈哈。
但是,就想用这篇英文的小日记向Julian姐妹致敬,也感谢你多年的支持。


How I Finally Started Translating My Articles into English

In 2017, I participated in a training program for Chinese lawyers hosted by the Bar Council in London. During my time there, I met Sister Julian, who was working in the UK, at church (more about my time in the UK church in another article 关于伦敦苏豪堂历史的感人见证).

Julian is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese. She told me she really enjoyed reading my articles and often shared them with sisters who might benefit. At one point, she even thought about translating my articles because many sisters born in the UK couldn’t read Chinese, and WeChat’s translation feature wasn’t very accurate.

At the time, I quickly waved it off, saying there was no way I could let her do that. I told her, “When I have some free time, I’ll translate them myself.” But this idea has been in the back of my mind ever since, and I never got around to it. It’s been seven years now, and I still haven’t found the time…

Today, it suddenly occurred to me that I could actually start publishing articles in English. Thus, I decided to translate one. Even with all the advanced technology we have today, translating is still quite challenging. My English skills are limited, and many Chinese phrases are difficult to translate directly into English.

I apologize to any English readers (though there might not be any). I probably won’t be translating another article into English.LOL

But with this little English journal, I want to express my gratitude to Sister Julian and thank her for her years of support.


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