中国奇幻网络小说在美国大受欢迎_文化教育

中国奇幻网络小说在美国大受欢迎

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2017-05-08 07:23 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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A Chinese-to-English novel translation website, Wuxiaworld.com, is enjoying unexpected popularity in the United States.

一个汉译英小说翻译网站Wuxiaworld.com在美国收到意想不到的欢迎。

The website, founded in 2014, is the largest platform for English versions of Chinese martial¹ arts stories and fantasy online novels translated by Wuxia enthusiasts².

Wuxiaworld is now one of the top 2000 websites in the United States according to the web traffic rankings produced by Alexa, receiving some 4 million page views per day. It is now recognized as a brand name in Chinese-to-English novel translation excellence³.

The founder⁴ of the website, Lai Jingping, better known by his online username RWX, is a former American diplomat⁵.

According to Asia Times, Lai moved to California with his parents at the age of three, and grew up in America. He developed an interest in Hong Kong Wuxia TV drama as a teen, and through his passion for the genre⁶ picked up the Chinese language from both his parents and through courses at university.

Lai studied Intentional⁷ Relationships at the University of California, Berkeley, where he started translating popular Wuxia novel series, such as Coiling Dragon on the SPCNET forum⁸, continuing to translate after becoming a diplomat.

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1 martial
adj.战争的，军事的，尚武的，威武的
参考例句：
The sound of martial music is always inspiring.军乐声总是鼓舞人心的。 The officer was convicted of desertion at a court martial.这名军官在军事法庭上被判犯了擅离职守罪。

2 enthusiasts
n.热心人，热衷者( enthusiast的名词复数 )
参考例句：
A group of enthusiasts have undertaken the reconstruction of a steam locomotive. 一群火车迷已担负起重造蒸汽机车的任务。来自《简明英汉词典》 Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. 一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。来自新概念英语第二册

3 excellence
n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德
参考例句：
His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。 My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。

4 Founder
n.创始者，缔造者
参考例句：
He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。 According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

5 diplomat
n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人
参考例句：
The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。 He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

6 genre
n.(文学、艺术等的)类型，体裁，风格
参考例句：
My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。 Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看，莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。

7 intentional
adj.故意的，有意（识）的
参考例句：
Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。 His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。

8 forum
n.论坛，讨论会
参考例句：
They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。 The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

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