故宮(The Palace Museum )，舊稱紫禁城(Forbidden City)，是明、清兩朝(the Ming and Qing Dynasties)的皇宮，位于北京市市中心，前通天安門(mén)廣場(chǎng)，后倚景山公園，東近王府井街市，西臨中南海。故宮是無(wú)與倫比的古代建筑杰作，也是世界現(xiàn)存規(guī)模最大、保存最完整的古代皇宮建筑群，1987年被聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織(UNESCO)評(píng)為世界文化遺產(chǎn)。故宮是中華民族的驕傲所在，也是全人類的珍貴文化遺產(chǎn)。

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The Palace Museum

The Palace Museum, once called Forbidden City, isthe imperial palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.Located in central City of Beijing, it faces Tian’anmenSquare in the front, with Jingshan Park at its back,Wangfujing Street at its east, and Zhongnanhai at its west. The Palace Museum is anunprecedented masterpiece of ancient construction and the world’s largest and best-preserved architectural complex of ancient imperial palace at present. It was listed as aworld cultural heritage by UNESCO in 1987. It’s an invaluable cultural heritage of all humanbeings as well as the pride of the Chinese nation.

1.位于北京市市中心:可譯為located in central City ofBeijing或者located in the center of Beijing,其中l(wèi)ocate 常用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。

2.前通…，后倚……，東近…，西臨…:這一句的翻譯比較難，可以用(it) faces...in the front, with... at its back, ... at its east and ... at its west的結(jié)構(gòu)簡(jiǎn)化處理。

3.無(wú)與倫比的古代建筑杰作:可譯為unprecedentedmasterpiece of ancient construction,其中“無(wú)與倫比的”也可以用unmatched “無(wú)可匹敵的，無(wú)法比擬的”表示。

4.保存最完整的:“保存最完整的”即“保存最好的”，要用well-preserved 的較高級(jí)the best-preserved。

5.建筑群:可譯為architectural complex,也可譯為 groups of building。

6.世界文化遺產(chǎn):為固定表達(dá)，翻譯為world cultural heritage。