大选日前几个网友私信我问我要《岳阳楼记》的全文翻译，我说这几天专注选举，川普胜选后，我再发全文翻译。 现在把以前未发的前半部分发出来，请方家指证。 @SophosWorld 网友，这篇翻译的用词没有超出美国高中毕业生的词汇量😁
《岳阳楼记》《Yueyang Tower Commemoration》
[宋·范仲淹]
庆历四年春，滕子京谪守巴陵郡。越明年，政通人和，百废具兴。乃重修岳阳楼，增其旧制，刻唐贤今人诗赋于其上。属予作文以记之。
In the spring of the fourth year under the reign of Emperor Qingli, Teng Zijing was demoted from the imperial court to become the chief of Baling prefecture. In about a year, he restored the administration to sound function and the society to harmony. While all neglected matters were being undertaken, the Yueyang Tower was renovated by expanding its scale and inscribing both classic poetries of Tang Dynasty and contemporary proses on the walls. I was commissioned to commemorate this effort in writing.
予观夫巴陵胜状，在洞庭一湖。衔远山，吞长江，浩浩汤汤，横无际涯；朝晖夕阴，气象万千。此则岳阳楼之大观也，前人之述备矣。然则北通巫峡，南极潇湘；迁客骚人，多会于此。览物之情，得无异乎？
I observe the marvelous Baling scenery with my focus on Dongting Lake, which swallows the flow of the Yangtze River while embracing the mountains in distance. It is so immense and prodigious as an unfailing infinity. Spectacular sunrise fluctuates into overcast sky at dusk, what an ever-changing view of the Yueyang Tower. Those are the usual great scenic depictions of Yueyang Tower written with particularities by peers before me. To the north it connects the Wu Gorge and to the south there lies the Xiang River. As a travel hub, gloomy travelers and dissolute poets alike often gather here. However, watching the kaleidoscopic sceneries, I wonder, shouldn't they have different moods?
若夫霪雨霏霏，连月不开, 阴风怒号，浊浪排空﹔日星隐曜，山岳潜形；商旅不行，樯倾楫摧﹔薄暮冥冥，虎啸猿啼。登斯楼也，则有去国怀乡，忧谗畏讥，满目萧然，感极而悲者矣！
In the rainy season, the sky enclouds month after month. Chilly winds blast over the lake, corrupt turbid waves into welkin billows, curtail sun and star lights, and subdue mountains and hills. All commerces and communications come to a halt as masts broken and hulls capsized. Then there comes dark dusk while tigers are growling and apes crying. Climbing up the Yueyang Tower at such a moment, everywhere people turn to, they see such a panoramic depression that further pierces their heartbreaking feelings and brings out their disconsolations. Hence, dueted with the dejected view of the Yueyang Tower, the morose sentiments at the time would be the sort like homesickness caused by exile from motherland, grave concerns of malicious criticism, and grand fears of slanderous attacks.
至若春和景明，波澜不惊, 上下天光，一碧万顷﹔沙鸥翔集，锦鳞游泳﹔岸芷汀兰，郁郁青青。而或长烟一空，皓月千里，浮光跃金，静影沉璧，渔歌互答，此乐何极！登斯楼也，则有心旷神怡，宠辱皆忘，把酒临风，其喜洋洋者矣！
As in mild spring days under clear sky, lake waves recompose to serenity while waterline merging with horizon, forming an endless blue sphere; sandpipers flying in formation or resting in division; colorful fish swimming in shallow waters; blue grasses flooring the lakeshore, and orchid dissimulating floral fragrance from behind the bank. Occasionally, the sky transforms to a halo azure, atop with lonely misty cloud trace. In a night like this, the moon shines over thousands of miles and sparkling waves bounce floating lights like golden twinkling. Or, at times the lake is as still as a mirror, reflecting the moon as a jade plate locked in the middle, while fishermen exchanging their serenades. Praising the Yueyang Tower, what an abundant and never ending happy hour! Climbing up the Yueyang Tower at such a time, people will surely enjoy their free spirits and unburdened minds by putting all glories and indignities behind, while happily holding up their wine-filled chalices and saluting their joyfulness to the cheerful winds.
https://x.com/charlie96933726/status/1854163177535115328?t=nMA-1U34QV2IiCpQlyBIwg&s=35
《岳阳楼记》《Yueyang Tower Commemoration》
[宋·范仲淹]
庆历四年春，滕子京谪守巴陵郡。越明年，政通人和，百废具兴。乃重修岳阳楼，增其旧制，刻唐贤今人诗赋于其上。属予作文以记之。
In the spring of the fourth year under the reign of Emperor Qingli, Teng Zijing was demoted from the imperial court to become the chief of Baling prefecture. In about a year, he restored the administration to sound function and the society to harmony. While all neglected matters were being undertaken, the Yueyang Tower was renovated by expanding its scale and inscribing both classic poetries of Tang Dynasty and contemporary proses on the walls. I was commissioned to commemorate this effort in writing.
予观夫巴陵胜状，在洞庭一湖。衔远山，吞长江，浩浩汤汤，横无际涯；朝晖夕阴，气象万千。此则岳阳楼之大观也，前人之述备矣。然则北通巫峡，南极潇湘；迁客骚人，多会于此。览物之情，得无异乎？
I observe the marvelous Baling scenery with my focus on Dongting Lake, which swallows the flow of the Yangtze River while embracing the mountains in distance. It is so immense and prodigious as an unfailing infinity. Spectacular sunrise fluctuates into overcast sky at dusk, what an ever-changing view of the Yueyang Tower. Those are the usual great scenic depictions of Yueyang Tower written with particularities by peers before me. To the north it connects the Wu Gorge and to the south there lies the Xiang River. As a travel hub, gloomy travelers and dissolute poets alike often gather here. However, watching the kaleidoscopic sceneries, I wonder, shouldn't they have different moods?
若夫霪雨霏霏，连月不开, 阴风怒号，浊浪排空﹔日星隐曜，山岳潜形；商旅不行，樯倾楫摧﹔薄暮冥冥，虎啸猿啼。登斯楼也，则有去国怀乡，忧谗畏讥，满目萧然，感极而悲者矣！
In the rainy season, the sky enclouds month after month. Chilly winds blast over the lake, corrupt turbid waves into welkin billows, curtail sun and star lights, and subdue mountains and hills. All commerces and communications come to a halt as masts broken and hulls capsized. Then there comes dark dusk while tigers are growling and apes crying. Climbing up the Yueyang Tower at such a moment, everywhere people turn to, they see such a panoramic depression that further pierces their heartbreaking feelings and brings out their disconsolations. Hence, dueted with the dejected view of the Yueyang Tower, the morose sentiments at the time would be the sort like homesickness caused by exile from motherland, grave concerns of malicious criticism, and grand fears of slanderous attacks.
至若春和景明，波澜不惊, 上下天光，一碧万顷﹔沙鸥翔集，锦鳞游泳﹔岸芷汀兰，郁郁青青。而或长烟一空，皓月千里，浮光跃金，静影沉璧，渔歌互答，此乐何极！登斯楼也，则有心旷神怡，宠辱皆忘，把酒临风，其喜洋洋者矣！
As in mild spring days under clear sky, lake waves recompose to serenity while waterline merging with horizon, forming an endless blue sphere; sandpipers flying in formation or resting in division; colorful fish swimming in shallow waters; blue grasses flooring the lakeshore, and orchid dissimulating floral fragrance from behind the bank. Occasionally, the sky transforms to a halo azure, atop with lonely misty cloud trace. In a night like this, the moon shines over thousands of miles and sparkling waves bounce floating lights like golden twinkling. Or, at times the lake is as still as a mirror, reflecting the moon as a jade plate locked in the middle, while fishermen exchanging their serenades. Praising the Yueyang Tower, what an abundant and never ending happy hour! Climbing up the Yueyang Tower at such a time, people will surely enjoy their free spirits and unburdened minds by putting all glories and indignities behind, while happily holding up their wine-filled chalices and saluting their joyfulness to the cheerful winds.
https://x.com/charlie96933726/status/1854163177535115328?t=nMA-1U34QV2IiCpQlyBIwg&s=35
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