佛教经典语录英文翻译
You know — one loves the sunset, when one is so sad…
你知道的—当一个人情绪低落的时候，他会格外喜欢看日落……
If someone loves a flower, of which just one single blossom grows in all the millions and millions of stars, it is enough to make him happy just to look at the stars. He can say to himself, "Somewhere, my flower is there…" But if the sheep eats the flower, in one moment all his stars will be darkened… And you think that is not important!
倘若一个人对一朵花情有独钟，而那花在浩瀚的星河中，是独一无二的，那么，他只要仰望繁星点点，就心满意足了。他会喃喃自语：“我的花就在星河的某个角落……”可是，这花一旦被羊吃掉了，一瞬间，所有星星都将随之黯淡无光……那你也认为这不重要吗？
Flowers are so inconsistent! But I was too young to know how to love her…
花总是表里不一，而我太年轻了，不知道该怎样爱护她……
For she did not want him to see her crying. She was such a proud flower…
她其实是不愿意让小王子看到自己哭泣。她曾经是多么高傲的一朵花……
My flower is ephemeral, and she has only four thorns to defend herself against the world. And I have left on my planet, all alone!
我的花生命是短暂的，她只有四根刺可以保护自己，抵御世界，我却将她独自留在我的星球上了！
His flower had told him that she was only one of her kind in all universe. And here were five thousand of them, all alike, in one single garden!
他的花朵曾经告诉他，自己是宇宙间仅有的一种花；可是仅仅在这座花园里，就有五千朵和她一模一样的花！
I thought that I was rich, with a flower that was unique in all the world; and all I had was a common rose. A common rose…
我总以为自己很富有，拥有一朵世上独一无二的花；实际上，我所拥有的不过是一朵普通的玫瑰而已。一朵普通的玫瑰花……
To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world。
对我而言，你只是一个小男孩，和其他成千上万的小男孩没有什么不同。我不需要你。你也不需要我。对你而言，我也和其它成千上万的狐狸并没有差别。但是，假如你驯服了我，我们就彼此需要了。对我而言，你就是举世无双的；对你而言，我也是独一无二的……
The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the color of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat。
麦田和我没有任何关联，真令人沮丧。不过，你有金黄色的头发。想想看，如果你驯服了我，那该有多好啊！小麦也是金黄色的，那会使我想起你。我会喜欢听麦田里的风声……
It is your own fault, I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you... but now you are going to cry! Then it has done you no good at all!
这是你的错，我根本无意伤害你，可是你却愿意让我驯服你……可是你现在却想哭！那驯服根本对你毫无好处！
It has done me good, because of the color of the wheat fields. Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world。
驯服对我是有好处的——因为麦田的颜色。再回头看那些玫瑰花吧！到时你就明白你的玫瑰花仍是举世无双的一朵花。
And now here is my secret, a very simple secret. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eyes。
这是我的一个秘密，再简单不过的秘密：一个人只有用心去看，才能看到真实。事情的真相只用眼睛是看不见的。
It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important。
你在你的玫瑰花身上耗费的时间使得你的玫瑰花变得如此重要。
Men have forgotten this truth. But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose…
人们早已忘记了这个道理。可是你不应将它遗忘。你必须永远对自己所驯服的东西负责。你要对你的玫瑰花负责。
Only the children know what they are looking for. They waste their time over a rag doll and it becomes very important to them; and if anybody takes it away from them, they cry…
只有小孩子知道自己在找什么。他们把时间花费在布洋娃娃身上。因此对他们而言，洋娃娃就变得很重要。一旦有人将娃娃拿走，他们就会号啕大哭……
As for me, if I had fifty-three minutes to spend as I liked, I should walk at my leisure toward a spring of fresh water。
如果是我，要是我有五十三分钟可以自由运用，那我会悠哉游哉向一道清泉走去。
The stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen。
星星真美，因为有一朵看不见的花。
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well…
沙漠之所以美丽，是因为在它的某个角落隐藏着一口井水……
The house, the stars, the desert – what gives them their beauty is something that is invisible!
古屋、星星和沙漠——赋予它们美丽的是某种看不见的东西……
What moves me so deeply, about this little prince who is sleeping here, is his loyalty to a flower – the image of a rose that shine through his whole being like the flame of a lamp, even when he is asleep…
这个熟睡的小王子最叫我感动的地方是，他对一朵玫瑰的感情——甚至他睡着了，那朵玫瑰花的影子，仍像灯光一样照亮他的生命……
The men where you live, raise five thousand roses in the same garden – and they do not find in it what they are looking for. And yet what they are looking for could be found in one single rose, or in a little water. But eyes are blind. One must look with the heart…
你所居住的星球上的人们，在同一座花园培育了五千朵玫瑰——却无法从中找到他们所要寻找的东西。但是，他们所寻找的，其实是可以从一朵玫瑰花或一滴水中找到的。然而眼睛往往是盲从的。人还是必须用心去看……
All men have the stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman they were wealth. But all these stars are silent. You – you alone – will have the stars as no one else has them…
每一个人都有自己的星星，但其中的含意却因人而异。对旅人而言，星星是向导；对其他人而言，它们只不过是天际中闪闪发光的小东西而已；对学者而言，星星则是一门待解的难题；对我那位商人来说，它们就是财富。不过，星星本身是沉默的。你——只有你——了解这些星星与众不同的含义……
In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night… You – only you – will have stars that can laugh…
我就在繁星中的一颗上生活。我会站在其中的一颗星星上微笑。当你在夜间仰望天际时，就仿佛每一颗星星都在笑……你——只有你——才能拥有会笑的星星……
And when your sorrow is comforted time soothes all sorrows you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure… And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, "Yes, the stars always make me laugh!"
当你不再感到伤心的时候(时间会冲淡一切伤痛)，你就会因认识我而感到心满意足。你是我永远的朋友。将会和我一起欢笑。为了欢乐，你会经常打开窗子……当你的朋友看到你因仰望天空而大笑时，一定会感到莫名其妙！到时候，你可以对他们说：“是的，星星总让我开心而笑！”
And no grown-ups will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance!
但是，大人们永远也不会了解这件事有多么重要！
All men have the stars, but they are not the same things for different people. For some, who are travelers, the stars are guides. For others they are no more than little lights in the sky. For others, who are scholars, they are problems. For my businessman they were wealth. But all these stars are silent. You – you alone – will have the stars as no one else has them…
每一个人都有自己的星星，但其中的含意却因人而异。对旅人而言，星星是向导；对其他人而言，它们只不过是天际中闪闪发光的小东西而已；对学者而言，星星则是一门待解的难题；对我那位商人来说，它们就是财富。不过，星星本身是沉默的。你——只有你——了解这些星星与众不同的含义……
In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing. And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night… You – only you – will have stars that can laugh…
我就在繁星中的一颗上生活。我会站在其中的一颗星星上微笑。当你在夜间仰望天际时，就仿佛每一颗星星都在笑……你——只有你——才能拥有会笑的星星……
And when your sorrow is comforted time soothes all sorrows you will be content that you have known me. You will always be my friend. You will want to laugh with me. And you will sometimes open your window, so, for that pleasure… And your friends will be properly astonished to see you laughing as you look up at the sky! Then you will say to them, "Yes, the stars always make me laugh!"
当你不再感到伤心的时候(时间会冲淡一切伤痛)，你就会因认识我而感到心满意足。你是我永远的朋友。将会和我一起欢笑。为了欢乐，你会经常打开窗子……当你的朋友看到你因仰望天空而大笑时，一定会感到莫名其妙！到时候，你可以对他们说：“是的，星星总让我开心而笑！”
And no grown-ups will ever understand that this is a matter of so much importance!
但是，大人们永远也不会了解这件事有多么重要
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大家都知道咱们大中华文化有着源远流长的文明历史，如朱相远的《中华世纪坛·序》所写道：“文明圣火，千古未绝者，唯我无双”，正如此，中国的文学经典语录更是灿如星河、浩如烟海。
那么今天就带小伙伴们来看看若把极具深意内涵的国内文学经典语录翻译成英文会是什么效果！
以下是十位中国著名文学作家的经典语录及其英文翻译：
1、“面具戴太久，就会长到脸上，再想揭下来，除非伤筋动骨扒皮。”
If you pretend yourself for too long,you will become the one which you pretend.If you want to be the one that you used to, it will hurt a lot.
这句话出自《鲁迅杂文精选》。一个人如果在别人面前伪装太久，他终究会变成自己伪装的那种样子。如果他想变回原来的自己，将会是一件很困难很痛苦的事。
2、“烟酒又成了他的朋友。不吸烟怎能思索呢？不喝醉怎能停止住思索呢？”
Tobacco and Alcohol have become his friends. How can he think if he doesn't smoke and how can he stop thinking if he doesn't get drunk?
这句话出自老舍的《骆驼祥子》。骄傲的正直与禁欲最终沦为堕落与绝望。烟酒在主人公祥子的生活中扮演着越来越重要的角色，他的自我意识和生命也随之枯萎，最终堕落至“留神在地上找，看有没有值得拾起来的烟头儿”的境地。
3、“雨成了一个天然的屏障，隔去了芸芸众生，天地之间，只剩你我。 ”
Rain have become a natural barrier and it separated the common herd. So there were only you and me all over the world.
这句话出自周作人的《雨天的书》。这句话描绘出了一个天真浪漫的场景。如此温柔多情的美丽的句子人体会到一种忧伤着的美丽,平静，让人体会到生命里自然单纯的富有和充实。
4、“时间使一些英雄美人成尘成土，把一些傻瓜坏蛋变得又富又阔。”
Time has turned some heroes and beauties into dust, but has turned some fools and villains into riches.
这句话出自《沈从文精选集》。俗话说“穷不过三代“，时间会慢慢的改变一个人，无论这个人出身怎样，人品怎样，在人生的道路上总会遇到许许多多各种各样的事情，这些事情或多或少会改变他。
5、“灵魂之自在确与身体之自在有关联。人若不能控制身心，便不能控制灵魂。”
The freedom of the soul is associated with the self-existence of the body. If you cannot control your body and mind, your soul won't be in your control.
这句话出自林语堂的《苏东坡传》。正如这句话本身所表述，一个人的人心对于他的行为是很重要的。想让一个坏人变成好人，首先要改变他的心。
6、“太阳升起来了，黑暗留在后面。但是太阳不是我们的，我们要睡了。”
A new power has become more powerful and it cripple the power of the old.But the future is not belong to anyone like me, so that's it.
这句话出自曹禺的《日出》。它描摹的是1930年代的旧中国。文中的陈白露最后听见工人的劳动号子了，这意味着新生的力量出现壮大了，太阳就要升起，黑暗就要过去了。然而，然而，即使光明出现以后，未来也不是属于陈白露这样的交际花的，所以她看不到自己的未来，她认为那光明不是属于自己的，只好自尽而亡了。
7、“笑，全世界便与你同声笑。哭，你便独自哭。”
When you success, you will make lots of new friends.But when you fail, you are on your own.
这句话出自张爱玲的《花凋》。它揭露了社会中一种很常见的现象。当你成功了，很多人会去关注你，甚至是讨好你，巴结你。但是当你失败了，所有的一切只能由你自己承受。
8、“命运，不过是失败者无聊的自慰，不过是懦怯者的解嘲。人们的前途只能靠自己的意志、自己的努力来决定。”
Fate is the failures' self-consolation, is the cowards' explanation.Our future is on our hand.
这句话出自茅盾的《蚀·幻灭》。它很简洁明了的教会了我们一个做人的道理。想要成功，想要未来充满光明，就不要拿自己的命不好来做借口。只要你努力，终会成功的。
9、“无论是在白天或黑夜，世界都有两个不同的面目，为着两种不同的人而存在。”
There are two kinds of people in this world. One is having a wonderful life, the other one is on the opposite.
这句话出自巴金的《家》。这个世界上有一些得意的人，他们已经满意地睡了。那些不幸的人，还在不温暖的被窝里哭泣。社会就是这样不公平。虽然我们没有办法去改变这种不公平的现象，但是我们可以努力，去改变自己。
10、“没有梦，没有感觉，人生最原始的睡，同时也是死的样品。”
Without dreams and feeling, sleeping just like dead.
这句话出自钱钟书的《围城》。当主人公方鸿渐的教育、事业、婚姻都渐渐走向失败时，他失去了一切支柱，精神涣散，连人的感觉都没有。这句话很淋漓尽致地表达出来了他的绝望。
关于结论，相信看懂了英文翻译的小伙伴们已经有所发现，英文只能表达出它本身的意思。中西方文化不同，将这些语录直译过来的话外国读者可能会不能理解它的含义。
若将英文再直译过来，那些极具深意的中文就变成了大白话，不再优美，不再有意境，也就不会被收录到所谓的经典语录了。果不其然，汉语不愧名为最具内涵的语言之一，感叹中华文化之博大精深！
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