【华慧考博】2019年考博英语翻译每日练习(1月24日)
【翻译-英译汉练习】If one begins by examining why ancients refer to Amazons, it becomes clear that ancient Greek descriptions of such societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact — real Amazonian societies — but rather to offer “moral lessons” on the supposed outcome of women’s rule in their own society.
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如果一个人先研究下为何古人提及亚马逊人,那么其就会明白古希腊对于这样的社会的描述并不是有意去反映观察到的历史事实(即真正的亚马逊社会),而是就女性统治在其自己的社会中可能产生的所谓的结果提供“道德训导”