TsinghuaUniversitywasoriginallyestablishedin"1911'underthename"TsinghuaCollege"andhadbeenrenamedseveraltimessincethen:from"TsinghuaSchool"whichwasusedoneyearafteritsestablishment,to"NationalTsinghuaUniversity"whichwasadoptedthreeyearsafterthefoundationofitsuniversitysectionin1925.WithitsmottoofSelf-DisciplineandSocialCommitment,TsinghuaUniversitydescribesitselfasbeingdedicatedtoacademicexcellence,thewell-beingofChinesesocietyandglobaldevelopment.IthasbeenconsistentlyregardedbymostdomesticandinternationaluniversityrankingsasoneofthetophigherlearninginstitutionsinChinesemainland.
1.清华大学始建于1911年,时名为“清华学堂”,后曾数次更名:从成立后一年的“清华学校”到1925年大学部成立三年后的“国立清华大学”,分号后可译为两个which引导的定语从句,分别修饰“清华学校”和“国立清华大学”,即“TsinghuaSchool”whichwasused…和“NationalTsinghuaUniversity”whichwasadopted^“成立”可用establish表达,其同义词有:build,found,constitute。
2.清华大学以自强不息、厚德v物为校训,致力于优异的学业成绩,为中国社会和全球发展谋福祉:“以...为校训”可用withitsmottoof...表示。“清华大学致力于..."可译为describesitselfasbeingdedicatedto...,这样更符合英语习惯。能表达“致力于”的词组还有:devoteoneselfto、applyoneselfto,commitoneselfto。
3.—直以来,清华大学被国内外多数大学排行榜视为中国大陆顶尖的高等学府之一:“国内外”可译为domesticandinternational。“在国内外"可译为athomeandabroadinthedomesticandoverseas。“排行榜”翻译为ranking。“顶尖的”翻译为top。“高等学府”翻译为higherlearninginstitutions。