HuaMulanisaheroinewhojoinedthearmyforherfather,accordingtowhatisdescribedinafamousChineseancientpoetryTheBalladofMulan.Mulan'sfatheristoooldtobearsufferingfromthebitterness,andshedoesn'thaveanelderbrothertogoandfightinsteadoftheoldfather.SoMulandecidestodisguisedherselfasamantojointhearmyforherfather.HuaMulanhasbeenhighlyrespectedasafilialmodelbytheChinesepeopleforhundredsofyears,eventhoughitisunknownwhetherthestoryhasanyfactualbasis.In1998,herstorywasadaptedintoananimatedcartoonbyDisneyoftheUnitedStates,andthecartoonwasverypopularallovertheworld.
1.替父从军：可译为jointhearmyforherfather即可，不必直译为taketheplaceofherfatherandjointhearmy.
2.英雄：由于花木兰是女性，所以最好译为heroine，而不用hero.
3.不能经受奔波劳苦：翻译为couldnotbearsufferingfromthebitterness，其中“经受”用动词bear表达，“奔波劳苦”用名词bitterness表达即可，没必要字对字翻译。
4.把自己乔装成男子：翻译为disguiseherselfasaman，动词disguise意为“乔装，化妆;伪装”。
5.深受中国人的尊敬：翻译为behighlyrespectedbytheChinesepeople，其中highly为副词，表示“高度地，极其，非常”。
