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”。