0655翻译跨越百年的美丽

1、0655翻译：百年之美转换： beauty spanning over a hundred years(translated by: alexcwlinEdited by: Adam Lam)1998年是居里夫人和她的丈夫发现放射性元素镭的一百周年。the year 1998 was the 100 th anniversary after madame(1)Curie and her husband discovered radium-a radio active element。-是-是-是-是100年前，1898年12月26日，法国科学院，On December 26th，1898，a

2、hundred years back from today，French academy of sciences was busstling with voices and commotion。年轻、漂亮、稳重、有点疲惫的女人登上讲台后，剧场立刻肃然起敬。A young，beautful，Solen Mn-looking and slightly worn-out woman came on stage and the entire audience immediately turned dead silent她叫玛丽居里，她叫was Mary Curie。她今天将和丈夫皮埃尔居里一起宣布对天

3、然放射性元素镭的惊人发现。On that day，she and her husband together were going to announce a stunning discovery 3360 radiuma natural，radio active element。本来这份报告是她丈夫想做的，但皮埃尔居里坚持要她说。originally she wanted to let her husband make the report，but pierre Curie insisted that she spoke。在此之前，没有一名女性登上法国科学院讲台。before that day

4、，there was never a female who went up to the podium of French academiy of sciences。玛丽居里穿着黑色长裙Mary Curie was wearing a black long gown .洁白端正的脸，表情坚定，有点淡漠，her fair-skinned and solmn facewas showing a steadf ast and mildly subdued expression。一双稍微进去的大眼睛让我觉得能洞悉一切，洞悉未来。her slighty indented big eyes conveye

5、d the impression that she could seed through everything as well as the future。她的报告震惊了全场her report shocked the entire audience。物理学进入了一个新时代the science of physics had entered a new era。而且她的美丽严肃的形象从那以后也冻结在每个人的心里。her loely and serious image from thereon had a permanent place in history and everybody s mi

6、nd .-是-是-是-是对于放射性的发现，居里夫人不是第一个人，但却是核心人物。In the discovery of radioactivity，madame Curie was not the first person，but she was one of the key individuals。1896年1月，德国科学家吕克森发现了人造放射性x射线。Before her on January 1896，german scientist wilelm Konrad ro ntgen discovered x-ray，which was man-made radioactivity。1896

7、年5月，法国科学家贝克勒尔发现了自然辐射。Inmay 1896，French scient ist Henri becaqueel uncovered natural radio activity。居里夫人虽然是偶然的发现，但对其他物质是否有放射性提出了新的想法。despite these were accidental disc veries，madame Curie initiated a new thinking process : do other materials have radio activity？就像在海边捡贝壳一样。其他人可能只是在玩。it was like in pic

8、king up a seashell on the beach，other people might merely play around with it a little bit。但是居里夫人必须研究这些贝壳是什么样子，是什么样子，以及如何冲到海边的。but madame Curie would conduct stuies on how this seashell was born，developed，and washed up to the beach？别人摸甜瓜，她找藤条，别人摘树叶，她咬根。metaphoric ly it was like others were just feel

9、ing the melon，but she wanted to look for the vines，or similar others were pluscking the leaves她提出了放射性这个词。it was she who proposed the term“radio active”。两年后，她钋发现了镭。two years later she discovered polo nium and then radium。居里夫妇为了提炼纯镭，确保了一吨可能含有镭的工业废物。To refine pure radium，the married couple Mr . and Mrs

10、 . Curie obtained a ton of industrial waste resdue that could contains radium。他们在院子里立了一个大锅，用一锅冶炼。then they propped up a big caldron in a courtyard and proceeded in smelling the resdue pot after pot .然后送到实验室进行溶解、沉淀、分析。then they took the refined materials to the laboratory for dissolution，sedimentatio

11、n and analyses。实验室只是一个废弃的破坏仓库the laboratory was only an abandoned dilapidated shed。玛丽在熏火上搅了一整天锅里的渣。All day long，Mary was stirring mining dregs in the pot amid fumes and flames。她的连衣裙上还留有酸碱烧伤。her dress and hands were pepped with burnt marks from caustic acid。一天，疲惫不堪的玛丽揉着疼痛的腰，分着装满桌子的试管和水杯，问皮埃尔：“这个镭会怎么样

12、？”我问道one day the exhausted Mary was rubbing the sore back side of her waist and asked pierre through a table full of test-tubes and measureing flasks，皮埃尔说：“我希望它有美丽的颜色。单击pierre said : I just hope it has a beautionful color . 3年9个月后，他们终于从1吨渣中提取了0.1克镭。After three years and nine months，they finally extr

13、acted 0.1 gram of radium from a ton of mining dregs。它有真正美丽的颜色，it really had an exremely gorgeous color。黑暗的旧木棚发出略带蓝色的荧光。in the gloomily dark and run-down wooden shed，it was giving off slighty bluish fluorescent light。-是-是-是-是这种美丽的浅蓝色的荧光融入了一位女性美丽的生活和不屈的信念。this little bit of pretty faint blue fluorece

14、melded into a woman s beaut ful life and unwavering belief .玛丽的性格中诞生了更有价值的东西，Mary s personality was born with a type of more previous quality。她有坚定、坚决、执着、远大、献身的追求。She was steadf、fortitudinous、and indomitable with far-reaching and purpose ful pursuits。多亏了这个宝贵的性格和高原的追求，玛丽居里博士几乎完成了这个伟大的自然发现，同时也完成了对生命意义的

15、发现。as a result of her praise worthy disposition and loty asiration，she was able to find the meaning of her life at the same time in achiving the magnification在发现镭后的持续研究中，居里夫人也在不断地变化。in the unceasing researches after the discovery of radium，madame Curie was undersgoing continuous changes personally。工

16、作取得成果的同时，激光线也在静静地侵蚀她的身体。at the same time while her work was highly prolific，radiation was quietly eating away her health .她的美丽健康的容貌悄悄地退休，逐渐耀眼，浑身发软。her delive ghtful and vigorous completion was fading away in consipicusly，and she suffered blurred vision，hearing loss，and constant皮埃尔不幸早逝，社会对女性的歧视进一步加重了她的生活和思想负担。Unfortunately pierre died early，and society s discrimina tion against female added burden to her life and thinking。但是她什么都不管，默默地工作。but she ignored everything else and continued to wor