參考譯文:
China's water transport has a long history.Early inthe Shang Dynasty,there were sailing boats.TheGrand Canal in the Sui Dynasty provided greatconvenience for south-north water transport.Inthe Ming Dynasty,Zheng He sailed across seas seventimes and reached the east coast of Africa during one of his voyages.China has plenty ofrivers,a long coastline and advantageous water transport conditions.The Yangtze River is themost important inland shipping channel.Its mainstream,from Yibin in Sichuan Province to thesea,has a total length of over 3,000 kilometers.Chongqing,Wuhan and Nanjing are importantports along the river.China has fevorable conditions for maritime transport with manyharbors,such as Shanghai,Dalian,Qinhuangdao,Tianjin,Qingdao,Ningbo,Xiamen,Guangzhou andso on.There are shipping routes from these ports to over 150 countries and regions all over theworld.
1.歷史悠久:即“有著悠久的歷史”,可譯為has a longhistory。
2.隋朝大運河:即the Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty。
3.南北水運:可譯為south-north water transport。
4.鄭和七次下西洋:可譯為Zheng He sailed across seasseven times。
5.河流很多:可譯為has plenty of rivers,或has a lot ofrivers,has lots of rivers。plenty of相當于a lot of或lots of,意為“很多的”。
6.適宜海運:“適宜”理解為“有著有利的條件”,可譯為has fovorable conditions。“海運”即“海上運輸”,可譯為maritime transport。其中maritime意為“海上的,航海的”。