参考翻译:
Beijing
Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, is the nation's political and cultural center. Some 700,000 years ago, Peking man appeared at Zhoukoudian, 48 kilometres southwest of Beijing. At the beginning of the 10th century, it became the second capital of the Liao Dynasty. From then on, Beijing had been the capital of the Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties until 1911. On October 1st, 1949, Chairman Mao proclaimed to the whole world the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing. Beijing has a population of over 20 million; about 10 million live in the city proper and the rest on the suburbs.
1.政治和文化中心:翻译为political and cultural center。
2.周口店地区:专有名词,可直接翻译为Zhoukoudian,注意首字母大写。
3.向全世界宣布:翻译为proclaim to the wholeworld。proclaim意为“宣布, 宣告”,proclaim to…意为“向…宣布”。
4.中华人民共和国的成立:翻译为the founding of thePeople's Republic of China。表示“成立”要用founding。
5.北京人口超过2000万:翻译为 Beijing has a population of over 20 million。