目前全世界成千上万人练习它,主要是由于它对于人类健康的神奇作用。它将身体动作与平静、冥想的(meditative)心理状态结合起来,所以也被称作“冥想运动(meditation in motion)”.
参考翻译:
Tai Chi is a series of slow movements which are aimed at training us physically and mentally. It is just like a dance that requires you to look inside and dance to the internal rhythms instead of music. It was created thousands of years ago as a martial art and specifically as a defensive art.However,
nowadays its martial aspect is not that popular. It is practiced by thousands ofpeople around the world mostly because of its miraculous effects on human's health. It is often called" meditation in motion “because it combines the body's movements with the calm and meditative state of mind.
翻译解析
1.修炼身心:可译为train us physically and mentally或者译为train the body and mind此处译文的us为补译的内容,为的是使英语句子结构完整.
2.随音乐起舞应译为dance to the music,其中dance to是一种固定表达方式,表示“随着..起舞”之意。
3.-种自卫的技艺应译为a defensive art.这里的”技艺”指”手脚灵巧,有技能”, 所以不能翻译成technique.
4.它对于人类健康的神奇作用:翻译为its miraculous effects on