将下面这段话翻译成英文。


现代汉语词典是一本权威的汉语词典，由商务印书馆于1955年编辑出版。是新中国成立以来第一部现代汉语规范词典，一直为人们广泛使用。
The Modern Chinese Dictionary is an authoritative Chinese dictionary, edited and published by the Commercial Press in 1955. It is the first modern standard Chinese dictionary since the founding of New China and has been widely used by people.