What makes the beauty of Finland wonderful is her incredible sights and breathtaking sceneries. The literal meaning of Finland should be sweet fragrance. Looking down from the aircraft, you can see that the slowly drifting of the Baltic Sea which is dark blue, extending to the fascinating Finland Gulf: the light blue skies seem as if they have just been washed by rain. The pure white clouds are bright, dancing in the sky. The green forests look like wool covering the earth, and in between those forests, more than one hundred and eighty thousands lakes are lying there in different elegant poses. Breezes blow through forests softly. The water is sparkling while reflecting all kind of flowers, beautifully embraced by mountains. It is not a fairyland, but better than a wonderland. Waves slowly become ripples, and the migratory birds gently fly high in the sky while the fields with crops sway, as if waves moving in the sea. Farmhouses are near one another or some scattered here and there. The whole scenery is embellished with tall buildings, cottages, red paints, yellow woods, white windows, and clustered flowers. The wide countryside suddenly looks like an European painting which is displayed right in front of you. Such a scene: is it the human world in Heaven, or Heaven in the human world? It is said that, a long long time ago, Finland was underneath the glacier, at the bottom of the sea, being kneaded by the amazing Creator assiduously, and then, as if being called thousands of times, it was pushed to the surface of the sea. It is the Creator who spent a lot of time to carve, polish and refine it, and melted the iceberg, made the ocean recede and thousands of beautiful, charming lakes into shapes of jade rings, in which, huge waves boom overwhelmingly, is if competing in splendor. Finland is famous for the numerous amazing lakes and their pure water. It can be called one of the miracles of the world. Having high quality, water in Finland is so pure and clear and it sends off fragrance to moisturize its drinkers like nectar. It can be drunk directly without being distilled, and it tastes so good, cool and pure.
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翻译：Xiaoman
clear water..crisp n clear like the write..enjoyed作者: Xiaoman 时间: 2015-6-8 14:44 一次，我的盲肠手术后护士就用水管缓流冲洗伤口，让我的脸色一阵苍白，她依然红颜笑吟。在这日已缺水的世界，平头百姓的用水竟如此奢华，难怪芬兰人的宴席佳肴，都有这杯透明的君子相交作陪，如此爽口润心荡涤阴阳之后，待人自然善良坦诚。
Once, after my appendix surgery, the nurse washed my wound directly with water from the sink, which really frightened me and caused my face to turn pale, but the nurse kept smiling calmly as if everything was going normal. This world has less and less water day by day, but people in Finland use water in a luxurious way. No wonder this crystal clear good stuff has been a great company at banquets and parties in Finland. It is so tasty, refreshing, and moisturizing , that after drinking it even Yin and yang can be balanced accordingly. Being nurtured by such good water, no wonder Finnish people are so kind and open-hearted.
据历史考证，九千年前，芬兰人就在此奏起了生活的旋律，逐猎和捕鱼而丰衣足食，这是个没有过奴隶制度，没有过占领与掠夺的民族。友善，平等，和睦象空气般的自然必需。她在七个世纪前被瑞典的基督传道士影响后，自然的归化到瑞典版图。在南部居住的多数是中欧移民，德国人，法国人，俄国人，匈亚利人。他们的本土语言在十六世纪才形成书面文字，属于匈亚利语系范围，可见最初匈亚利人比例稍多。
According to historical research, about 9,000 years ago, Finns started to play melodies of life here. This is a tribe with no slave system, had not experienced invading or plundering, but still can be well-fed and well-clothed by hunting and fishing. With friendly character and the sense of equality they can get along with each other well in a harmonious atmosphere as if these are as natural as air. About seven centuries ago, after being influenced by Sweden's preachers, Finland naturally was divided into the territory of Sweden, as a part of that country. In the south of Finland, most residents there are from middle Europe, Germany, France, Russia and Hungary. Finnish language started to become a written language in the sixteenth century, which belongs to the Hungarian family of languages, and from it we can know that the Hungarian population ratio was slightly higher than that of other nations in the beginning.
芬兰气候微冷，让病虫都死去，留得大地清爽洁丽。芬兰的桑拿(Sauna)浴很热，其蒸汽汹涌喷薄，揉腻肌肤，痛快淋漓。这里是流行世界的桑拿浴的发源地，古时用木材烧石块，现在多用电炉上铺石块，洒水喷气，同时在炉上烧拷香肠，饮酒为趣。Climate in Finland is a bit chilly, so that pests are cold to dead, leaving a clean and beautiful land. The Finnish sauna bath is so hot. Gentle steam surges and rubs your skin softly, making you feel extremely comfortable. Here is the birth place of saunas which are so popular all over the world. In the ancient times, people burned stones with wood, but today, electronic stoves are used the most----they put stones on the top of the stove and then sprinkle water over the heated stones, at the same time, placing barbeque sausages on the top of heated stones, Drinking for fun. 房屋稍微小巧玲珑，较封闭就行。芬兰人度假，离不了湖水和桑拿浴。乡间湖浜，座座别墅旁边，总有青烟徐徐的小屋，一条宽阔的木跳板桥，从桑拿室伸向湖心，蒸浴之后跳进碧波，就象铁錾烧红了下水。芬兰朋友相见，三言两语便拿起浴巾，遥手一指“走，去桑拿！”。Although houses are slightly smaller, they are tight enough to resist cold weather. Finnish people, while taking vacation, they go to lakes and saunas which are absolutely friendly resorts to enjoy. Beside every single cottage is a lakeshore in the countryside, there are always small units with smoke slowly rising from inside, a wide wooden board bridge lies there, extending from the sauna rooms to the center of the lake. After a steam bath, you jump into the waves, it feels like a red hot iron chisel suddenly being dropped to cold water. While hanging out with friends, just after a few words Finnish people will take up their towels, swing their arms, point to the direction of sauna resorts, and say, "Let's go to sauna!"
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（To Be Continued)作者: Xiaoman 时间: 2015-6-9 06:22 那“泼嗤，泼嗤”的水雾被烈火生腾，香肠烤上味，啤酒引下流，光溜溜畅谈世界，热乎乎展开胸怀。真好朋友，男女老少超脱神仙。即是结冰的严冬，人们从火红的桑温浴里跑出来，在松软的雪白上翻滚几圈，便往湖上敲开的冰窟挑下去，再起来就是浑身钢筋铁骨。曾在滚滚硝烟的战地，芬兰士兵任随飞弹流枪，依然在桑拿浴里松驰。
The misty water starts to "Puff, puff", cough and pop by the raging fire. The aroma of grilled sausages along with beer really make you enjoy the getting together with your friends, talking about everything leisurely and openheartedly while being naked and feeling the smooth effects of the sauna. All are good friends, everybody, males, females and children, everyone is as free as the fairies. Even in the icy winter, people still have the passion to rush out of the red hot sauna rooms and roll a few laps on the soft snow before they knock holes on the surface of the ice and jump into water under it. When they come up from the icy water again their entire body is already as strong as iron. The sauna is so enjoyable. Once in the battlefields with deadly billowing smoke, Finnish soldiers still could ignore the flying bullets and shooting guns, as if nothing happened, relaxed in the sauna bath without being afraid.
那是39年冬天，百年罕见的酷烈寒冷袭降临芬兰，斯大林说十日内要把苏联军队开进赫尔辛基检阅。芬兰人把手走出桑拿室，就操起老枪。他们不信螳臂不能挡车，以少对多，以弱对强，硝烟滚滚一百零五天，苏军伤亡自报为22万（实际是为百万，请参看赫鲁晓夫回忆录），芬军伤亡八万左右。斯大林只好把自己的前线司令官脑袋敲掉，芬兰不好意思了，就给他一座城池，免得继续宰杀伙计。
It was the winter of 1939, an once-in-a-century severe coldness hit across the territory of Finland. Stalin said that Russia would send troops to Helsinki in the next ten days to do the inspection. Finns got out of their sauna rooms and picked up guns getting themselves ready to fight against the enemy. They believed that they could kick against the pricks. They fought against Russia, less against more, weak against strong, with thick smoke and flying dirt for one hundred and five days. Soviet casualties were reported to be 220,000 (actually about one million, please refer to Khrushchev's memoirs), Finnish army casualties were about 80,000. Stalin had no choice but to knock off his frontline commander's head. Finland felt sorry for that so it let Russians take over one city of the country so to avoid the risk of killing more of their enemies.
一年后希特勒侵俄，芬兰随便收回土地。后来德国虚了，芬兰再显宽宏大量。即使与德国联盟，犹太人依然受到芬兰人民保护。相比之下的法国，瑞士到今天还很不好意思提起往事。要是我们也有芬兰民族的软件，那丢失的5百多万平公里的土地，慰安妇及南京博物馆等系列词汇怎能问世。遗憾清末时，被俄国抓去的中国战俘在赫尔辛基修战壕时都消亡了。不然，留得几个回老家传经送宝，钓鱼岛恐怕是钓虾岛，何忧将成为钓鲸岛呢？这么说，我得回去做桑温拿。
One year later, Hitler invaded Russia, so Finland took the opportunity to recover its lost lands. Then as Germany's strengths weakened, Finland once again showed the world its generosity. Even though federating with Germany, Jews were still under the protection of Finnishpeople. In contrast, France, Switzerland still feel embarrassed to bring this up today. If we Chinesealso had the good character as the Finnish people, then we wouldn't have lost more than five million square kilometers of land, and the terms comfort women and Nanjing Museum wouldn't have arrived in the world. Unfortunately, at the end of Qing Dynasty, Chinese prisoners who were captured by the Russians to dig war trenches in Helsinki were all gone by then. Otherwise, if a few of them had survived and returned home to teach their experience about fighting a war, then the Diaoyu Islands were afraid to become a Diaoxia Island, then why should we worry about that it would become a Diaojing Island? Therefore, now I guess that I should go home to do the sauna business.
（To Be Continued)作者: Xiaoman 时间: 2015-6-10 06:32 芬兰是十九世纪初被俄国从瑞典版图里割裂，1917年初列宁和德国交易，承认芬兰独立。后来派地下党去芬兰破坏安定团结，还是德国来帮忙维持了现状。现在俄国的黑手党多来芬兰倒爷。只有俄皇尼古拉大帝的铜像依然矗立在主教区的广场上，赫尔新基的一条中心街就以此命名。至今不少俄国政要来此缅怀辉煌的过去。
Finland was separated from Swedish territory by Russia in the beginning of the 19th century. Lenin and Germany had a deal and he recognized Finland's independence. Afterwards, he sent underground party members to Finland to destroy its stability and unity. It was Germany who helped maintain the status quo of this country. Today, most of the Russian mafia members are active in business activities in Finland, and only the statue of the Russian Emperor, Nicholas, still stands steadily in the Bishops square, and the name of a main street in Helsinki also refers to it. Up to now, many Russian politicians keep coming here to cherish the memories of their glorious past.
真怪，这里没有任何天灾人祸，地震，洪水，狂风，暴雨好象也善解人意，自觉靠边站去。基督似的平等自由，天使般的友善和睦，是芬兰人的特徵。
Strangely enough, in Finland, not any natural or man-made disasters have ever happened, such as earthquakes, floods, high winds and heavy rain, all seem to be considerate enough to this country that they consciously step aside. A Christ-like perspective on freedom and equality, angel-like friendly and harmony are the natures of Finns.
这个国家没有矿藏，没有资源，仅有的林木，他们用来保护生态。他们购买俄国(前苏联)的原料来造纸，居世界四大纸国之列。芬兰的纸张人均使用量居世界第二位。那洁白精美的书籍，拿在手就粘住眼睛。公共场所都有纸巾免费供应，人人手脚干干净净，街头没有追逐扒手的游戏。This country has no mineral or other resources but only trees, which are used for the purpose of ecology and environmental protection. They purchase raw materials from Russia(the former Soviet) to make paper, and this makes Finland become in the top four paper making countries in the world. The average use of paper in Finland is ranked in the second position in the world. Books printed in spotlessly white and exquisite papers make you like it so much that you don't wish to get it off your hands. Tissues in public are available and they are free of charge. Everybody is so clean that you don't see any pickpockets being chased by police on the street.
芬兰的电子通讯技术也高居世界前列，NOKIA(若基亚)公司横跨世界。意大利人是举国并用芬兰手机。美国人漫画欧洲连猫代狗都被手机串链，应算芬兰首当其冲。据统计，人均50%有手机电话。据美国的电台节目上对NOKIA的97年初报导，它的手机电话销量96年跃居世界第二大国，超过瑞典，仅次于山姆大叔(当我再次修改此稿时，它已经超过美国了)。
Finland's electronic communication technology is also the highest in the world. Nokia is an well-known international company. Everyone in Italy uses mobile phones made in Finland. American editorial cartoons about Europe show that even cats and dogs are on phone strap leashes, which must be related to Finland. According to statistics, half the population in Finland has a mobile phone. Based on the early 1997 report which was released by the American radio programs, the Nokia mobile phone sales in 1996 ranked on the world's second position, more than Sweden, only next to Uncle Sam (By the time I modified this draft, it had already surpassed the United States).
1） It's nice. Clear read. But having Finnish relatives - and visited - it is just an odd read. Are you aiming for irony?? （很好，流畅。但我有芬兰的亲戚－－也去过那里－－读着也觉可笑。你不是旨在讽刺吧？
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I mean no pests - yeah, we do. Mosquitoes [horseflies, black flies], ticks, fleas, snakes, spiders and other.
No disasters - flooding is by far the most common. Almost every spring. （我意思是，没有害虫－－有的哟。蚊子（虻，黑蝇）。。。
Ps. The bit about the water made me smile. Tap water was once called "likainen vesi" - dirty water - for a reason. The same pollution - pulp mills / sheep farm - that earned the tap water its lovely dub goes unchecked in a number of the natural bodies of water.
I won't comment further for fear of offending but this isn't quite the Finland I know. It'd be fantastic for a travel brochure though.
我不再多说啦，怕多有得罪了，但这不完全是我认识的芬兰。这篇放进旅游小册子应该很棒。
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“Finland was underneath the glacier, at the bottom of the sea, being kneaded by the amazing Creator assiduously, and then, as if being called thousands of times, it was pushed to the surface of the sea. ”
poetic 很有诗意
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。。。。作者: Xiaoman 时间: 2015-6-13 21:40 更新跟帖：
Thanks to Escorial, Dove and Kevin! Yes, it is a difficult task, indeed, since the one who wrote this is an accomplished writer and poet. I hope that I could make the aesthetics of the original work reflect in the translated work.
I translated four middle-length stories, a few short stories and more than 100 classical Chinese poems into English before this one. So I guess that I have come a long way in improving my English writing skills. Of course, I still need to make more effort. Yes. "fact checking" is not relevant while doing translation. The most important thing, I guess, when doing translation is to ensure the accuracy, so I can't add or ignore the facts in the original work. Anyway, I need to improve my translating skills as well . Thanks all for reading my work! Best wishes!
http://www.writingforums.com/threads...61#post1869661作者: Xiaoman 时间: 2015-6-14 16:09 芬兰的电子技术受日本青睐，皇军的不少产品技术，也是从芬兰购买后去“八格呀鲁的干活”。在芬兰大约30％以上的家庭有了电脑，其更新极快，质量好，价格高，销量大。芬兰的化工，机械，冶炼，造船等等产品技术也是世界前列。陈永贵最喜欢芬兰化肥，万吨粪船乐此不疲，年年依然。芬兰造的豪华巨轮，远销美国，加拿大，日本，澳洲等国。他们没有煤炭，没有铁矿，他们的钢材优质畅销。任何产品，只要是芬兰出产，就令人放心。他们的客户是德国，法国，英国等十几个世界老牌商界行家。
Finland's electronic technology has won Japan's high favor. Japanese buy quite a few products and skills from Finland and rework them. In Finland, more than 30% of households have a computer. The computer upgrade here is fast, high price and in high demand. Chemistry, machinery, metallurgy, shipbuilding technology and skills are ranked in the world top position. Chen Yonggui is fond of Finnish fertilizer. Millions of tons of manure are shipped to him year after year providing high spirit for both producers and consumers. Grandest cruise ships made in Finland are exported to the United States, Canada, Japan and Australia, and other countries. There are no coal, no iron mine in Finland, but steel has good quality and can be sold well. Any products, as long as they are made in Finland, can give buyers a worry-free mindset.
So far, Germany, France, England and so on, more than ten countries have become loyal customers of Finland.
对文化的传播，芬兰政府也不遗余力，教育免费，介绍各国文化书籍等及目可见。三国水浒，红楼梦，金瓶梅，唐诗宋词等书，图书馆里举手之劳。这里健身房，运动场，公共设施的林园，广场比比皆是。学芬兰语很有趣，需要巧舌如簧，芬兰语精细入微，语法如魔法，天花乱坠，令人不着边际。而且必须先学语法，后用词典。芬兰人人是语言天才，大多数人会四五门外语。一位操十门外语的朋友能用汉语与我交谈自如，俱说在其所会的语言里居中下程度。
The Finnish government spares no effort to spread of their culture. The education is free in Finland. Books about other countries' cultures can be seen everywhere. Such as the Three Kingdoms, The Dream of the Red Chamber, The Golden Lotus, and Tang and Song Poetry, all are available at your fingertips. Gym, sporting fields, public facilities, parks and squares can be found here and there. The Finnish language is so interesting and sophisticated with detailed and complicated syntax and grammar, that as if a magic that makes you feel like it is everything but irrelevant. And you must learn grammar first, and then dictionaries. Every Finn seems to be a language genius. Most of them can speak four and five languages. Finland is a linguistic genius of everyone, most people have four or five foreign languages. A friend who masters ten foreign languages well can speak with me in Chinese proficiently. It is said that his Chinese is under average among languages he speaks.
And the Finnish nation is a nation with high intelligence. This is just a small country with only five million people, but when you open the encyclopedia of the 20th century, you will find that those who sitting on the second and third positions are Finns. Beginning with the letter S, they are the names of the renowned architectures with the first-class honours, Saarinen Eliel and Saarinen Eero, the father and the son who had left their excellent masterpieces in Helsinki, Paris and America. The popular Muumimamma, fairy tales was written by Tovi.Hansson, a famous Finnish writer. The world-famous mathematics giant Lars.V.Ahlsors was born in Finland as well. Rolf. Nevanlinna, a mathematician, who is also a Finn, established the master piece, the world famous mathematic theory, "analytic value distribution".
（To Be Continued）作者: thesunlover 时间: 2015-6-14 17:30 小曼你天天在这里狂顶你唐叔，他知道并且同意吗？他已经离开了这里，请你最好注意些。
