Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
中华水塔
English translation:
"Water Tower" of China
Added to glossary by
Jason Ma
Mar 1, 2007 13:34
17 yrs ago
Chinese term
中华水塔
Chinese to English
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Context:
三江源自然保护区境内，东昆仑山系及其支脉巴颜喀拉山、可可西里山、阿尼玛卿山和唐古拉山脉横贯其间，山脉上，终年不化的积雪、冰川融化形成的涓涓细流，汇集成了孕育五千年华夏文明的长江、黄河、澜沧江，成为我国乃至亚洲的重要水源地，素有“中华水塔”之美称。
Thanks in advance.
三江源自然保护区境内，东昆仑山系及其支脉巴颜喀拉山、可可西里山、阿尼玛卿山和唐古拉山脉横贯其间，山脉上，终年不化的积雪、冰川融化形成的涓涓细流，汇集成了孕育五千年华夏文明的长江、黄河、澜沧江，成为我国乃至亚洲的重要水源地，素有“中华水塔”之美称。
Thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +5 | "Water Tower" of China |
Denyce Seow
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Mar 1, 2007 13:34: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Proposed translations
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Denyce Seow
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Related KudoZ points
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"Water Tower" of China
I see two ways of calling it in English:
- China's water tower
- "Water Tower" of China
I prefer the second name.
To quite a few outsiders, this “Water Tower” of China in the southern part of Qinghai is somewhat formidable. In old days, it took a horse rider 21 days to ...
www.humanrights.cn/zt/magazine/200402005510161957.htm
Sanjiangyuan covers an area of 360000 sq km on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau and is home to about 590000 people. Dubbed "China's Water Tower", the area supplies ...
www.china.org.cn/english/2005/Sep/140545.htm
- China's water tower
- "Water Tower" of China
I prefer the second name.
To quite a few outsiders, this “Water Tower” of China in the southern part of Qinghai is somewhat formidable. In old days, it took a horse rider 21 days to ...
www.humanrights.cn/zt/magazine/200402005510161957.htm
Sanjiangyuan covers an area of 360000 sq km on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau and is home to about 590000 people. Dubbed "China's Water Tower", the area supplies ...
www.china.org.cn/english/2005/Sep/140545.htm
Note from asker:
| Thanks, Denyce. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thnaks, Denyce. I would polish your version slightly, if you don't mind."
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