案例分析

原文：

良好的汉语水平是利玛窦成为

“明朝沟通中西文化之第一人”的必备要素。

首先，他的汉语水平达到了

学习中国儒家经典的程度。

他对儒家经典的理解也达到了一定的深度，

被中国的士大夫尊称为“泰西儒士”，

也就是来自西方的儒家大学者。

初译：

A good Chinese^① made Matteo Ricci

the first people^② to connect China and the west in Ming Dynasty.

His proficiency

reached the standard to learn Confucian classics^③

and his understanding also reached a deep depth

which made Chinese scholar call him "Taixi Confucians"

the Confucian learned man from the west.

改译：

Chinese proficiency^①helped Matteo Ricci become

“the pioneer^②of Chinese-Western cultural dialogue in Ming Dynasty"

First of all, a good command of Chinese enabled him 

to study Chinese Confucian classics^③

He understood Confucian classics so well 

That Chinese literati and officialdom honored him

as a "Western Confucian"

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