香火鼎盛，古色古香，古老建築 等英文說法(急)><

Question

請問
香火鼎盛 endless stream of pilgrims
古色古香 classic beauty
古老建築 age-old building
這些說法對嗎？

Answer 1

版主您好～
先看「香火鼎盛」。
這成語字面看起來是描述某某廟宇的香爐裏面滿滿都是很多很多善男信女來拜拜的香，廟中也點了很多祈求平安的香燭（像考生就會點那種光明燈），實際則是形容這間廟宇人氣很旺，信徒絡繹不絕，「朝拜、進香的人極多」←教育部國語辭典如是說。
因此，如果要照字面直翻「有很多香跟蠟燭在燒」，就是：
many incense sticks and candles burning←請見林語堂當代漢英辭典
如果要翻延申意義說「朝拜、進香的人極多」：
good attendance at temple ←請見林語堂當代漢英辭典
或者除了您的 pilgrims之外也可用followers或religious followers就好了，因為「信徒」常常就是翻followers，例：
This Taoist Temple has a large number of religious followers.
「古色古香」這成語要注意是用來形容「物品」的，例如建築物或者復古風家俱都是古色古香，並不是形容「人」，因此版主所寫或許有更順的替代方案：
古色古香: (of ancient objects of art) having antique flavor←林語堂當代漢英辭典如是說。
或者也可I am looking for a cherrywood dining table with a nostalgic design and inspiration.
「古老建築」如果是老到有歷史價值意義與古蹟地位，可寫 historic buildings ，不然就直接old buildings即非常簡明清楚，例句如下：
"Cities need old buildings so badly it is probably impossible for vigorous streets and districts to grow without them. By old buildings I mean not museum-piece old buildings, not old buildings in an excellent state of rehabilitation - -although these make fine ingredients -- but also a good lot of plain, ordinary, low-value old buildings, including some rundown old buildings....

"Even the enterprises that can support new construction in cities need old construction in their immediate vicinity. Otherwise they are part of a total attraction and total environment that is economically too limited -- and therefore functionally too limited to be lively, interesting and convenient. Flourishing diversity anywhere in a city means the mingling of high-yield, middling-yield, low-yield and no-yield enterprises."

-- Jane Jacobs, from The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York: Random House, 1961.（http://ah.phpwebhosting.com/a/reuse.html）






【香火鼎盛】

注音一式
ㄒ｜ㄤ　ㄏㄨㄛˇ　ㄉ｜ㄥˇ　ㄕㄥˋ

注音二式
ｓｈｉ
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ｎｇ　

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解釋
朝拜、進香的人極多。如：
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【古色古香】

注音一式
ㄍㄨˇ　ㄙㄜˋ　ㄍㄨˇ　ㄒ｜ㄤ

注音二式
ｇ
圖片參考：http://140.111.34.46/dict/fonts/fe68.gif
ｎｇ

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解釋
形容年代久遠，具有古雅色彩的書畫、器物、建築、藝術品等。如：
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2007-05-16 00:33:43 補充：
謝謝版主
Klee大大您好

^_^

Answer 2

香火鼎盛： (廟) is bustling with pilgrms/worshippers.
古色古香： (廟) has a classical feel to it.
古老建築：age-old building