中國寓言故事英文

　　中國古代寓言故事,仍頗受很多人的喜愛。講中國寓言故事翻譯成英文是怎樣?下面就是第一范文網小編給大家整理的中國寓言故事英文，希望大家喜歡。

中國寓言故事英文篇1：鼯鼠五會

　　In the fields, there was a small animal called "wu shu" (the flying squirrel).

　　It would say to everyone it met: "I have five skills: flying, walking, swimming, climbing trees, and digging holes in the ground."

　　Thereupon, its pals would laugh at it, saying: "Though you have learned these skills, you have mastered none of them."

　　"You can fly, but not high; you can swim, but not far; you can climb trees, but not to the treetop; you can dig holes in the ground, but not deep enough."

　　When the flying squirrel heard what its pals said, it ran away manger.

　　Indeed, the flying squirrel had learned five skills, but when put to use, they were useless. How could they be called real skills?

　　田野里有一種小動物，名叫“鼯鼠”。

　　它逢友便說：“我有五種本領：會飛、會走、會游泳、會爬樹、還會掘土打洞。”

　　于是，小伙伴們譏笑它說：“你雖然學了這幾種本領，卻一種也沒有學好。”

　　“會飛，卻飛得不高;會游泳，卻游得不遠;會爬樹，卻爬不到樹頂;會掘土打洞，卻打得不深。”

　　鼯鼠聽了小伙伴們的話后，氣呼呼地跑了。

　　是啊，鼯鼠是學了五種本領，但是用起來，卻一種也不中用。這怎么能說是有真本領呢!

中國寓言故事英文篇2：楚人涉癱

　　Once upon a time, the State of Chu planned to attack the State of Song. But the Yong River was the natural barrier against its surprise attack at night.

　　To overcome this obstacle, the State of Chu sent men to secretly measure the depth of the Yong River and make marks for wading across the river at night.

　　But when night came, the water in the Yong River suddenly rose; yet the Chu army still tried to stealthily cross the river according to the marks made in the daytime. As a result, over 1,000 soldiers were drowned. There was utter chaos of desperate cries and shoutings on the river. All at once, the army collapsed like a fallen building, and was routed.

　　According to the marks, the Chu army would have been able to cross the Yong River during the day; but the rising water changed the situation in the night. Yet the Chu army still tried towade across the river according to the marks made in the daytime, so naturally they failed.

　　古時候，有一次，楚國準備進攻宋國，而癱河是楚國夜間偷襲宋國的天然障礙。

　　為了越過這個障礙，楚國派人悄悄地去測量灘水的深度，并且做好了夜間涉水過河的標記。

　　誰知到了夜里，灘河的水暴漲，水位升一高。但是，楚國人卻仍然按照白天做的標記偷渡，結果淹死了一千多人。河面上哭聲喊聲一片混亂，頓時，隊伍就像房屋倒塌一樣，潰不成軍。

　　按照所做的標記，楚軍白天是可以渡過灘河的;然而，夜間水情已經發生變化，楚軍卻仍然按照白天的標記渡河，自然他們要失敗了。

中國寓言故事英文篇3：唇亡齒寒

　　Between the States of Jin and Guo was the State of Yu.

　　Once, the State of Jin intended to invade the State of Guo and had to seek for permission to go by way of the State of Yu. The King of Jin was worried that the State of Yu would refuse to consent.

　　Xun Xi, a high official of the State of Jin, offered his scheme to the King. He said: "If you offer that piece of round jade and that fine steed as gifts to the King of Yu to ask his permission, he is sure to give his consent."

　　The King of Jin said: "The round jade from Chuiji is an heirloom from my ancestors. The fine steed from Qudi is a great favorite of mine. If the King of Yu accepted our gifts, yet would not give us permission, what shall we do then?"

　　Xun Xi replied: "That is not likely. If the King of Yu does not consent to give us permission, he certainly dares not accept our gifts. If he accepts our gifts and gives us permission, that will be like moving the round jade from the storehouse inside to the storehouse outside, and the fine horse from the stable inside to the stable outside. Why should you worry?"

　　Sure enough, the King of Yu, coveting the round jade and the fine horse, was ready to give permission.

　　At this moment, his high official Gong Ziqi quickly stepped forward to dissuade him, saying: "You shouldn't give your consent! The State of Guo is our neighbour. Its relation with us is just like that of the lips with the teeth. If the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold. If we give permission to let the State of Jin invade the State of Guo, then when the latter is subjugated, will our state still be safe? That absolutely won't do!"

　　The King of Yu did not listen to Gong Ziqi's advice and consented to the request of the State of Jin.

　　Soon, Xun Xi led his forces and conquered the State of Guo. Three years later, the State of Jin conquered the State of Yu, too. Carrying the round jade and leading the fme horse, Xun Xi returned in triumph and gave them back to the King of Jin.

　　Immensely pleased, the King of Jin smiled and said: "The round jade remains the same; only the fine steed has aged a bit."

　　晉國和擄國的中間，隔著一個虞國。

　　有一次，晉國要去進攻擄國，得向虞國借路，國王擔心虞國不答應。

　　晉國的大臣荀息向國王獻計，說：“如果您把那塊璧玉和那匹良馬送給虞公，向他借路，那么他一定會答應的。”

　　晉王說：“垂棘的璧玉是我祖先的傳家寶;屈地的良馬是我最喜歡的駿馬。如果虞王接受了我們的禮物，卻又不肯借路，那怎么辦呢?”

　　荀息回答說：“不會。如果虞王不答應借路，必然不敢接受我們的禮物;如果他接受了禮物，把路借給我們，就好像將璧玉從里邊的倉庫放到外邊的倉庫，把良馬從里邊的馬廄拴到外邊的馬廄里一樣，您何必擔心呢!”

　　虞王果然貪圖璧玉良馬，想答應借路。

　　這時候，他的大臣宮子奇急忙上前勸阻，說：“不能答應!擄國是我們的鄰邦，跟我們的關系，就像嘴唇和牙齒一樣。唇亡齒寒，如果借路給晉國去進攻擄國，擄國被滅亡了，我們虞國還會安全嗎?萬萬不能答應!”

　　虞王沒有聽宮子奇的話，還是答應了晉國的要求。

　　不久，荀息帶領兵馬，滅了擄國。三年后，晉國又滅了虞國。荀息捧著璧玉，牽著駿馬，凱旋而歸，把這兩件國寶奉還給了晉王。

　　晉王得意地笑著說：“璧玉依舊，只是駿馬老了點兒!”