A new Chinese-English edition of the four classics of Chinese literature was recently published by a Shanghai publishing house after ten years of persistent¹ efforts, thepaper.cn reported.

据澎湃新闻报道，在经过10年的不懈努力，上海一家出版社最近出版了整套汉英对照版的中国四大名著。

The four great classical novels were finished in the Ming and Qing dynasties, include The Story of the Stone, The Three Kingdoms, The Journey to the West, and The Marshes² of Mount Liang.

这四大名著均完成于明清时期，分别为《红楼梦》、《三国演义》、《西游记》和《水浒传》。

The new editions published by Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press thrilled the public, as many world renowned³ translators had devoted⁴ themselves to the project.

这套由上海外语教育出版社出版的新版本让公众为之惊叹，因为全球许多知名译者都参与到该项目中来。

The Marshes of Mount Liang translated by John and Alex Deng-Young was first published in 2011, followed by The Story of the Stone by British sinologists David Hawks⁵ and John Minford, and The Journey to the West by Anthony C. Yu, a scholar of literature at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) and the University of Chicago.

由约翰·登特·杨和亚历克斯·登特·杨父子二人翻译的 《水浒传》最先于2011年出版，随后出版的是英国汉学家大卫·霍克思、约翰·闵福德完成的《红楼梦》，以及由美国芝加哥大学艺术与科学学院院士余国藩翻译的《西游记》。

The Three Kingdoms, translated by Chinese professor Yu Sumei, was the last of the series to be translated, but it is the first English version by a Chinese translator, and his fellows have spoken highly of it.

由中国的虞苏美教授翻译的《三国演义》是这一套里最后出版的，这是首个由中国译者完成的译本，受到了其他译者的高度评价。

The Three Kingdoms represents the supreme⁶ achievement of historical novels in ancient China, and also vividly⁷ reflects the political and culture of that time, said Professor Cha Mingjian from the Shanghai International Studies University.

上海外国语大学的查明建教授认为,《三国演义》代表了中国古代历史小说的最高成就，也是中国古代政治和文化最生动的文学性演绎。

Cha said Yu's translation is faithful to the original and more acceptable for Western readers, and can be compared to the Homer's Epic⁸ in the English world.

查明建表示，虞苏美的译文既忠实于原著，又注重西方英语读者的可接受性，可媲美西方世界的《荷马史诗》。

'It's impressive to translate such a novel with many characters, complicated scenarios⁹, and hidden political metaphors,' said He Gangqiang, professor of translation at Fudan University in Shanghai.

上海复旦大学何刚强教授表示：“翻译这样一部风云人物众多的、历史场景复杂的、包含很多政治隐喻的小说，的确令人钦佩。”