东方明珠广播电视塔The Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower 练习译文&标准译文翻译技巧&说明东方明珠广播电视塔位于黄浦江畔、浦东陆家嘴嘴尖上，塔高468米，三面环水，与外滩的万国建筑博览群隔江相望，是亚洲第一、世界第三的高塔。Located in Lujiazui Delta on the bank of Huangpu River,the468-meter-tall Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower is the tallest tower in Asia and the third tallest tower in the world.Surrounded by Huangpu River on three sides,the tower faces the foreign-style architectural complex of Waitan across the river.The Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower stands on the Huangpu River and at the point of Lujiazui in Pudong.Surrounded by waters on three sides and facing a row of buildings of variegated Western architectures in the Bund across the river,the468-meter-high tower ranks first in Asia and third in the world in height.外滩the Bund=Waitan在……尖at the point of…三面环水surrounded by waters on three sides与……相望face万国建筑博览群buildings of variegated Western architectures ……第……高rank…in height位于stand on the…=be located on the…设计者富于想象的将11个大小不一、高低错落的球体从蔚蓝的空中串联至如茵的绿色草地上，而两颗红宝石般晶莹夺目巨大球体被高高托起，整个画面浑然一体，充满了“大珠小珠落玉盘”的诗情画意。The designer of the tower creatively strings11spheres of various sizes at different heights,linking them together all the way from the blue sky to the green grass.With two major spheres propped up like two glamorous pieces of rubies,the tower forms a well-balanced view reproducing the beautiful scene of lots of pearls falling onto a jade plate.The designers,inspired by rich imagination,had11 spheres arranged in order of their sizes like a string of pearls from high up in the blue sky down to the carpet of green lawn,while two colossal dazzling ruby-like spheres are propped high up.The harmonious entity of the tower presents a picture of pearls,big and small,seemingly falling down from the top to the bottom,a scene full of poetic and artistic imagination.球体sphere托起prop(up)富于想象imaginatively=inspired by rich imagination如茵绿草the carpet of green lawn 巨大的colossal晶莹夺目的dazzling/sparking/radiant浑然一体a harmonious entity=the picture is in perfect harmony充满诗情画意of poetic and artistic imagination大珠小珠落玉盘pearls,big and small,seemingly falling down from the top to the bottom东方明珠广播电视塔的塔体主要由三根擎天立柱立柱column
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