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Neither of them has good translation from the Chinese:
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1、The Temple of Earth is located in Dongcheng district Beijing. Emperors went here to worship The Earth or Soil in Ming and Qing Dynasties.
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2、The Temple of Earth is located in Dongcheng district Beijing. Emperors went to worship earth in Ming and Qing Dynasties. & w. p$ H$ V. i/ M8 @% W
& i+ k- u/ K$ w& r. C3 C6 y3 W1) 地坛位于北京东城区，明清两代皇帝都到那里祭拜土地。
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7 w1 {% K$ }5 \7 R* R% Za) 这两句的前一句都无大问题，关键是第二句。
: Y/ X. B8 S5 J4 _& ]: k$ n( Y. Fb）第一个句子翻译本无大问题，但went 是向外的动作，最好跟there搭配 （与come向内搭配here成为一对）。所以并不说明第一句就无问题，但不是什么大问题。 2 b9 b. U2 c+ }! A3 n7 b- e
% s9 i0 Y9 L* W% R& a: o- m2）第二句的问题比较大些，earth是专有名词，必须大写另带定冠词连用（the Sun, the Moon and the Earth). 第一句里的用法是正确的。 * v2 T! D( i Z3 u5 i3 m
3）这句话很容易就被翻译成正规的汉语，就说明英语就很Chinglish(中式英语）。不妨在英语上再下些功夫，让它听起来更加English。
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3 a7 ?4 x+ f) I' N+ S4）English: + [0 k% ]3 W3 ^
1)The Temple of Earth in Beijing is located in Dongcheng district, where Emperors for both Ming and Qing Dynasties used to go and worship the Earth. ' y4 T% D3 k+ P6 O8 d9 Y/ K
2) Located is the Temple of Earth in Dongcheng district, Beijing, where the Earth used to be the God for Emperors for both Ming and Qing Dynasties to come and worship. $ f+ L) N$ W& m9 J H- h2 N# @* _
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Only for your reference. (仅供参考）
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(新的英语翻译采用了不同的翻译形式：WHERE引起的非限定定语从句形式；这样就将两个简单句变成了一个复合句式。WHERE是关系副词，也是从句的关联词，所指的都是主句中的THE TEMPLE OF EARTH，文字上也在不改变愿意的基础上稍加修饰，不是那么“中国本土化”的英语了。另外第二句采用了倒装句法，形式更多样化）。
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