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如今，年轻人把他们日常生活中遇到的汉字当作一种理所当然的事情。
THE younger generation may have come to take Chinese characters which they see every day for granted.
尽管年轻人知道汉字有复杂且难以理解的“古典”含义，但这些东西看起已经是古老的历史了。
Although young people are aware that characters have complicated and difficult "classical" meanings, all that seems like ancient history.
许多学生甚至不能阅读繁体汉字，更别提书写了。
Many students can't even read, not to mention write, traditional full-form Chinese characters.
他们很难想象，在过去，一个三字名字常常总共包含50个笔画。
It would be hard for them to imagine returning to the days when one's three-character name might easily consist of 50 strokes in all.
事实上，有关汉字的争论从来都没有结束过。
In fact, the debate over characters has never really stopped.
中国政协委员潘庆林，在今年的代表大会上建议中国在十年内把从1956年就开始使用的简体汉字恢复到繁体汉字。
Pan Qinglin, a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference member, proposed at this year's session that China change the simplified characters, which have been in use since 1956, back to full-form characters within 10years.
不出所料，这个大胆，些许有些离奇的建议一经提出便立刻引起争议。
It's hardly surprising that this bold, or perhaps crotchety, proposal was instantly controversial.
潘庆林谈到，简化版本的汉字失去了传统汉字特有的魅力和深邃。
According to Pan, the simplified version has lost much of the charm and sophistication of the traditional characters.
他说，台湾仍然在使用繁体汉字，所以将大陆汉字进行转换将有利于国家统一。
Taiwan still uses the full-form, so switching the mainland back would help unite the country, he maintains.
很自然地，反对者指出简化汉字在中国大陆已经统治了50多年，改变这种现状是极其困难也是花费巨大的。
Opponents naturally point out that simplified characters have dominated on the mainland China for more than 50 years and it would be extremely difficult and costly to change that.
而且，传统汉字的学习，阅读和书写要难很多，这就是为什么在扫盲中首要选择简体汉字。
Moreover, the traditional characters are much harder to learn, read and write, which is why the simplified form was used in the first place, to expand literacy.
这样的改变也会限制中国语言在世界其他地区传播的可能性。
The change would limit the possibility of the Chinese language to spread to more parts of the world.
那么，你的观点是什么呢？让时间倒流，这对中国有意义么？
So what is your opinion? Does it make sense for China to turn back the hands of time?
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传统汉字是中国文化重要的一部分。
Traditional characters are an important part of our culture.
1.传统汉字的笔画有着丰富的意义和历史。
1.The strokes of traditional characters have their own rich meaning and a long history.
这是中国的文化瑰宝。
This is a Chinese cultural treasure.
台湾正在申请将传统汉字作为联合国教科文组织的世界遗产。如果消除了传统汉字，我们就是埋葬自己的历史。
Taiwan is trying to make it a UNESCO world heritage. In eliminating it, we are burying our own history.
2.在计算机交流的时代，很少有人进行手写。
2.In the age of computerized communications, fewer people write by hand.
更多的人使用计算机输入字体，所以传统汉字的复杂性不再是个问题。
More people use the computer to type letters so the complexity of traditional characters is no longer such a problem.
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简化汉字在很多年里，已经成为我们生活的一部分。
Simplified characters have been a part of our life for too many years.
1.简化汉字在世界上被更多的人使用。
1.Simplified characters are being used by more people in the world.
新加皮和马来西亚都使用简化汉字，美国和其他地区的中文学生也在使用。
Singapore and Malaysia both use them and more students of Chinese in the US and other places are picking them up.
简化汉字使语言学起来简单，也有效地弘扬了中国文化。
Simplified Chinese makes the language easier to learn and promotes Chinese culture in an effective way.
2.语言是活的，是一个演变的机制。
2.Languages are living, evolving mechanisms.
随着文化的发展和人们生活习惯的改变，语言发生变化，这很正常。
It's natural for them to change as cultures develop and people's habits change.
简化汉字也是中国文化历史遗产的一部分。
Simplified characters are also part of our cultural and historical legacy.
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发表于 2016-8-12 16:30:28