术语“地动仪”的详细信息

数据项 Items 术语信息 Info.
汉语术语编号 Term No. 78000105
所属学科 Subject 考古学 Archaeology
汉语术语词性 POS n.
汉语术语分词 Segmentation 地动仪/
汉语术语长度 Length 1
关联术语表达 Association
搭配信息 Collocation
编纂人 Compiler 沈玉明
编纂日期 Date of Compilation 2016-02-29 00:00:00

汉英语境1


英译术语:

Seimography or Seismometer


汉语语境:

张衡对科技的贡献源于首次在人类史上将惯性原理运用于探测地震,并对检测和记录地震微弱信号上有技术创新,因此他成功测到公元134年12月13日的陇西地震。然而无法科学地认识地震以及受天诫观念影响把自然现象与社会问题混为一谈的原因,导致张衡的地动仪的作用受限。仪器可能失传于东汉末年,当时发生了洛阳大火、毁铜铸钱、京师搬迁、人口剧减和灵台被毁等极端严重的社会混乱。


英语语境:

Zhang Heng's contribution to science and technology was due to his firstly adopting inertia to seismometry in mankind, and his new technical creation in monitoring and recording small seismic signals which successfully detected the Longxi earthquake occurred in 13 Dec.134 A.D. Because of people's not understanding earthquake scientifically and being influenced by the idea of taking earthquake as a heaven's punishment, the ancient people wrongly connected natural phenomenon to social problem, therefore, Zhang Heng's seismometer played limitedly its function only in a short period. It is inferred that the instrument was probably lost in the wars by the end of the Han Dynasty. At that time a lot of chaos happened, such as big fire in Luoyang, destroying good bronze articles by casting them into coins, relocation of the capital, severe decrease of population and damage of platform where the Zhang Heng's seismometer was installed.