术语“义冢”的详细信息

英译术语:

public burial ground

汉语语境:

早年旅居美国的华人，在异国他乡受歧视、受排斥，特别是那些生活在社会底层的苦力，生前饱受磨难，死后也不能在当地落籍，只能在华侨会馆的协助下“落叶归根”，将骨灰运回祖国。然而由于离乡日久、与家乡亲人失去联系等种种原因，其骨灰无法由亲属认领，只好由慈善机构集中安葬。广东新会1893年义冢的发现，就为这段辛酸史提供了明证。

英语语境:

Chinese people who sojourned in America in the early stage of history had suffered from severe discrimination and repulsion in the foreign countries, especially those coolies living in the bottom of society. They tasted the full bitterness over their lifetime and yet didn't receive decent burials after death. Their bone ashes were carried back to homeland with the help of the Oversea Chinese Association. As a result of departing home so long and losing touch with the relatives, the ashes were unable to be claimed by their relatives and had to be buried by the charity. The discovery of Xinhui Public Burial Ground of 1893 in Guangdong Province has provided a clear proof for this distressful history.