@翻了个译,MTI专业辅导@翻了个译,MTI专业辅导英译汉TheculturalandreligiouscrisisthroughwhichtheRomanEmpirewaspassinginthefourthcenturyisoneofthemostsignificanteventsinthehistoryoftheworld.TheoldpaganculturecameintocollisionwithChristianity,whichreceivedofficialrecognitionduringthereignofConstantineatthebeginningofthefourthcenturyandwasdeclaredthedominantstatereligionbyTheodosiustheGreatattheendofthatsamecentury.Itmighthaveseemedatfirstthatthesetwoclashingelements,representingtwodiametricallyopposedpointsofview,wouldneverfindabasisformutualagreement.四世纪时,罗马帝国经历了文化与宗教方面的危机,堪称世界历史上最重大的事件之一。四世纪初时,在君士坦丁(Constantine)统治期间,基督教得到了官方认可;到了四世纪末时,狄奥多西大帝(TheodosiustheGreat)宣布其为主要国教。而古老的异教文化却与基督教发生了冲突。乍看之下,这两种相互冲突的要素背后是两种截然对立的观点,且绝不可能达成共识。汉译英各民族或国家开始信奉基督教,这通常会出现在其历史的早期阶段。在此阶段前,并没有固定的传统出现,而仅仅是存在着一些原始的习俗,及粗糙的统治形式。在此类情况下,信奉基督教并未给人民的生活造成极大危机。但是,对于四世纪时的罗马帝国而言,情况并非如此。TheconversionofnationsorstatestoChristianityhasusuallytakenplaceduringtheearlystageoftheirhistoricalexistencewhenthepasthascreatednofirmlyestablishedtraditions,butmerelysomecrudeandprimitivecustomsandformsofgovernment.Insuchcasestheconversionhascausednogreatcrisisinthelifeofthepeople.ButthiswasnotcharacteristicoftheRomanEmpireinthefourthcentury.