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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

原文 [yuánwén]
  1. 1. the original (from which a translation is made)
    我没看过这本书的原文
    I have not read the book in the original.
    我想原文应该比译文更有感染力。
    翻译要遵循原文的意思。
  2. 2. original text
    引用原文要加引号。
    Put quoted passages in quotation marks.
    原文如此
    sic
    把抄件跟原文核对一下
    check the copy against the original
    这是四级听力考试原文
    这是我所引用文章的原文

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

原文 [yuánwén]
  1. 1. 引用、抄写、改写或翻译所依据的文本或其中的语句
    引用原文
    翻译不能改变原文的意思。

Examples

原文可按。
There's the original to refer to.
把译文和原文比较一下
check the translation against the original 比较
参照原文作必要的修改
consult the original and make some necessary changes 参照
查对原文
check against the original (text, manuscript, etc.) 查对
照抄原文
make a verbatim transcription of the original
窜改原文
alter the original text 窜改
对照原文修改译文
check the translation against the original and make corrections 对照
翻译时不应根据自己的好恶改变原文意思。
In doing translation, one should not alter the meaning of the original to suit one's own taste. 好恶
译者没有体会原文的精神。
The translator failed to capture the spirit of the original. 精神
把译文跟原文核对一下
check the translation against the original 译文

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