Sha Boli (formerly known as SidneyShapiro, whose Chinese name means "knowledgeable and reasonable") is a Chinese Jew and translator. 19 15 was born in new york, USA on February 23rd, and graduated from the Law Department of St. John's University. He is a member of the Chinese Writers Association, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a director of Soong Ching Ling Foundation. 20 10 won the Lifetime Achievement Award of Chinese Translation Culture in February, and 201/kloc-0 won the Lifetime Achievement Award of China People Affecting the World in April. 20 14 10 18 passed away peacefully at 8: 30 Beijing time at the age of 99.

Chinese name: Sha Boli.

Sydney Shapiro

Nationality: People's Republic of China (PRC).

Ethnic group: Jews

Place of birth: new york, USA

Date of birth:1915 65438+February 23rd.

Date of death: 2014101October 18.

Occupation: translation

Graduate school: St. John's University, Yale University

Faith: Judaism

Main achievements: 20 10 Lifetime Achievement Award of Chinese Translation Culture.

20 1 1 World Chinese Lifelong Achievement Award.

Masterpieces: Translated Water Margin, Lin Yuan, Spring Silkworm and Home.

The life of the character

During World War II, he joined the US Army and became an anti-aircraft gunner. Due to the need of the times, the United States decided to train a group of soldiers to learn world languages, and Shapiro was sent to learn Chinese and the history and culture of China. After leaving the army, Sha Boli used his retirement allowance to study Chinese and China history and culture at Columbia University, and then transferred to Yale University for further study.

/kloc-0 came to China in April, 1947, and worked in the Foreign Cultural Liaison Bureau 195 1 year, 1954, and then worked in People's Pictorial Society of Foreign Languages Publishing Bureau.

1952 started translation, and translated more than 20 China literary works.

1August 23, 963, became a citizen of People's Republic of China (PRC).

Main work

Works translated into English include New Daughter Country, Water Margin, Home, Spring Silkworm, Li Youcai Banhua, Defending Yan 'an, Entrepreneurship History, Linhai Snowfield, Moon Bud, Spring and Autumn in a Small Town, Selected Novels by Sun Li, Deng Xiaoping and so on. He is the author of My China, Sichuan Economic Reform, Criminal Law of Feudal Society in China, China Scholars' Study of Ancient Jews in China, and Biography of Ma, etc. Because of his wife Feng Zi, he also made three films: After the Armistice, Eagle in the Sky and Xi Incident.

Role life

1947 In the spring, Sha Boli came to Shanghai alone with the mentality of "traveling to China" and only $200 savings. Before that, he had only studied Chinese in America for nine months. What he didn't expect was that this decision made him have an indissoluble bond with China.

After staying in Shanghai, Sha Boli met the woman who changed his life, that is, his later wife, Feng Zi. When Sha Boli first came to China, she met the famous Shanghai actress Feng Zi. The following year, they got married. In that era when "transnational marriage" was still rare, they performed a legendary love story together. Feng Zi graduated from Fudan University and starred in Thunderstorm and Sunrise. She is an active figure in Shanghai's literary and art circles. With her help, Sha Boli not only learned Chinese faster, but also got a deeper understanding of China culture. Perhaps it is the power of love, or the power of the times. Sha Boli decided to stay in China and devote himself to the development and new life of China. Sha Boli said, "Because of the wind, I can adapt and live in China contentedly. She became my China. Phoenix, Phoenix, I'm in Phoenix, China. I fell in love with the phoenix and the dragon. "

After marriage, Shapiro began to try to contact a brand-new field-translation by chance. Since the publication of the first translation of 1956, he has been writing persistently for decades, translating many China's famous works into English, including Home, Spring Silkworm, Spring and Autumn in a Small Town and My Father Deng Xiaoping, which has continuously extended the cultural channels of China in a foreign land. Among them, the most famous is his translation of China's classic Water Margin. This English version is regarded as a wonderful translation with both faithfulness, expressiveness and elegance, and Sha Lao won the highest translation award of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Sha Lao once wrote such a passage: "It is my career and my pleasure to translate China literature. It gives me the opportunity to' know' more China people and' travel' to more places, which I can't do in my lifetime. " Through these translated works, he spread the image of China to the world and tried to let the world know a real China.

From 65438 to 0963, Premier Zhou Enlai approved the naturalization of China, which was the first batch of foreigners who were naturalized in China at that time. Since then, they have experienced historical events such as the Cultural Revolution and reform and opening up.

After Sha Boli 1983 retired, he was elected as a member of the Sixth CPPCC until his death. He always actively participates in the discussion of state affairs, often visits all parts of the country, makes suggestions on some issues, and exercises the rights and responsibilities of CPPCC members. Sha Boli is known as "a sincere friend who has accompanied the people of China for more than half a century".

Anecdotes of characters

20 1 1 This year is the 64th year that Sha Boli came to China from the other side of the ocean. In this land, he and the people of China * * * walked side by side through thick and thin, and wrote a different life. There is an old saying in China that "fallen leaves return to their roots", but Sha Boli said that China is my home and my roots have been deeply rooted here. I am a native of China.

Cross the ocean to witness the vicissitudes of life

19 15 12.23, Shapley was born in a Jewish family in new york, USA. 1April, 947, learning Chinese, he crossed the ocean to Shanghai with longing for the mysterious country of the East, in order to "see the real China". However, 32-year-old Sha Boli saw the darkness and backwardness of the Middle Ages in China. "At that time, I saw China was horrible. The masses are very bitter, the ruling class beats people and bullies them, and the people are very poor. " But soon, Shaboli saw hope, which was brought by the producer of China. He met Feng Zi, an actor and writer engaged in revolutionary work, and a year later they entered the marriage hall. Influenced by his wife and friends, Shapiro began to blend into the torrent of China revolution. He used his legal identity to cover the progressives who were searched by the Kuomintang, provided a joint place for underground organizations and helped transport drugs to the liberated areas. Although doing these things takes great risks, he is not timid. He said that although I didn't join the American production party, I took part in the anti-fascist struggle. When I came to China, I saw that the * * * production party in China was the representative of the progressive forces. I respect them and hope to help them do something.

When Beiping was liberated, Sha Boli rode a bicycle to Xizhimen to welcome the PLA into the city. "The people's liberation army into the gate. They are very handsome, their clothes are clean and their cars are very new. Of course, they were all sent by Chiang Kai-shek. Our own comrades joked that Chiang Kai-shek was the' transport captain'. "

19491kloc-0/,Sha Boli and Feng Zi were invited to experience the solemn moment of founding ceremony on the viewing platform on the east side of Tiananmen Square. To this day, he can clearly remember, "The scene at that time was very dramatic. Chairman Mao announced that "the Central People's Government of People's Republic of China (PRC) was established today". After that, hundreds of thousands of people in the audience were silent for a few seconds, as if they were too excited, and then the audience cheered with a "wow", and all the voices of joy and sobs came out. I am also very excited. This is a great historical moment. Didn't Chairman Mao say that the people of China stood up? The feeling at that time was indeed so, which was completely different from the old society. In the old society, China people had a sense of inferiority and always felt inferior. As soon as the new China was established, it was like a changed person and stood up mentally. " At that time, Sha Boli was not a citizen of China, but in the vast sea of people, he could feel the passion and emotion spread all over his body like electricity.

Translated works spread China culture equally.

After the founding of New China, Shapiro began to engage in literary translation. He has translated a large number of modern and contemporary literary works in China, among which the English version of the Chinese classic Water Margin, which he has made great efforts to complete, is the pinnacle. 20 10 won the Lifetime Achievement Award of Chinese Translation Culture. Being attached to China's literature not only deepened his love for China, but also spread this love to the whole world, allowing people of different races and beliefs to know a real and lovely China through the window of literature.

After that, he settled in China and enthusiastically introduced China culture and the great changes in new China to the world. He once saw the old China, and now he sees that the people rely on their own strength to create a miracle to get rid of the tragic situation, and he himself participated in the creation of this miracle. He said, "For the first time in my life, I have a sense of accomplishment. I not only need personal progress, but also want to be a part of this dynamic society and make progress with China. " . He knows that what he wants most is to live in China. He agrees with the producer and likes Beijing, which has his home, relatives and friends. He can do more useful things in China than in the United States, so he decided to stay permanently.

Naturalized China cares about the development of the Party.

1963, with the approval of Premier Zhou Enlai, Shaboli became a citizen of China. From then on, he felt that he was no longer a "helper" but a "participant". He often emphasizes that he is not an "international friend" on different occasions: "I am from China, but the country takes care of me too much and always treats me as an old foreign expert." Today, "I'm from China" has not only become Sha Boli's inner recognition, but also a proud identity. 20 1 1 In April, he delivered a speech full of pride: "1947, when I first came to China, some people said that China was the sick man of East Asia. Now, maybe those people are afraid that we are too healthy. Without the leadership of the China * * * production party and the party's guidance to me.

As a citizen of China, Sha Lao always cares about the development and growth of China's * * * production party, which leads the country. He picked up a book "Quotations from Chairman Mao" on the table, which was full of reading marks. Pointing to one paragraph, he read word for word: "The masses are real heroes, but we ourselves are often naive and ridiculous. If we don't understand this, we can't get the minimum knowledge. " He said that the relationship between the party and the masses "should be a lip-tooth relationship." The 90-year history proves that it is with the support and support of the broad masses of the people that the China Communist Party can win the revolution and construction in China and achieve brilliant achievements in reform and opening up. The mass line is one of the magic weapons for China's * * * production party to win the revolution. Only by staying with the masses forever and seeking happiness for the people can the * * * production party be in an invincible position.

win an honour

20 10 won the Lifetime Achievement Award of Chinese Translation Culture.

Sha Boli, Xu Yuanchong, Tu An and Li won the Lifetime Achievement Award of Chinese Translation Culture on February 3, 20 10. The Lifetime Achievement Award of Chinese Translation Culture was established in 2006, which is the highest honor award established by the Translators Association of China in recognition of translators. Previously, only Ji Xianlin and Yang had won the prize.

20 1 1 won the "World Chinese Lifelong Achievement Award".

20 1 1 Sha Boli won the 20101Lifetime Achievement Award, which was jointly selected by Phoenix Satellite TV and more than ten well-known Chinese media and institutions at home and abroad. The winner of "Lifetime Achievement Award", the most eye-catching award of "The World is Beautiful Because of You-Affecting the World Chinese Festival 2010-201",is the famous translator Sha Boli. This is the first time that the award has been awarded to Chinese Jews who have great influence in the Chinese field since the fourth grand ceremony was held. Previously, Nobel Prize winner Yang Zhenning, "father of hybrid rice" Yuan Longping, scientific giant Qian Xuesen and contemporary writer and martial arts master Jin Yong won this honor. Sha Lao was very happy to win the World Chinese Lifetime Achievement Award. He said, "I love China. This is my home and my roots are in China. "

"The World is Beautiful Because of You-Affecting the World Chinese Festival 20 10-20 1 1" was planned and initiated by Phoenix Satellite TV and Phoenix New Media, with China News Service, Beijing Youth Daily, Singapore Lianhe Zaobao, Ming Pao, Southern Newspaper Group, Sina.com, Sin Chew Daily, Want Want Media Group, Hong Guardian and World Daily. More than 65,438+00 outstanding Chinese who are at the core of news events, have made outstanding achievements in different fields, are influential in the world and have attracted global attention. They are selected by the organizer 100 senior media people, and awarded the "Award for Influencing the World Chinese" and the "Lifetime Achievement Award for Influencing the World Chinese".

On the evening of April 2nd, 2065438+0/kloc-0, the awarding ceremony of "Lifetime Achievement Award for Chinese People in the World" awarded to Sha Boli-"The World is Beautiful Because of You-Festival of Chinese People in the World 2010-201"was held in Peking University Centennial Hall.

Character speech

As time goes by, although I have never lost my American flavor, I feel more and more that China is my country, my home and my family. There is a warm and friendly feeling in China society, and I hope this feeling will never change.