民间传统手艺traditional folk crafts
针线    needle and thread
舞台装饰    stage decoration
各种装饰图案    various decorating patterns
台布table cloth
杰出代表    0utstanding representative
Embroidery, one of the traditional folk crafts in China, has a history of more than 2,000 years. It is made by embroidering various decorating patterns on fabrics
with needle and thread. Chinese embroidery is closely connected with sericulture, as China is the first country in the world to use silk. Embroidery is mainly used in life and art decoration, such as clothes, bedclothes, table cloth and stage decoration. As one of the outstanding representatives of Chinese culture, embroidery enjoys a high reputation overseas.
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2．注意英汉语言差异。译文第二句一方面为了避免重复出现embroidery(刺绣)，用了代词it；另一方面，根据汉语多主动、英语多被动的句式特点，译文运用了被动语态，表达更恰当。
3．“紧密相连”可译为is closely connected with。
4．“……是第一个去做……”一般译为…is the first one to…。
5．“杰出代表”译为outstanding representative即可；“在国外也享有很高的声誉”译为enjoys a high reputation overseas。