《容斋随笔·卷十四·绝唱不可和》
韦应物在滁州，把酒遥寄全椒山中道士，作诗道： 今朝郡斋冷，忽念山中客。
韦应物在滁州，以酒寄全椒山中道士，作诗曰： 今朝郡斋冷，忽念山中客。
Wei Yingwu was in Chuzhou when he poured a cup of wine and sent it to the hermit in the Quanjiao mountains. He wrote this poem: The county office is cold this morning, I suddenly think of the visitor in the mountains.
<s>[INST] From the Classical Chinese script: 韦应物在滁州，以酒寄全椒山中道士，作诗曰： 今朝郡斋冷，忽念山中客。, document the translation approach to render an English version. [/INST]
Initial step: Translate word-by-word, and get a pre-translation:
Wei: Wei
Yingwu: Yingwu
in: in
Chuzhou: Chuzhou, or Chuzhou county
with wine: with wine
meet: meet, visit, go to, send to
Quanjiao: Quanjiao
mountains: mountain
hermit: a recluse, hermit
made a poem and said: made a poem and said
today morning: today morning
county government office: county government office, office of county magistrate
cold: cold
suddenly: suddenly
think of: miss, think of
in the mountain: in the mountain
visitor: guest, visitor
Following steps: Use your knowledge of the language to make adjustments and fine-tune the pre-translation to produce an English rendition.
English rendition: Wei Yingwu was in Chuzhou when he poured a cup of wine and sent it to the hermit in the Quanjiao mountains. He wrote this poem: The county office is cold this morning, I suddenly think of the visitor in the mountains.</s>
From the Classical Chinese script: 韦应物在滁州，以酒寄全椒山中道士，作诗曰： 今朝郡斋冷，忽念山中客。, document the translation approach to render an English version.
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Initial step: Translate word-by-word, and get a pre-translation:
Wei: Wei
Yingwu: Yingwu
in: in
Chuzhou: Chuzhou, or Chuzhou county
with wine: with wine
meet: meet, visit, go to, send to
Quanjiao: Quanjiao
mountains: mountain
hermit: a recluse, hermit
made a poem and said: made a poem and said
today morning: today morning
county government office: county government office, office of county magistrate
cold: cold
suddenly: suddenly
think of: miss, think of
in the mountain: in the mountain
visitor: guest, visitor
Following steps: Use your knowledge of the language to make adjustments and fine-tune the pre-translation to produce an English rendition.
English rendition: Wei Yingwu was in Chuzhou when he poured a cup of wine and sent it to the hermit in the Quanjiao mountains. He wrote this poem: The county office is cold this morning, I suddenly think of the visitor in the mountains.
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