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太初元年夏季，蝗虫从东方飞到敦煌；三年秋季，再次发生蝗灾。
太初元年夏，蝗从东方蜚至敦煌；三年秋，复蝗。
In the summer of the first year of the Taichu reign, locusts flew from the east to Dunhuang; in the autumn of the third year, a locust disaster occurred again.
<s>[INST] For the Classical Chinese excerpt: 太初元年夏，蝗从东方蜚至敦煌；三年秋，复蝗。, detail the steps needed to accurately translate it into English. [/INST] Completed English translation: In the summer of the first year of the Taichu reign, locusts flew from the east to Dunhuang; in the autumn of the third year, a locust disaster occurred again.

Step 1: Identify the subject and verb. The subject is "蝗" (locusts) and the verb is "蜚" (fly).
Step 2: Determine the time and place of the event. The event happened in the summer of the first year of the Taichu reign and in Dunhuang.
Step 3: Translate the sentence into English. The English translation is "In the summer of the first year of the Taichu reign, locusts flew from the east to Dunhuang; in the autumn of the third year, a locust disaster occurred again."</s>
For the Classical Chinese excerpt: 太初元年夏，蝗从东方蜚至敦煌；三年秋，复蝗。, detail the steps needed to accurately translate it into English.
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Completed English translation: In the summer of the first year of the Taichu reign, locusts flew from the east to Dunhuang; in the autumn of the third year, a locust disaster occurred again.

Step 1: Identify the subject and verb. The subject is "蝗" (locusts) and the verb is "蜚" (fly).
Step 2: Determine the time and place of the event. The event happened in the summer of the first year of the Taichu reign and in Dunhuang.
Step 3: Translate the sentence into English. The English translation is "In the summer of the first year of the Taichu reign, locusts flew from the east to Dunhuang; in the autumn of the third year, a locust disaster occurred again."
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