导读:《大鱼海棠》讲述了一个属于中国人的奇幻故事。这是一个震撼人心，触动灵魂的成长故事；这是一部笑中带泪，意蕴悠远的励志影片。每个人的心中都有一片大海,那是对自由,成长和梦想的渴望。
Big Fish & Begonia, directed by two Tsinghua University dropouts, has got the internet talking while it chases the box-office bucks.
两位清华大学辍学学生执导的《大鱼海棠》票房大卖，并在网上引起一番热议。
Even for those with little interest in cinema, ignoring the animation hit Big Fish & Begonia will be tough. Two weeks since its premiere on July 8, the film directed by two Tsinghua University dropouts is still dominating Chinese social media.
即使是对电影不感兴趣的人，也很难忽视《大鱼海棠》这部热议的动画片。自7月8日上映两周以来，《大鱼海棠》一直是中国社交媒体的热议话题。
Latest figures on Sina Weibo, China’s largest Twitter-like service, show that posts related to the film have generated more than 3 billion clicks, and more than 2 million reviews.
新浪微博（中国最大的推特类社交媒体）最新的数据表明，《大鱼海棠》相关帖子的点击量超过30亿次，评论总数超过200万。
Beating Hollywood blockbuster The Legend of Tarzan, which was released in mainland theaters on Tuesday, and powerful domestic rivals such as Cold War II, it has emerged as the most-discussed film on Weibo.
《大鱼海棠》战胜了周二在大陆影院上映的好莱坞大片《泰山传奇》和强大的国内竞争对手《寒战2》，成为微博上最为热议的电影。
While most Chinese-language movies are struggling in a market, the 30-million-yuan feature had raked in around 500 million yuan by Wednesday, according to the live box-office tracker Cbooo.cn.
在中国的电影市场，大多数中文电影都步履维艰。但是，中国票房网的数据表明，到周三为止，投资3000万元拍摄而成的《大鱼海棠》票房收入高达5亿元。
Despite drawing praise at some international festivals, Big Fish & Begonia is receiving a polarized audience at home.
虽然一些国际电影节对《大鱼海棠》赞赏有加，但中国观众对该电影的观点却两极分化。
To supporters, the long-awaited feature is an unprecedented creation for the values it espouses and its breathtaking landscapes. But its critics complain that a romance triangle and flat dialogues ruin the storyline.
对支持者而言，这部期待已久的电影因其倡导的价值观和令人震撼的画面而被称为史无前例的创作。但是批判者认为，三角恋和平淡的对话破坏了故事情节。
Deeply rooted in Chinese mythology, the film is set in a wonderland that manages the human world. The fictional world is designed like tulou, a fortresslike residence in East China’s Fujian province. The film opens when a lot of whales are seen slowly swimming in the sea. The narrator says the human soul is actually a fish whose journey across the ocean shows the different stages of life.
《大鱼海棠》深深植根于中国神话，故事发生在一个统治人类世界的仙界。这个虚构的世界以中国东部福建省堡垒状的土楼为依托。电影开始的场景是很多鲸鱼在海里慢慢地游。旁白说道，所有活着的人类，都是海里一条巨大的鱼，他们的生命就像横越大海，有时相遇，有时分开。
The story then focuses on a young girl from the wonderland and her love for a boy from the human world.
之后，电影讲述的是一个仙界女孩与人类男孩之间的爱情故事。
"China has seen few domestic animation titles that accurately showcase oriental culture and history," says Zuo Heng, an associate researcher with the China Film Art Research Center.
“中国缺乏能够展示东方文化和历史的动画电影，”中国电影艺术研究中心的副研究员左恒（音）说道。
Roles in the film are inspired by ancient Chinese classics and mythology, which make the film a showcase of oriental culture and history.
《大鱼海棠》中的角色受到中国古代经典作品和神话传说的启发，这使该电影展示了东方文化和历史。
"And, despite Big Fish & Begonia bearing influences of Hayao Miyazaki (Japanese animation master), it has done a good job in maintaining its Chinese roots."
“虽然《大鱼海棠》受到日本动画大师宫崎骏的影响，但是它也完美地维护了中国文化的根基。”
