英语翻译传说,很久以前,西岸没有河流,只有一条又小又脏的水沟.一天,有个打鱼人在水沟里网住了一条小蛇.这条小蛇十分奇特,

英语翻译
传说,很久以前,西岸没有河流,只有一条又小又脏的水沟.一天,有个打鱼人在水沟里网住了一条小蛇.这条小蛇十分奇特,尾部有九片闪耀的鳞片.当鱼人把手触向鳞片时,蛇眼里闪着乞求的光芒,十分可怜.渔人顿生恻隐之心,抚了一下它的鳞片,就把它放回了水沟.谁知那九片鳞忽然落了,小蛇长身而舞,化为一条小龙.原来,它是一条上天的神龙,因触犯了天条,受玉皇大帝处罚,变成这模样,它的尾巴上被加了九把锁—就是小蛇尾上的九片闪耀的鳞.玉皇曾言：“这锁要打开,除非得到人的阳气.”刚才渔人无意中竟打开了小龙身上的千年枷锁.小龙为了感谢渔人,在水沟里不停地翻动,并从口里不停的喷出水来,灌注在小水沟里.慢慢地,小水沟变成了大河（也就是现在的西岸河）,河水为西岸带来了五谷丰登.为了纪念这条神龙,人们把沿河的村子称为龙头寨,上龙首等村.在神龙升天这一天,也就是端午节举行赛龙舟,以示庆贺.

once upon a time, it was said that in the west bank there is just a drain. one day, a little snake was caught in that drain. that snake was very different from the other, it has 9 blinking scales in its tail. so the fisher felt a sense of pity. he feel its scales with his hand then set it free. suddenly, those scales fallen and its body lenthened. Finally it bacames the seraph that it used be. then we know that story, that he is the seraph of the heaven. because he broke the rules, he was punished by the god: he was turned into a little snake, with 9 locks in its tail and those locks are the blinking scales. the god once said: it can unlocked only with Yangchi of man. that is what just happened, the fisher set the seraph free form thousand years of confinement by his touch. in order to show his thankfulness, the seraph summon the fresh water, cleaned that drain and turned the drain into a river.(Xian River) The fresh water brings good harvest. villages along that river was named Longtouzhai, Shanlongshoudeng Village to commemorate the saraph. each year of the same date, people there celebrate dragon-boat festival by dragon boat race.
注：本文有着浓厚中国风,不推荐翻译为Dragon,在西方文化中Dragon为恶龙.Seraph为圣经中炽天使,据描述和中国的龙很相像.本译文只粗略的翻译了大概意思,并且为了西方人理解,将玉皇大帝的概念置换为上帝,或者称为“神”.本文仅供参考,没有检查过语法错误.