具体如下：

Chinese characters (known in Chinese as 汉字hànzì, in simplified characters 汉字) have a very long history.

汉字（中文称为汉字 简体字hánzì汉字) 历史悠久。

Their earliest known form, found on oracle bones dating back over 3,000 years, was already a fully developed system of writing.

他们最早的已知形式是在3000多年前的“甲骨文”上发现的，它已经是一个完全发达的书写系统。

The current form of the characters, based on brush and ink, dates from the fourth century AD.

现在的汉字形式是以笔墨为基础的，可以追溯到公元四世纪。

At the time of the Han dynasty (202 BC - AD 220) there were over 9,000 characters.

在汉朝（公元前202年-公元220年）有9000多个汉字。

The number grew steadily over the centuries as more and more characters were coined. Today upwards of 50,000 characters have been recorded, although many are simply variants.

随着越来越多的汉字被创造出来，这个数字在几个世纪里稳步增长。今天已经记录了超过50000个字符，尽管其中许多只是变体。

Around 7,000 characters are actually in use in the modern language, of which only about 3,000-4,000 are needed to read books and newspapers.

现代语言中实际使用了大约7000个字符，其中阅读书籍和报纸只需要3000-4000个字符。

The creation of new characters has effectively ceased and it is unlikely that many will be added to the current stock.

新角色的创作实际上已经停止，而且不太可能在现有的角色库中添加许多新角色。

In the 20th century, China simplified the traditional characters extensively in order to promote literacy.

在20世纪，为了提高识字率，中国广泛简化了繁体字。

These simplified characters are used in Mainland China and Singapore, but the traditional characters are still used in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

这些简化的字符在中国大陆和新加坡使用，但传统的字符仍然在台湾和香港使用。

This page shows the traditional characters, but the simplified form is also shown.

本页显示繁体字，但也显示简化形式。

Besides Chinese characters, modern Chinese also uses some elements borrowed from the West, such as Roman letters, Arabic numerals, and Western punctuation.

除了汉字，现代汉语还使用了一些从西方借来的元素，如罗马字母、阿拉伯数字和西方标点符号。

There is also a system of phonetic symbols, informally known asbo po mo fo, created in the early 20th century and still used for limited purposes in Taiwan (e.g., indicating pronunciation in childrens books).

还有一种拼音符号系统，非正式名称为bo-po-mo-fo，创建于20世纪初，在台湾仍用于有限的用途（例如，在儿童读物中指示发音）。

It has largely been abandoned on the Mainland.

在大陆，它基本上被遗弃了。

The following is a sample of printed Chinese, an extract from a newspaper article, rendered in both simplified and traditional characters.

以下是一篇摘自报纸文章的印刷体中文样本，以简体和繁体字呈现。

Simplified characters are on top, traditional below. Traditional characters more generally run up and down the page.

上面是简体字，下面是繁体字。繁体字通常会在页面上下移动。

Unfortunately I dont have the software to reproduce that effect.The article is about the abandonment of a 3-year old boy in Haikou.

不幸的是，我没有复制这种效果的软件。这篇文章是关于海口一名3岁男孩被遗弃的故事。