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Someone has mistaken this poem to be Shakepeare's.  Not all well-written poems or famous quotes came from Shakespeare.  I think that this is a pretty good poem and would like to share it with you.  I tried to translate it into Chinese.   The translation is very close to what was translated by others.  Maybe not as beautiful.

See http://www.zftrans.com/bbs/read.php?tid=4772&fpage=1&toread=&page=4

Poetry by Robert Herrick - To Electra 

I dare not ask a kiss,
I dare not beg a smile;

This is one of my earlier translations when I first started answering questions in Yahoo Knowledge in March 2008.  I would like to share it with you all.

隨處可見的蚵田、台鹽鹽山和特產鹹冰棒是本區特色。

This was another poem which I wrote trying to follow the structure of a sonnet.  I still like it and want to share with you even though it did not trully rhyme with every line.  

For examples of my poems which follow the structure of Shakespeare's sonnet, please look at my article - Shakespeare Sonnet - 十四行詩說明和寫法

This was a poem which I wrote trying to follow the structure of a sonnet.  I still like it and want to share with you even though it did not trully rhyme with every line.  

For examples of my poems which follow the structure of Shakespeare's sonnet, please look at my article - Shakespeare Sonnet - 十四行詩說明和寫法

There are fourteen lines in a Shakespearean sonnet. The first twelve lines are divided into three quatrains with four lines each. In the three quatrains the poet establishes a theme or problem and then resolves it in the final two lines, called the couplet. The rhyme scheme of the quatrains is abab cdcd efef. The couplet has the rhyme scheme gg.

See http://shakespeare.about.com/od/studentresources/a/sonnetbasics.htm
 

This is just a literal translation without portraying the true meaning behind the original verses. 

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Someone has asked me to translate this article into English.  I really like this article, so I decided to share it with you.

漁人碼頭

白璧無瑕
Impeccable, faultless, flawless, irreproachable, unblemished, perfect.

1) He keeps an unblemished political record without any affair or scandal.

This is my first attempt to translate a poem by Shakespeare.  Pardon me for my poor Chinese translation.

Sonnet 19: