Each of William Shakespeare's 38 plays will be performed in a different language, including Arabic, Spanish and Urdu, during a theatre season in Britain to mark the London 2012 Olympic Games.

在英国戏剧节期间，伦敦将用38种不同的语言来演绎莎士比亚的38部戏剧，以迎接2012年伦敦奥运会的到来。这些语言包括阿拉伯语、西班牙语和乌尔都语等。

Shakespeare's Globe theatre in the British capital said Thursday it would host the special season over six weeks, beginning next year on April 23, the playwright's birthday.

伦敦莎士比亚环球剧院周四称，他们将主办这场特别的戏剧节。该戏剧节将于明年4月23日莎士比亚诞辰日开幕，持续6周。

Shows will included "The Taming of the Shrew" in Urdu, starring Pakistani television star Nadia Jamil as Katherine, and "King Lear" in Australian Aboriginal languages.

将要上演的戏剧包括用乌尔都语演的《驯悍记》和用澳大利亚土著语言演绎的《李尔王》。巴基斯坦电视明星纳迪亚 贾米尔扮演《驯悍记》中的“悍妇”凯瑟丽娜。

Other performances include "Julius Caesar" in Italian, "Troilus and Cressida" in Maori, "The Tempest" in Arabic and "Love's Labour's Lost" in British sign language.

其他剧目还包括意大利语版《凯撒大帝》、毛利语版《特洛伊罗斯与克瑞西达》、阿拉伯语版《暴风雨》，以及用英国手语演绎的《爱的徒劳》等。

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"The Globe will create an international Shakespeare community in the heart of London, as a prelude to the internationalism which will fill the capital later in the year with the Olympics," said the Globe's artistic director Dominic Dromgoole.

环球剧院的艺术总监多米尼克 德罗古尔说：“环球剧院将在伦敦中心创造一个国际莎士比亚社区，作为伦敦奥运“国际主题”的序曲。到2012年，伦敦会到处弥漫着这种国际化的气氛。”

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The project is part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad which was set up in 2008 to celebrate the Olympics.

戏剧节是2012伦敦文化奥运的一部分，文化奥运活动是从2008年开始的，旨在庆祝伦敦奥运会。

The Globe is a reconstruction of a theatre where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed before it burnt down in 1613.

环球剧院是一个重建的剧场，原来的剧场在1613年被烧毁，在那之前，莎士比亚的很多戏剧都在此演出。