The Aztecs were a people who built a great city in the valley of Mexico, where Mexico City stands now. Their own name for themselves was closer to Mexica; Aztec is the name that came through Spanish.

The Aztecs「Aztec阿茲特克人」 were a people曾是一個民族 who built a great city他們建立起偉大城市 in the valley of Mexico在墨西哥谷地, where Mexico City stands now那個地方就是現在墨西哥城所在的位置。 Their own name for themselves他們自己對自己的稱呼 was closer to比較接近 Mexica「Mexica墨西加」; Aztec is the name that came through Spanish「Aztec」是透過西班牙文流傳下來的名字。

In the early 1500s, Hernán Cortés and the Spanish army — with help from other local peoples — brought their empire down. School books often mention gold, huge stone buildings, a difficult calendar, and religion that included killing humans as an offering.

In the early 1500s1500年代初, Hernán Cortés and the Spanish army埃爾南·科爾特斯(Hernán Cortés)和西班牙軍隊 — with help from other local peoples在其他當地民族的協助下 — brought their empire down推翻了他們的帝國。 School books often mention學校的課本常常會提到 gold黃金, huge stone buildings巨大的石造建築, a difficult calendar複雜難懂的曆法, and religion that included killing humans as an offering以及包含用活人獻祭的宗教。

All of that is true, though actually the story is bigger: they farmed in a clever way on lake gardens, they ran a huge market, and their language, Nahuatl, did not die with the empire. Millions of people in Mexico today have this history in their family, and some still speak Nahuatl.

All of that is true這些都是真的, though actually the story is bigger不過實際上這個故事更大: they farmed in a clever way on lake gardens他們用聰明的方式在湖上花園耕種, they ran a huge market經營著一個龐大的市場, and their language, Nahuatl而他們的語言納瓦特爾語(Nahuatl), did not die with the empire也沒有隨著帝國滅亡而消失。 Millions of people in Mexico today今天有數百萬墨西哥人 have this history in their family家族裡帶著這段歷史, and some still speak Nahuatl有些人至今仍然說納瓦特爾語。

In English, Aztec is both a noun (the Aztecs) and an adjective (Aztec gold, Aztec temples). People also stretch it a bit, calling any old Mexican-looking design “Aztec,” even when it is not.

In English在英文裡, Aztec is both a noun「Aztec」既是名詞 (the Aztecs)(the Aztecs阿茲特克人) and an adjective也是形容詞 (Aztec gold, Aztec temples)(Aztec gold阿茲特克黃金、Aztec temples阿茲特克神廟)。 People also stretch it a bit大家也會把它用得寬鬆一點, calling any old Mexican-looking design把任何看起來像古墨西哥風格的設計 "Aztec,"都稱作「Aztec」 even when it is not即使其實並不是。