Hartford is the capital city of Connecticut, a small state in the northeast of the United States, in New England. It sits on the Connecticut River. Though actually, many people cannot name it: they know Connecticut from Yale (which is in New Haven) or from being near New York, but the state capital is Hartford.

Hartford is the capital city of ConnecticutHartford（哈特福）是Connecticut（康乃狄克州）的首府， a small state in the northeast of the United States那是美國東北部的一個小州， in New England位在New England（新英格蘭）地區。It它 sits on the Connecticut River座落在Connecticut River（康乃狄克河）畔。Though actually不過話說回來， many people cannot name it很多人講不出它的名字： they know Connecticut from Yale他們認識Connecticut是因為Yale（耶魯大學， (which is in New Haven)在New Haven紐哈芬）， or from being near New York或是因為它靠近紐約， but the state capital is Hartford但這個州的首府其實是Hartford。

The city has a long history in insurance, and the writer Mark Twain lived there for years.

The city has a long history in insurance這座城市在保險業有很長的歷史， and the writer Mark Twain lived there for years作家Mark Twain（馬克吐溫）也曾在那裡住了好幾年。

There are other places called Hartford; in a learner’s dictionary this is the Connecticut one. A village in Cambridgeshire, England, has a different name-story (army + ford). The Hartford that means “deer ford” is hart + ford: a shallow place in a river where deer could cross.

There are other places called Hartford還有其他地方也叫Hartford； in a learner's dictionary在一本給學習者用的字典裡， this is the Connecticut one這裡指的是Connecticut這個。A village in Cambridgeshire, England英格蘭Cambridgeshire（劍橋郡）的一個村莊， has a different name-story有著不一樣的名字故事 (army + ford)（army軍隊 + ford渡口）。The Hartford that means "deer ford"意思是「鹿渡口」的那個Hartford， is hart + ford是hart（公鹿） + ford（渡口）： a shallow place in a river where deer could cross指河裡水淺、鹿可以渡過的地方。