Northumberland is a county in northeast England. It sits just south of Scotland, with the North Sea on its east side.

Northumberland諾森伯蘭 is是 a county in northeast England英格蘭東北部的一個郡， It sits just south of Scotland它就在蘇格蘭南邊， with the North Sea on its east side東邊臨著北海。

For England it is large and rather empty — hills, forests, and a long wild coast. The Roman wall called Hadrian’s Wall runs across it, and that is what many visitors come to see.

For England以英格蘭的標準來說 it is這裡 large and rather empty地廣人稀 hills, forests, and a long wild coast丘陵、森林，還有一段狂野的長長海岸線。 The Roman wall called Hadrian's Wall羅馬人建的哈德良長城 runs across it橫貫其中 and that is也是 what many visitors come to see許多遊客專程來看的東西。

The name is old. In Old English it was Norþhymbra land, “land of the Northumbrians,” the people who lived north of the River Humber.

The name這個名字 is old很古老。 In Old English在古英語裡 it was Norþhymbra land它叫做Norþhymbra land 「land of the Northumbrians」意思是「諾森布里亞人的土地」 the people who lived north of the River Humber也就是住在亨伯河以北的人。

Though actually, that old land was much bigger than the county on today’s map. People often mix Northumberland up with Northumbria, the name of the old Anglo-Saxon kingdom; Northumberland is the county you can still point to now.

Though actually不過其實 that old land那片古老的土地 was 其實 much bigger than the county on today's map比今天地圖上的這個郡大得多。 People often mix Northumberland up with Northumbria大家常把諾森伯蘭跟諾森布里亞搞混 the name of the old Anglo-Saxon kingdom後者是古盎格魯撒克遜王國的名字 Northumberland諾森伯蘭 is 則是 the county you can still point to now現在還能在地圖上指出來的那個郡。