太阳年

A 20 day month was a "uinal", one solar year was a "tun", 20 tuns a "katun", and 20 katuns were a "baktun", 13 of which take us back to the August 13, 3114 B.C. date.

一个20天的月份是一"乌内尔"，一个太阳年就是一"盾"，20吞就是一"卡盾"，20卡吞就是一"白卡盾"，13个这样的白卡盾就让我们回到公元前3114年8月13日。

Added or having an addition to make the calender year correspond to the solar year.

有额外的或者增加的时间来使日历的一年与太阳年一致。

The author assumes an impossible solar year of 364 days (ie twelve months of thirty days each, and four intercalary days) to which the Jewish ecclesiastical year of thirteen months of twenty-eight days each exactly corresponds.

作者假设一个不可能的太阳年364天（即12个月内的30天内，每4人夹层天），其中犹太人教会的一年13个月的28天每正好相符。

The Mayan calendar was very advanced, and consisted of a solar year of 365 days.

玛雅人的日历是很先进，和365天的太阳年组成。

Their mathematical achievements included positional notation and the use of zero; in astronomy, they accurately calculated a solar year, compiled precise tables of positions for the Moon and Venus, and were able to predict solar eclipses.

他们的数学成就包括位置符号和使用的零，在天文学，他们准确地计算出太阳年，编制为月球和金星阵地的确切表，并能预测日食。

Almost all civilizations have based their calendars on either the lunar month or the solar year, despite the inherent difficulty that the year is not made up of an exact number of lunar months.

几乎所有的文明社会都以月亮月或太阳年为基础来建立年历，尽管存在着一年不是由准确数目的月亮月组成这一固有的难题。

III. TranslationAlmost all civilizations have based their calendars on either the lunar month or the solar year, despite the inherent difficulty that the year is not made up of an exact number of lunar months.

几乎所有的文明社会都以月亮月或太阳年为基础来建立年历，尽管存在着一年不是由准确数目的月亮月组成这一固有的难题。

This added up to 4 days too many to stay in sync with the solar year.

这又加了4天太多，以保持同步，与太阳年。

The Arguelles' interpreted that date as the new beginning of the solar year.

阿格里的解释是那天作为新的太阳年的开始。

From this came their reckoning of time, and a calendar that accurately measures the solar year to within minutes.

他们从这里发展出对时间的计算，一部历法能够精确地量度太阳年到一分钟误差之内。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。