译是：

There were great-grand-mother，grandmother，mothers-in-law，daughters-in-law，grand-daughters-in-law，great-grand-daughters-in-law，grandsons，grand-nephews and a pack of great-great-grandsons，as well as granddaughters and grand-nieces on the paternal and maternal sides，and grand-nieces on the brothers’and sisters’sides...Aiya，it was really lively！

翻译家费了九牛二虎之力，终于搞定了中国的宗亲称谓，不过，说这是英文绕口令，也不过分吧。对于英语世界的读者来说，即使看懂了，也会头大的。

对《红楼梦》着魔的外国人

《红楼梦》引领了代代中