The Woman Who Copied Paintings

苏州有一位姓周的女画师。

In Suzhou, there was a female painter surnamed Zhou.

她一生只做一件事，就是临摹古画。

She devoted her life to only one thing: copying ancient paintings.

她说自己不是画家，只是一个抄写的人。

She said she was not a painter, just a copyist.

博物馆请她修复一幅破损的山水。

The museum asked her to restore a damaged landscape painting.

那幅画缺了一个角，谁也不知道原来画的是什么。

That painting was missing a corner, and no one knew what it was originally depicted.

周老师看了三个月才动笔。

Teacher Zhou spent three months reading before he started writing.

她补上了一座很小的桥。

She added a very small bridge.

后来专家在旧档案里找到了原稿。

Later, experts found the original manuscript in old archives.