(1) The self-made billionaire, who was once China's richest man, died of an illness on Sunday at the age of 79, his company Hangzhou Wahaha Group said in a brief statement, without providing further details.
(2) His death was mourned across China. Condolences poured in from prominent Chinese entrepreneurs including Alibaba (BABA) co-founder Jack Ma and Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun.
(3) The beverage tycoon's rise came to embody the can-do spirit of China's first generation of private entrepreneurs, who helped propel the country's explosive economic growth in the years after it moved away from Chairman Mao Zedong's class struggle to embrace market reforms in the late 1970s.
(4) Despite his wealth, Zong was known for his frugal lifestyle, which set him apart from many of China's new rich. “Every day, I still smoke two packs of cigarettes that cost 12 yuan (then $1.80) each, have two cups of tea, and eat my three meals at the company canteen,” he said.
Zong, Qinghou, a self-made founder of Wahaha Group, is a legendary businessman in China. He started his soft drink empire by selling popsicles to students from a tricycle. Over time, his business grew into an enterprise group that sold milk drinks, bottled water, canned rice soups, and other goods.
In China, Wahaha's self-made billionaire Zong QiongHou was called the legendary businessman. He developed his kingdom of soft drinks from a tricycle selling ice pops to students to a enterprise group that sell many kinds of goods from milk beverages to bottled water, and canned congee.
In China, Qinghou Zong, the self_made founder of Wahaha Group, was regarded as an legendary entrepreneur.
He deveopped his beverage tycoon from a tricycle selling popcicles to students into an entreprise selling a variety of products from milk beverage to bottled water and canned soup.
【一句话翻译】传奇商人宗庆后
【汉译英 Chinese to English】
在中国，娃哈哈白手起家的创始人宗庆后被称为传奇商人，他将自己的软饮料帝国从一辆向学生兜售冰棒的三轮车发展成为一家销售从牛奶饮料到瓶装水和罐装粥等各种商品的企业集团。(CNN)
Notes: (Excerpts from a CNN news report)
(1) The self-made billionaire, who was once China's richest man, died of an illness on Sunday at the age of 79, his company Hangzhou Wahaha Group said in a brief statement, without providing further details.
(2) His death was mourned across China. Condolences poured in from prominent Chinese entrepreneurs including Alibaba (BABA) co-founder Jack Ma and Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun.
(3) The beverage tycoon's rise came to embody the can-do spirit of China's first generation of private entrepreneurs, who helped propel the country's explosive economic growth in the years after it moved away from Chairman Mao Zedong's class struggle to embrace market reforms in the late 1970s.
(4) Despite his wealth, Zong was known for his frugal lifestyle, which set him apart from many of China's new rich. “Every day, I still smoke two packs of cigarettes that cost 12 yuan (then $1.80) each, have two cups of tea, and eat my three meals at the company canteen,” he said.
在中国，娃哈哈白手起家的创始人宗庆后被称为传奇商人，他将自己的软饮料帝国从一辆向学生兜售冰棒的三轮车发展成为一家销售从牛奶饮料到瓶装水和罐装粥等各种商品的企业集团。
Zong, Qinghou, a self-made founder of Wahaha Group, is a legendary businessman in China. He started his soft drink empire by selling popsicles to students from a tricycle. Over time, his business grew into an enterprise group that sold milk drinks, bottled water, canned rice soups, and other goods.
罐装粥可以译成canned porridge, soup一般指稀一些的汤。
在中国，娃哈哈白手起家的创始人宗庆后被称为传奇商人，他将自己的软饮料帝国从一辆向学生兜售冰棒的三轮车发展成为一家销售从牛奶饮料到瓶装水和罐装粥等各种商品的企业集团。
In China, Wahaha's self-made billionaire Zong QiongHou was called the legendary businessman. He developed his kingdom of soft drinks from a tricycle selling ice pops to students to a enterprise group that sell many kinds of goods from milk beverages to bottled water, and canned congee.
在中国，娃哈哈白手起家的创始人宗庆后被称为传奇商人，他将自己的软饮料帝国从一辆向学生兜售冰棒的三轮车发展成为一家销售从牛奶饮料到瓶装水和罐装粥等各种商品的企业集团。(CNN)
In China, Qinghou Zong, the self_made founder of Wahaha Group, was regarded as an legendary entrepreneur.
He deveopped his beverage tycoon from a tricycle selling popcicles to students into an entreprise selling a variety of products from milk beverage to bottled water and canned soup.
I think "sell" should be "sells" because group is not a plural.
Soup is better replaced with porridge, I think.