Chinese-English translation

Question

On a plaque in the Zhalan Cemetery there seems to be an inconsistency. In the English text the burial date of Matteo Ricci is 1611 while in the Chinese text it appears to be 1610. Does the Chinese text say something else and is the English not an exact translation? (E.g. the Chinese speaks of date of death and English speaks of burial date.)

Answer 1

The Chinese text says "he died in 1610 and was buried here in the next year", the English text is just an indirect tranlation.