English translations for the operatic terms 二流 and 倒板? There are two Chinese operatic terms that I'm looking at at the moment:


二流
倒板


Neither of these terms show up in any dictionary that I have gone through.

I have seen both translated just phonetically:


erliu
daoban


I'm not sure if there are better English equivalents for these terms though?

Any ideas?
I would argue that it is wisest to simply transliterate (with Pinyin) with the Chinese characters included. As both these are specific terms with no equivalent in Western culture, transliteration with some explanation is best. For example:


  erliu (二六, a medium tempo xipi tune)
  
  daoban (倒板, literally "lead-in meter")


However, academic studies have provided standard translations:


  二六 = two-six meter
  
  倒板 = lead-in meter