节日用语翻译.ppt

1、What is a Festival,A festival is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community. There are numerous types of festivals in the world. Though many have religious origins, others involve seasonal change or have some cul

2、tural significance.,Holiday, Festival, Vacation, Leave,holiday 指按规定不工作的各种假日，时间可长可短，一般译为“休假”或“假期”。 festival 指公众庆祝、欢度的节日,确切译法为“节庆”。 vacation 通常指时间较长的假期，如学校的寒暑假等。 leave 主要指政府机关工作人员或军队人员获准的休假、假期。,Types of Festivals,Legal holidays Commemoration day Traditional Festivals Festivals of Ethnic Minorities Rel

3、igious festivals/ holidays Folk festivals Seasonal Festivals Art festivals Economic and trade festivals Temple fair rally,Main Festivals around the world(1),New Years Day Adults Day St. Valentines Day Lantern Festival Carnival Peach Flower Festival International Womens Day,Main Festivals around the

4、world(2),St. Patricks Day Maple Sugar Festival April Fools Day Easter Food Festival International Labour Day Boys Day,Main Festivals around the world(3),Mothers Day Bamadan Lesser Bairam International Childrens Day Fathers Day Dragon Boat Festival Corban,Main Festivals around the world(4),Mid-autumn

5、 Festival Teachers Day Halloween， Hallowmas Thanksgiving Christmas Eve, Christmas Day New Years Eve Spring Festival,Adults Day,Carnival,St. Patricks Day,Easter,开斋节,Halloween,Thanksgiving,Chinese Festivals (1),春节 the Spring Festival 元宵节 the Lantern Festival 清明节 the Qingming Festival,Tomb-sweeping Day

6、 端午节 the Dragon-Boat Festival,Chinese Festivals (2),中秋节 the Mid-Autumn Festival , the Moon Festival 重阳节 the Double-Ninth Festival 七夕 the Double-Seventh Day,Chinese Festivals (3),中国共产党诞生纪念日 Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Communist Party (the Party s Birthday) 建军节 Army Day 教师节 Teachers Day

7、 国庆节 National Day,春节词汇 Spring Festival Words (1),农历 lunar calendar 正月 lunar January; the first month by lunar calendar 除夕 New Years Eve 元宵节 The Lantern Festival,Spring Festival Words (2),过年 Guo-nian; have the Spring Festival 春联 Spring Festival couplets 剪纸 paper-cuts 年画 New Year paintings 买年货 special

8、 purchases for the Spring Festival ; do Spring Festival shopping 敬酒 propose a toast 烟花 、爆竹 fireworks and firecrackers,Spring Festival Words (3),舞狮、舞龙 lion dance，dragon dance 戏曲 traditional opera 杂耍 variety show 灯谜 riddles written on lanterns 灯会 exhibit of lanterns 守岁 staying-up 拜年 pay New Years call

9、; give New Years greetings; New Years visit,Spring Festival Words (4),禁忌 taboo 去晦气 get rid of the ill- fortune 祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to ones ancestors 压岁钱 gift money; money given to children as a lunar New Year gift 辞旧岁 bid farewell to the old year 春节联欢晚会 Spring Festival Gala,祝福语 Blessings,金玉满堂 Treas

10、ures fill the home 生意兴隆 Business flourishes 岁岁平安 Peace all year round 恭喜发财 Wishing you prosperity 和气生财 Harmony brings wealth,心想事成 May all your wishes come true 吉祥如意 Everything goes well 国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace 招财进宝 Money and treasures will be plentiful 一帆风顺 Wishing you e

11、very success,步步高升 Promoting to a higher position 出入平安 Safe trip wherever you go 祝您新的一年快乐幸福！ Wish you happiness and prosperity in the coming year! 祝您事业成功，家庭美满 Wish you success in your career and happiness of your family!,Food,年糕 Nian-gao; rise cake; New Year cake 团圆饭 family reunion dinner 年夜饭 the din

12、ner on New Years Eve 饺子 Jiao-zi; Chinese meat ravioli 汤圆 Tang-yuan; dumplings made of sweet rice, rolled into balls and stuffed with either sweet or spicy fillings 糖果盘 candy tray,什锦糖 assorted candies - sweet and fortune 蜜冬瓜 candied winter melon - growth and good health 金桔 cumquat - prosperity 糖莲子 ca

13、ndied lotus seed - many descendents to come 糖藕 candied lotus root - fulfilling love relationship 红枣 red dates - prosperity 花生糖 peanut candy - sweet,元宵节词汇,rice glue ball 元宵 glutinous rice 糯米 lions/dragons dancing 舞龙/舞狮 guess lantern riddles 猜灯谜 play couplets game 对对联 enjoy beautiful lanterns 赏花灯,exhi

14、bit of lanterns 灯会 dragon lantern dancing 耍龙灯 walking on stilts 踩高跷 land boat dancing 划旱船 yangko/yangge dance 扭秧歌 beating drums while dancing 打太平鼓 drum dance 腰鼓舞,fireworks party 焰火大会 traditional opera 戏曲 variety show/vaudeville 杂耍 Lantern Festivals temple fair 元宵庙会 colored lanterns temple fair 彩灯庙会,

15、与圣诞节有关的表达,the birthday of Jesus Christ 圣诞 Christmas Day，Xmas 圣诞节 Christmas carol 圣诞歌 Christmas card 圣诞卡 Santa Claus 圣诞老人 Christmas tree 圣诞树,Merry Christmas圣诞快乐 Christmas party圣诞晚会 Christmas Eve圣诞节前夕(12月24日) Christmas greetings圣诞祝贺 Christmas shopping圣诞采购 reindeer驯鹿,chimney烟囱 fireplace壁炉 Christmas fea

16、st圣诞大餐 Glittering decorations灿烂耀眼的装饰物品 Christmas gift圣诞礼物 Christmas hymn圣诞圣歌,Christmas ornament圣诞节用的装饰物品 Christmas recess圣诞节暂停营业、上学、工作期间 Midnight mass子夜弥撒 Christmas pudding圣诞布丁 Christmas stocking圣诞袜 Roast turkey烤火鸡,Sleigh bells雪橇铃 Twinkling electric light闪烁的电灯泡 Joyful atmosphere欢乐气氛 Shopping madness

17、疯狂采购,圣诞节祝福用语,Wishing you peace, joy and happiness throughout Christmas and the coming year. 在圣诞和新年来临之际，祝福你平安、快乐、幸福！ Warm greetings and best wishes for Christmas and the New Year! 致以热烈的祝贺和良好的祝福，圣诞快乐，新年快乐。,May Christmas and the New Year be filled with happiness for you. 愿你圣诞和新年幸福无尽。 With good wishes f

18、or a brilliant and happy Christmas season. Hope things are going all right with you. 在这辉煌快乐的圣诞佳节，献上一切美好的祝福！祝一切顺心如意！ Christmas comes but once a year. But when it comes it brings good cheer. 圣诞节一年只有一次，但每次来临都带来喜悦。,May the glow of the Christmas candle fill your heart with peace and pleasure and make your New Years bright. Have a love-filled Christmas and New Year! 愿圣诞的烛光带给你祥和与喜悦，祝你的圣诞和新年充满爱。 Christmas should be a time of banked-up fines, the scent of flowers and wine, good talk, good memories and loyalties renewed. But if all else is lacking - love wil