爆竹声中一岁除,春风送暖入屠苏。转眼春节又要到了,春节可不只是the Spring Festival哦。
春节是Chinese New Year 还是Lunar New Year?
2018年春节的时候,国际名模刘雯在Ins上祝大家新年快乐,却遭到网友的抵制,最后不得不删掉重发。
虽然已经是旧闻了,但还是要多加注意!
那么,到底是“Happy Chinese New Year”还是“Happy Lunar New Year ”亦或是“Happy Spring Festival”呢?
今天就让我们好好来捋一捋。
春节,中国的新年,来源于中国农历,后来传播到亚洲一些国家和地区,因此,这些国家和地区也基本都采用中国农历作为庆祝新年的基准。而在一些英语国家里“春”“中国年”也一直用“Chinese New Year”,简称CNY,或者“Spring Festival”。
后来,韩国和越南为了去中国化,认为他们的新年不应该称作Chinese New Year,从而提出了“Lunar New Year”,并希望其作为亚洲地区新年的总称。
虽然现在英语里CNY和LNY两个词并存,但CNY的主流地位还是不可动摇的,基本上各大媒体在使用时还是倾向于使用CNY,毕竟,春节发源于中国是不争的事实。
当然,我们的国家官方还是很大度的,除了使用“Spring Festival ”,还有“Chinese New Year” “Lunar New Year”和“Chinese Lunar New Year ”三种说法。
因为,不管是中国年、农历年,都源于中国文化,根在中国,别人是拿不走的,这就是文化自信!
01、春节有几种说法
the Spring Festival 春节
Chinese New Year 春节
Lunar New Year 春节
Chinese Lunar New Year 中国春节
例句:
①The Spring Festival is drawing near,children are very happy.
春节快到了,孩子们很开心。
②As we know,Chinese New Year is a special festival for every Chinese.
众所周知,春节对每个中国人来说都是一个特别的节日。
02、New Year‘s Eve 除夕
New Year‘s Eve/ Lunar New Year s Eve 除夕
The first day of the Lunar New Year 大年初一
The first month of the Lunar Calendar 正月
除夕有除旧迎新的寓意,所以除夕也是中国人十分重视的节日之一。因为eve指的是节假日的前夜,所以除夕用英语来说就是New Year‘s Eve或Lunar New Year s Eve。
例句:
Chinese usually enjoy a reunion dinner on New Year‘s Eve.
除夕夜里,中国人通常要吃团圆饭。
03、过年不是pass the year
celebrate Chinese New Year 过年
celebrate the Spring Festival 过年
pass是通过,但是过年可不能翻译成pass the year,这是直译。要明白,中国人过年可不是说把这个年过完,真正意思应该是庆祝新年的到来,所以过年的地道表达是celebrate 后面加新年的表达。
例句:
He celebrates the Lunar New Year with his parents every year.
他每年都和父母一起过年。
04、春节习俗的英文表达
春节有很多传统习俗,所以春节也是节日气氛最浓的传统节日,但你知道这些习俗用英语应该怎么说吗?我们要怎么介绍给老外呢?大家一起来学习春节传统习俗的英文表达吧。
putting up Spring Festival couplets 贴春联
New Year paintings 年画
New Year Feast 年夜饭
stick the character of fu 贴福字
set off fireworks 放烟花
lucky money/ red envelope 红包;压岁钱
give Spring Festival greetings 拜年
spring cleaning/general house-cleaning 扫房
special purchases for the Spring Festival 买年货
05、常见拜年祝福语
金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home
生意兴隆 Business flourishes
岁岁平安 Peace all year round
恭喜发财 Wishing you prosperity
心想事成 May all your wishes come true
吉祥如意 Everything goes well
一帆风顺 Wishing you every success
步步高升 Promoting to a higher position
出入平安 Safe trip wherever you go
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那么,如何让外国人更好地了解春节呢?整理了一篇英语小作文,希望大家用心记住,说不定这就是下次考试的考题哦。
范文:
Chinese Spring Festival celebrates the end of winter and the warmth of spring, the traditional festival of China. It begins in the last day of the lunar year,ends in the 15th day of Lunar New Year,also is the Lantern Festival.
During the Spring Festival,people use red lanterns and Spring Festival couplets decorate the house,put on all kinds of colored new clothes,visit friends and relatives or together eat dumplings, fish, meat and other delicious food. The children are looking forward to receiving red envelopes,so that they can take the New Year’s Money to buy the thing that oneself wants to buy for a long time. Meanwhile ,the children can play firework with their friends.
There are some interesting activities ,such as the grand Spring Festival gala held CCTV, Street with dragon and lion dance and so on, during the Spring Festival .
Now, not only Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival, but also many Western countries began to celebrate the Spring Festival. Chinese traditional culture has gradually moved to the world.
中国的春节庆祝冬天的结束和温暖春天的来临,是中国的传统节日。它开始于农历年的最后一天,结束于农历正月十五,也就是元宵节。
春节期间,人们用红灯笼和春联装饰房子,穿上各式各样的彩色衣服,拜访亲戚朋友或聚在一起吃饺子、鱼、肉和其他美味的食物。孩子们盼望着收到红包(压岁钱),放烟花,开心极了。大街上有舞龙、舞狮和其他一些庆祝活动,中央电视台会举行盛大的春节联欢晚会。
现在,不仅仅中国人过春节,很多西方国家也开始庆祝春节,中国传统文化逐渐走向世界。
希望我们的人民生活富足安乐,国家繁荣昌盛。最后,祝大家:
May all your wishes come true!
Everything goes well!
Lots of luck for the Year of the Pig!