四级翻译-节日篇全套.doc

翻译---节日篇 1. 元宵节（7） 8. 光棍节端午节重阳节五四运动中秋节国际消费者权益日中国盛行的西方节日春节8件春节习俗父亲节元宵节腊八节冬至节中国传统节日植树节 元宵节(the Lantern Festival)，又称上元节，于每年农历(lunar calendar)正月十五庆祝。元宵节之夜也是农历年第一个满月之夜，象征着春的回归，它被视为家庭团聚佳期。根据中国习俗，元宵节之夜，人们点亮精致的灯笼，外出赏月、放烟花、猜灯谜、吃元宵，庆贺佳节。有些地区甚至举行民俗表演，如耍龙灯、舞狮、踩高跷(stilt walking)等。元宵节是中国重要的传统节日，已有2000多年的历史，今天，在国内外，这个节日仍十分受欢迎。这一天，有中国人的地方都将举行一些繁忙的庆祝活动。参考翻译：The Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, is celebrated on January 15th on Chinese lunar calendar.It is the first full moon night in Chinese lunar year, symbolizing the coming back of the spring.The Lantern Festival is deemed as a good day for family get-together.According to the custom of China, people on that night will carry nice lanterns and go out to appreciate the moon, light fireworks, guess lantern riddles, and eat sweet dumplings to celebrate the festival.Some places even have folk performances such as playing dragon lanterns, lion dance and stilt walking. The Lantern Festival, an important traditional Chinese festival which has been in existence for over 2,000 years, is still very popular in China, even overseas.And any place in which Chinese people live will experience busy activities on that day.词汇详解：1.农历:即lunar calendar,而 lunar year则为“农历年 ”。2.满月:即foil moon，而half moon则是“半月”。3.被视为:可译为be deemed as或be regarded as。4.放烟花:可译为light fireworks。5.元宵:也叫汤圆，可译为sweet dumpling或rice glueball。6.耍龙灯、舞狮、踩高跷:可分别译为playing dragonlanterns, lion dance, stilt walking。7.已有2000多年的历史:可译为have been in existence for over 2,000 years。“有…的历史”即“已存在…”，故译为have been in existence,也可译为have a history of。8.繁忙的庆祝活动:可译为busy activities。也可以用busy celebrations表达。 元宵节（2） 翻译原文： 与大多数中国节日一样，元宵节同样有自己的特色小吃，成为“汤圆”(也叫“元宵”)。汤圆外形圆圆的，外皮由糯米制成，内陷或甜或辣。人们都说汤圆有两个象征之意，一为农历的第一个月圆，二为家庭团聚圆满。元宵节传统习俗中还有一部分是关于猜灯谜的游戏。在过去，这些谜语大多出自于模糊的文学典故和中国古典文学之中，所以猜灯谜以前多为知识份子的“领地”。踩高跷，敲大鼓和舞龙狮也是元宵节主要的娱乐活动。参考翻译：Like most Chinese festivals, the Lantern Festival has its own special food, called “tang yuan”. These are round, glutinous rice dumplings with sweet or spicy fi