大家好,上午的四级翻译已经结束,考的是《鱼》、《春节》和《饮食文化》。六级翻译可能会考节日类和饮食了翻译,今天来看一下节日类翻译模板

常见篇章结构:

XX节日是中国的传统节日,在农历…月… 天,有…年的历史。在这一天,人们会… …,也会…。

 

万能模板:

_________Festival is China's traditional festivals, in the lunar___________month __________days, there are_________years of history. On this day, people will__________ , will___________.

比如:元宵节是在阴历的正月十五,猜灯 谜是节日的重要部分。 The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st Lunar month.Guessing lantern riddles is an essential part of the festival.

 

代表考题:

1、中秋节(2013.12六级) 

中国人自古以来就在中秋时节庆祝丰收,这与北美地区庆祝感恩节的习俗十分相似,过中秋节的习俗与唐代早期在中国各地开始流行,中秋节在农历八月十五,是人们拜月的节曰,这天夜晚皓月当空,人们合家团聚,共赏明月。2006年,中秋节被列为中国的文化遗产,2008年又被定为公共假日,月饼被视为中秋节不可或缺的美食,人们将月饼作为礼物馈赠亲友或在家庭聚会上享用。传统的月饼上带有 "寿"(longevity)、“福”或“和”等字样。 

参考译文: 

Since ancient times, the Chinese people usually celebrate harvest in the Mid-Autumn, which is similar to the custom of celebrating Thanksgiving in the North America. The tradition of celebrating Mid-Autumn festival became popular throughout China in the early Tang dynasty. The lunar August 15 is a day for people worshiping the moon. On this day, under the dazzling bright moon, families reunite and enjoy the moon' s beauty. In 2006, Mid-Autumn festival was listed as one of China's cultural heritage, and in 2008, it was classified as a public holiday. Moon cakes, as indispensable delicious food of the festival, were gifts people sent to families and friends during the festival and usually eaten on family gatherings. There are characters of “longevity”,“agood fortune” and “har- mony" on the Traditional moon cakes.

 

2、元宵节 

每年农历的正月十五是元宵节。早在两千多年前的西汉时期(the Western Han Dynasty), 元宵节就已经成为一 个具有重要意义的节日。在这天,人们制作各种漂亮的灯笼、设计有趣的灯谜;同时多种表演,如 舞龙灯、舞狮子、踩高跷(walking on stilts)等也会上演。和其他中国传统节曰 —样,元宵节也有特定的食品,叫“汤圆 (glue pudding) ”。汉语中,汤圆和“团圆”发音相似,代表着家庭团圆、和谐和快乐。 

参考译文: 

The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the 1st lunar month. As early as more than 2,000 years ago, in the Western Han Dynasty, it had become a festival with great significance. On the Lantern Festival, Chinese people craft many types of beautiful lanterns and create many interesting lantern riddles. At the same time, performances such as dragon lantern dance, lion dance and walking on stilts will be staged. Just like China’s other traditional festivals, the Lantern Festival also has its own special dish— “Tangyuan, a glue pudding”.Tangyuan has a similar pronunciation with 'tuanyuan (reunion)" in Chinese, representing reunion, harmony and happiness for the family.

3. 冬至

在中国北方的一些地区,冬至要喝饺子汤;其他一些地区的居民则会吃饺子,他们认为吃饺子可以免受来年的霜冻。然而,在南方,最常见的庆祝方法是一家人聚到一起,吃上一顿用红豆和糯米做成的饭,他们相信这样可以驱鬼辟邪。还有一些地区会吃汤圆。冬至的汤圆也可能会被用于祭祀,或者馈赠亲友。台湾人甚至还保留着向祖先进贡九层糕的习俗。他们用糯米粉捏成鸡、鸭、龟、猪、牛、羊等象征福禄寿的动物,然后用蒸笼分层蒸熟。

参考译文: 

In some parts of north China, people have jiaozi soup on this day; while residents of some other places eat jiaozi, saying doing so will keep them from frost in the upcoming winter. But in south China, it is commonplace for the whole family to get together to have a meal made of red beans and glutinous rice. They believe, by doing this, they can drive away ghosts and other evil things. In other places, people also eat tangyuan, a kind of stuffed small dumpling ball made of glutinous rice flour. The Winter Solstice rice dumplings may be used as sacrifices to ancestors, or gifts for friends and relatives. The Taiwanese even keep the custom of offering nine-layer cakes to their ancestors. They made cakes in the shape of chicken, duck, tortoise, pig, cow or sheep with glutinous rice flour and steam them on different layers of a pot. These animals all signify auspiciousness in Chinese tradition.

4. 端午节

端午节(Dragon Boat Festival)是中国的传统节日之一,为每年农历五月初五。它与春节、清明节和中秋节并称为中国汉族的四大传统节日。端午节的来源有多种说法,但最被人们接受的是为了纪念著名爱国诗人屈原。这一天的习俗有吃粽子、赛龙舟、喝雄黄酒(realgar wine)等。从2008年起,端午节正式列入国家法定节日,这既有助于弘扬传统文化,又能适应人们的需要。

参考翻译: Dragon Boat Festival is one of Chinese traditionalfestivals. It's on the fifth day of the fifth lunarmonth. It is known as one of the four majortraditional festivals of Han Chinese together withthe Spring Festival, the Qingming Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. A number of theoriesexist about its origins, but the best accepted one is that it's for memorizing the famouspatriotic poet Qu Yuan. On this day, people have the customs of eating zongzi(rice dumpling),racing dragon boats and drinking realgar wine, etc. In 2008, it was recognized as a publicholiday in mainland China for the first time which cannot only help spread this traditionalculture but also meet the need of people.

5. 七夕节

自上世纪90年代后期起,七夕节(the Double Seventh Festival )开始被称为“中国的情人节”。这个节日可以追溯到汉朝,当时对恋人、女孩都是个特殊的日子。 这天,女孩会举行仪式,向织女(Zhinv)乞求智慧、技艺和美满婚姻,所以七夕节还被称为“乞巧节(the Begging for SkillsFestival)”。如今,一些传统习俗已经弱化。人们现在把七夕节当作浪漫的情人节来庆祝,尤其是在年轻人中间。

参考译文: Double Seventh Festival

The Double Seventh Festival has been called Chinese Valentine’s Day since the late 1990s. The festival can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. It was then a special day not only for lovers, but also for girls.Girls would hold a ceremony to beg Zhinv for wisdom, skills and a satisfying marriage. So it is also called “the Begging for Skills Festival”.Today some traditional customs have been weakened. Now the festival is celebrated as a romantic valentine’s day, particularly among young people.

6. 重阳节

由于它是在中国农历九月初九这一天,所以又被称为重九节,至今有约两千年的历史。在中国古代,重阳节是一个重要的节日,这一天要举行各种庆祝活动,如:登高、赏菊(chrysanthemum )、插茱萸(cornel)、吃重阳糕等。登髙是重阳节的主要习俗。古人认为,在这一天登高可以避祸免灾。近年来,这个古老的节日被赋予新的含义,逐渐成为开展各种敬老活动、一年一度的“老年节”。

参考翻译: Chongyang Festival,falls on the ninth day of theninth lunar month, because of which,it is alsonamed as the Double-ninth Festival, which has ahistory of some 2,000 years. As an important festivalin ancient China, Chongyang Festival was celebrated by holding various activities, such asclimbing mountains, appreciating chrysanthemums, wearing cornel and eating Chongyangcakes. Climbing mountains is a major custom in Chongyang Festival. Ancient people thoughtclimbing mountains on this day could help them avoid misfortune and prevent disasters. Inrecent years, a new meaning has been given to the old festival,and it gradually becomes anannual Seniors’ Day, on which various activities are held in honor of senior people.

 

7. 饺子

饺子,是一种以面为皮(wrapper)的充馅食物,它是中国北方比较传统的食物,饺子深受中国汉族人民的喜爱。中国人过春节和其他节日,饺子是必不可少的。相传是我国古代名医张仲景发明的。

“饺子”得名的原因非常简单,“饺子”音同“交子”,是新旧交替之意,因为春节标志着新的一年的开始,人们选择吃饺子来表达他们对新年的美好祝愿。尽管时代变了,但是这一传统却保留了下来。

 

参考译文:Jiaozi, or dumpling is a kind of food stuffed with filling inside a wheat wrapper. As a quite traditional food in Northern China, it is very popular among Han Chinese. 

Jiaozi is absolutely necessary when the Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival and other festivals. It is said that jiaozi was invented by China's famous ancient doctor Zhang Zhongjing. 

The reason for naming the food as “jiaozi” is very simple: because “jiaozi” is homophonous to the Chinese phrase “change of year”,which means the transition from the old to the new. 

As the Spring Festival marks the start of a new year, people choose to eat jiaozi to express their best wishes for the New Year. This tradition has remained unbroken despite the change of times.

 

8. 面条

早在公元前200年中国人就开始食用面条,它在中国饮食中占据重要的地位,种类繁多,如鸡蛋面、米粉(rice noodles),绿豆(mung bean )面和小麦面。

在中国北方地区,小麦面条作为主食(staple food)比人米吃得多。米粉则在南方地区更普遍。中国面条有不同的宽度和厚度,似通常都较长,因为中国人认为这象征着长寿,因此面条经常出现在生日庆祝活动中,被称为长寿面(longevity noodles)。

参考译文:

Noodles were eaten by Chinese as early as 200 BC and occupy an important position in Chinese food. It has many kinds, such as egg noodles, rice noodles, mung bean noodles and wheat noodles. In the northern regions of China, wheat noodles are the staple food and eaten more than rice. Rice noodles are more commonly consumed in southern China. Chinese noodles are of varying width and thickness, but they are usually long because they symbolize long life for Chinese, which is why noodles are commonly served at birthday celebrations and called longevity noodles.

9. 八大菜系

原文:中国一个幅员辽阔、资源丰富、历史悠久的多民族国家,每个民族都有其独特的丰富菜肴。地域菜系在地理环境、气候、文化传统、民族风俗和其他因素的影响下经过悠久历史的发展已经成形。最有影响力、最具代表性的是鲁、川、粵、闽、苏、浙、湘、徽菜系,这八种被人们称为“八大菜系”。中国的“八大菜系”是以多种多样的烹饪方法区分的,各有其长处。

参考译文:Eight Major Cuisines

China is a time-honored multi-ethnics nation with a vast territory and abundant resources, and every ethnic group has its unique abundant dishes. Regional cuisines have taken shape after long-history evolution under the influence of geographical environment, climate, cultural tradition, folk customs and other factors. The most influential and representative ones are Lu, Chuan,Yue, Min, Su,Zhe, Xiang and Hui Cuisines, which are commonly known as “Eight Major Cuisines”. Dishes in the “Eight Major Cuisines”in China are characterized by diversified cooking skills, with each having its strong points.