英语翻译话题词汇：历史文化类(二)

历史文化类（二）

1. 中国传统节日

中国传统节日traditional Chinese festival ★★★

过节celebrate a festival ★★☆

放假have a holiday / vacation ★★☆

文化积淀cultural accumulation ★★☆

文化凝聚cultural cohesion ★★☆

记录社会文化生活record the moments of social and cultural life ★★☆

节气solar term ★★☆

季节变迁seasonal change / transition ★★☆

公历历法solar calendar ★★☆

地球绕太阳公转的周期period of the Earth’s revolution around the Sun ★☆☆

农历历法lunar calendar ★★☆

月球绕地球公转的周期period of the Moon’s revolution around the Earth ★☆☆

农业生产agricultural product ion ★★☆

科学指导scientific guidance / instruction ★★☆

日常社会生活everyday social life ★★☆

祭祀活动ritual / sacrificial activity ★★☆

庆祝活动celebratory activity; celebration ★★☆

春节the Spring Festival ★★★

元宵节the (Spring) Lantern Festival ★★★

清明节the Qingming Festival; Tomb-Sweeping Day ★★★

端午节the Dragon Boat Festival ★★★

七夕节the Qixi Festival; the Double Seventh Festival; the Chinese Valentine’s Day ★★★ 中秋节the Mid-Autumn Festival ★★★

重阳节the Double Ninth Festival ★★★

农历几月几日fall on the＋序数词＋day of the＋序数词＋luna r month ★★★

追溯到date back to; be traced back to ★★★

有……年历史have a history of XX years ★★★

传说……According to legend, … / Legend has it that… ★★★

为了庆祝in celebration of ★★★

为了纪念in honour / memory of ★★★

风俗习惯social customs and habits ★★★

中国农历新年Chinese lunar new year ★★★

腊月the twelfth month of the lunar year ★★☆

正月the first month of the lunar year ★★☆

迎接新年的到来welcome the arrival of the new year ★★☆

除尘clean the house ★★☆

沐浴更衣take a bath and put on clean clothes ★★☆

理发have a haircut ★★☆

祛除晦气和霉运get rid of one’s bad luck / ill-fortune ★★☆

置办年货purchase necessities for the new year ★★☆

招待亲朋好友entertain relatives and friends ★★☆

烘托节日的气氛add an air of festivity ★★☆

大年三十Chinese New Year’s Eve ★★★

贴春联paste Spring Festival couplets ★★☆

贴“福”字paste the Chinese character “Fu” ★★☆

贴窗花paste window paper-cuts ★★☆

吃团圆年夜饭have New Year Eve reunion dinner ★★☆

看春晚watch the Spring Festival Gala ★★☆

燃放烟花爆竹set off fireworks and firecrackers ★★☆

辞旧迎新ring out the Old Year; ring in the New Ye ar ★★☆

正月初一the first day of the lunar new year ★★★

穿上新衣新鞋put on new clothes and shoes ★★☆

祈求新的开始pray for a new beginning in life ★★☆

新年贺礼New Year gifts / presents ★★☆

走亲访友visit / call on relatives and friends ★★☆

给……拜年give sb. New Year greetings ★★☆

红包red packet / envelope ★★★

压岁钱money given to children as a New Year gift ★★☆

好运good luck / fortune ★★★

长寿longevity ★★★ 幸福happiness ★★★

喜庆场合festive occasion ★★☆

灯会lantern show / exhibition ★★☆

赏花灯appreciate colourful lanterns ★★☆

猜灯谜guess lantern riddles ★★☆

观看舞龙舞狮表演watch the dragon-lion dance performances ★★☆

悠久历史文化time-honoured history and culture ★★★

精神文化遗产spiritual and cultural heritage ★★☆

全球化飞速发展的今天in this rapidly globalizing world ★★☆

西方文化思想Western cultures and thoughts ★★☆

过洋节celebrate the Western festivals ★★☆

传统节日的传承inheritance of traditional festivals ★★☆

弘扬中国传统文化carry forward traditional Chinese culture ★★☆

传承中华传统美德inherit the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation ★★☆ 增强民族凝聚力e nhance / strengthen national cohesion ★★☆

2. 中国饮食文化

饮食文化food culture ★★★

春卷Chinese spring roll ★☆☆

汤圆tangyuan (sweet rice dumpling) ★☆☆

青团qingtuan (sweet green rice ball) ★☆☆

粽子zongzi (Chinese rice-pudding) ★★★

月饼mooncake ★★★