除夕快樂!關於春節的那些英文表達,你會翻譯嗎?

盼望著盼望著，除夕終於來了！

大街小巷籠罩著這「噼噼啪啪」的聲響，天空中不時升起五彩繽紛的煙花，這色香的年味，從遠古的風俗中走來。說到中國除夕的風俗，你們知道哪些英語表達？

這就來給你們分享關於除夕的英文翻譯。

People in North China are used to posting paper-cut on their windows. When sticking the window decoration paper-cuts, people paste on the door large red Chinese character 「fu」. A red "fu" means good luck and fortune, so it is customary to post "fu" on doors or walls on auspicious occasions such as wedding and festivals.

在中國北方，人們習慣於在窗戶上貼剪紙。人們既在窗戶上貼剪紙，又在大門上貼上大大的紅色漢字「福」字，一個紅色「福」字意味著好運和財富，因此習慣上在婚禮，節日之類的吉祥場合中，人們都會在門或牆上貼「福」字。 

Post Spring Festival Couplets

During the Spring Festival,every family pastes the Spring Festival couplets（對聯） on their doors to express sincere blessings and good wishes.

春節期間，每家每戶都在門口張貼春聯以表達真誠美好的祝願。

Stay up late or all night on New Year's Eve

"Shousui" means to stay up late or all night on New Year's Eve. After the great dinner, families sit together and chat happily to wait for the New Year’s arrival.

守歲意味著除夕夜不睡覺。年夜飯後，家人聚坐一起，愉快聊天，等待春節的到來。

Spring Festival is a time for family reunion. The New Year`s Feast is "a must"（必須做的事） banquet with all the family members getting together. The food eaten on the New Year Eve banquet varies according to regions. In south China, It is customary to eat 「niangao」(New Year cake made of glutinous rice flour) because as a homophone, niangao means "higher and higher every year". In the north, the traditional food for the feast is 「Jiaozi」or dumplings shaped like a crescent moon.

春節是與家人團聚的時間。年夜飯是所有家庭成員聚在一起「必須」的宴會。除夕宴會上吃的食物根據不同的地區各不相同。在中國南方，習慣吃「年糕」（糯米粉製成的新年糕點），由於作為一個同音字，年糕意味著「步步高升」。在北方，年夜飯的傳統飯是「餃子」或像月牙兒形的湯圓。

It is the money given to kids from their parents and grandparents as New Year gift. The money is believed to bring good luck and ward off（避開）monsters; hence the name "lucky money". Parents and grandparents put money in small, especially-made red envelopes beforehand（事先）, and give the red envelopes to their kids after the New Year`s Feast or when children come to pay New Year calls. They choose to put the money in red envelopes because Chinese people think red is a lucky color. They want to give their children both the lucky money and  the lucky color.

這是孩子們的父母和祖父母給他們作為春節禮物的錢。壓歲錢據說能帶來好運，能驅魔；因此，就有了「壓歲錢」的稱呼。父母和祖父母先把錢放入特製的小紅包裡，年夜飯後或當孩子們來拜年時，將紅包發給他們。他們之所以要把錢放到紅包裡，是由於中國人認為紅色是個幸運色。他們想給自己孩子既有壓歲錢還有幸運色。

除夕相關英語短語還有.

春聯 Spring Festival couplets

剪紙 paper-cuts

燈籠 lantern: a portable light

煙花 fireworks

爆竹 firecrackers

紅包 red packets

守歲 staying-up

禁忌 taboo

去晦氣 get rid of the misfortune

辭舊歲 bid farewell to the old year

祭祖宗 offer sacrifices to one's ancestors

這裡還有一些祝福語等你查收：

歲歲平安 Everlasting peace year after year 

恭喜發財 Wishing you prosperity

吉祥如意 Everything goes well

一帆風順 Wishing you every success

步步高升 Promoting to a higher position

和氣生財 Harmony brings wealth

心想事成 May all your wishes come true

最後希望之星暨希語盛典

在這裡衷心祝你新的一年快樂幸福！

Wish you happiness and prosperity

in the coming year!