春节是中国人一年中的第一个传统佳节。过去，春节被称为“新年”，因为按照中国一直沿用的农历，这天是正月初一，为新一年的开头。据记载，中国人民过春节已有4000多年的历史，它是由虞舜兴起的。公元前两千多年的一天，舜即天子位，带领着部下人员，祭拜天地。从此，人们就把这一天当作岁首，算是正月初一。据说这就是农历新年的由来，后来叫春节。1911年辛亥革命后，中国采用公历纪年，农历新年便改称“春节”。
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Spring Festival is the first traditional festival for the Chinese people. In the past years, Spring Festival was called “new year”, for this day was the first day of the lunar month according to the lunar calendar which had long been used in China, so it was the beginning of a new year. It is recorded that Chinese people have celebrated Spring Festival for more than 4000 years, which was started by Yu Shun. One day as far back as 2000 B.C, Shun was inaugurated as the emperor. He led his men to hold a ceremony in honor of Heaven and Earth. From then on, people saw that day as the beginning of the year, i.e. the first day of the lunar month. This is said to be the origin of the lunar new year, which was called Spring Festival later. After the Revolution of 1911, China began to number the years according to the Gregorian calendar, and it was then that the lunar new year began to be called Spring Festival.
年夜饭(family reunion dinner)是除夕(New Year’s Eve)的最后一餐。这一天人们准备除旧迎新，一家相聚，共进晚餐。一年一次的团圆饭充分地表现出民族家庭成员的互敬互爱。家人的团聚往往令“一家之主”在精神上得到安慰与满足，老人家看儿孙满堂，过去的关怀与抚养子女所付出的心血没有白费，这是何等的幸福。而年轻一辈也正可以借此机会对父母的养育之恩表达感激之情。
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Family reunion dinner is the last meal of New Year’s Eve. On this day, people are ready to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. They get together and have dinner together. The annual reunion dinner fully illustrates the mutually respect and love of the family members of the Chinese nation. The reunion of the family members always gives mental comfort and satisfaction to the “host of the family”. What happiness it is to see his children and grandchildren gathering around him and that his painstaking effort paid in the past to care for and raise them is worthwhile. At the same time, the younger generation can take this opportunity to show their gratitude for their parents who gave birth to them and raised them.
2. 汉译英翻译： 春节
春节庆祝活动是一年中最重要的庆祝活动。中国人庆祝春节的方式可能略微不同，但其愿望几乎是相同的，他们希望其家人和朋友来年健康和幸运。春节庆祝活动通常持续15天。庆祝活动包括春节的年夜饭，放鞭炮，给儿童压岁钱，春节钟声和春节问候。大多数中国人将在春节的第7天停止庆祝活动，因为全国性节假通常在这一天结束，但在公共场所的庆祝活动可能最终持续到正月十五。
Chinese New Year Celebration is the most important celebration of the year. Chinese people may celebrate the Chinese New Year in slightly different ways but their wishes are almost the same; they want their family members and friends to be healthy and lucky during next year. Chinese New Year Celebration usually lasts for 15 days. Celebratory activities include Chinese New Feast, firecrackers, giving lucky money to children, the New Year bell ringing and Chinese New Year Greetings. Most of Chinese people will stop the celebrating in their home on the 7th day of New Year because the national holiday usually ends around that day, however celebrations in public areas can last until the 15th day of New Year.
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