【路透社 20150218】全世界都在过春节 外国网友评论

独秀文译青年

【原文标题】Lunar New Year celebrated around the world

【中文标题】全世界都在过春节 外国网友评论

【文章来源】路透社

【文章链接】http://news.yahoo.com/photos/billions-around-the-world-observe-lunar-new-year-1424311144-slideshow/

Millions around the world headed home to celebrate the year of the goat (or sheep or ram depending on how you translate it) with their families, as lunar New Year starts Feb. 19, 2015.

全世界数百万人都赶在春节来临前回到家乡。2015年是羊年，春节在2月19日。

Trains in China were jammed as people returned to their family homes. Apartments were cleaned to sweep away ill fortune. Traditional red envelopes, called hongbao or ang pow are offered for good luck and prosperity in the New Year.

在中国，火车上挤满了返乡与家人团聚的乘客。人们通常打扫屋子，寓意扫除去年的晦气。人们在新年期间派发红包，寓意富贵好运。

Factories in parts of Asia shut down but the holiday is celebrated globally. In Sydney, Australia processions, lion dances, and dragon races welcomed the New Year. New York welcomed the holiday with a fireworks display on Tuesday over the Hudson River.

虽然停止生产的工厂多数为亚洲工厂，但全世界的人都在庆祝春节。悉尼举行了欢庆游行和舞龙舞狮表演。纽约为庆祝春节在哈德逊河上空举办了烟火秀。

Each year, at the stroke of midnight, hundreds of people vie to be the first to place joss sticks, or incense, in an urn at the temple to mark an auspicious start to their year.

每年农历新年的第一天零点整，人们都争相在寺庙里上香拜佛，祈求新年吉祥。

Children born in the Year of the Sheep are fortunate: The Chinese regard sheep as an auspicious animal, and the Year of the Sheep brings promise and prosperity. Those considering this the Year of the Goat are lucky, too. Goats are described as peace loving, kind, and popular in Chinese astrology. (Yahoo News)

羊年的出生的孩子很幸运。无论是绵羊还是山羊，在中国人眼里都是吉利的：绵羊为人们带来希望和繁荣；山羊在中国占星学里代表爱好和平、大方善良、受人欢迎。

以下为外国网友的评论：

-I think this author needs to understand this holiday a little bit better. It's more like around 1 billion, if not more, people around the world celebrate this holiday.

-我觉得文章作者应该要弄清楚，全世界庆祝春节的人至少有10亿人吧。

-Gone Hey Fat Choy

-恭喜发财

-Gung hay fat choy, y'all! In Hawaii, this is one of the three days that fireworks are legal, and neighbors compete, as some do with Xmas lights here in Florida, to see who has the biggest ... display of pyrotechnics

-大伙恭喜发财！春节是夏威夷允许燃放烟火不违法的三天中的一天，邻里间互相对比谁放的烟火最漂亮，就像在佛罗里达州的圣诞节比谁家灯饰最大一样。

狄道人

楼主辛苦了！新年好

爱中华里的财哥

全世界都在过春节

易八泰

好啊

fshysh

好

hegieer

再过几年，年味越来越淡了，中国不过春节了，倒是外国在过、越来越热闹。