如何翻译“世界……日”
翻译“世界……日”通常可用 World ... Day 来表示。如:
World Sleep Day 世界睡眠日(3月21日)
World Consumer Day 世界消费者权益日(3月15日)
World Health Day 世界卫生日(4月7日)
World Earth Day 世界地球日(4月22日)
World Housing Day 世界住房日(十月第一个星期一)
有时也用the World Day for...。比如“世界水日”,既可翻译成 World Water Day,也可翻译成 the World Day for Water。如2020年高考英语浙江卷1月的阅读理解七选五就有这样的用法:
In 1993 the United Nations decided that March 22nd is the World Day for Water. On this day every year, countries around the world hold events to educate people about the problems of dirty water and that clean water is something that everyone should have around the world. At one school in the UK, children between the ages of 10 and 15 walk 6 km with six litres of water. In this way, they know how it feels to walk a long distance carrying heavy bottles. People give them money to do this and all the money helps get clean water to as many people as possible around the world.