翻譯公司帶你學(xué)雙語(yǔ)知識：Teacher's Day還是Teachers' Day？90%的小伙伴都分不清！

如果你想寫(xiě)一張明信片，對你的老師說(shuō)“教師節快樂(lè )”到底是寫(xiě)成Happy Teacher's Day還是Happy Teachers' Day呢？

我們一起來(lái)研究一下

首先來(lái)看一段話(huà)

Teachers' Day is a special day for the appreciation of teachers, and may include celebrations to honor them for their special contributions in a particular field area, or the community in general. The date on which Teachers' Day is celebrated varies from country to country. Teachers' days in different countries are distinct from World Teachers' Day, which is celebrated on 5 October.（來(lái)源：Wikipedia）



因此

“教師節”的比較經(jīng)典的說(shuō)法是

Teachers' Day

而不是

Teacher's Day

原因如下

students' book（學(xué)生用書(shū)）和teachers' book（教師用書(shū)）大家還記得吧？傳統的語(yǔ)法是這樣解釋的："學(xué)生"和“教師”在這里都各是一個(gè)由多人組成的團體，換句話(huà)說(shuō)，是“學(xué)生們的書(shū)”和“教師們的書(shū)”，因此所有格應該是students'和teachers'而不是student's和teacher's。BUT

這種說(shuō)法似乎也站不住腳。劍橋出版的Interchange系列教材上寫(xiě)的是student's book和teacher's edition，并不是students' book和teachers' edition。

有圖有真相







student's book



teacher's edition

再啰嗦幾句

類(lèi)似的還有母親節和父親節，它們分別是Mother's Day和Father's Day，有人說(shuō)之所以這樣寫(xiě)是因為一個(gè)人的母親和父親是唯一的，因此不能寫(xiě)成Mothers' Day和Fathers' Day，這個(gè)說(shuō)法貌似也站不住腳。以下資料可以證明：

In the United States, Dodd used the "Fathers' Day" spelling on her original petition for the holiday, but the spelling "Father's Day" was already used in 1913 when a bill was introduced to the U.S. Congress as the first attempt to establish the holiday, and it was still spelled the same way when its creator was commended in 2008 by the U.S. Congress.——選自維基百科



以上資料可以看出

其實(shí)Fathers' Day和Father's Day并無(wú)太大區別

只是歷史原因罷了

該總結啦

也就是說(shuō)，“教師節”寫(xiě)成Teachers' Day和Teacher's Day其實(shí)都可以，但是為了保險起見(jiàn)，還是用Teachers' Day吧，避免一些（不是全部，沒(méi)有一棍子打死，憤青請知悉）頑固的英語(yǔ)老濕或叫獸挑你的刺，讓你不爽。

最后列幾個(gè)句子

供大家參考

例句一

Mother's Day is a special day on which children give cards and presents to their mothers as a sign of their love for them.

例句二

Father's Day is the third Sunday in June, when children give cards and presents to their fathers to show that they love them.