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

如果你想寫一張明信片，對你的老師說“教師節(jié)快樂”到底是寫成Happy Teacher's Day還是Happy Teachers' Day呢？

我們一起來研究一下

首先來看一段話

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.（來源：Wikipedia）



因此

“教師節(jié)”的比較經(jīng)典的說法是

Teachers' Day

而不是

Teacher's Day

原因如下

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

這種說法似乎也站不住腳。劍橋出版的Interchange系列教材上寫的是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

類似的還有母親節(jié)和父親節(jié)，它們分別是Mother's Day和Father's Day，有人說之所以這樣寫是因為一個人的母親和父親是唯一的，因此不能寫成Mothers' Day和Fathers' Day，這個說法貌似也站不住腳。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Fathers' Day和Father's Day并無太大區(qū)別

只是歷史原因罷了

該總結(jié)啦

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

最后列幾個句子

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.