翻译公司带你学双语知识：Teacher's Day还是Teachers' Day？90%的小伙伴都分不清！

如果你想写一张明信片，对你的老师说“教师节快乐”到底是写成Happy Teacher's Day还是Happy Teachers' Day呢？

我们一起来研究一下

首先来看一段话

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.（来源：Wikipedia）



因此

“教师节”的比较经典的说法是

Teachers' Day

而不是

Teacher's Day

原因如下

students' book（学生用书）和teachers' book（教师用书）大家还记得吧？传统的语法是这样解释的："学生"和“教师”在这里都各是一个由多人组成的团体，换句话说，是“学生们的书”和“教师们的书”，因此所有格应该是students'和teachers'而不是student's和teacher's。BUT

这种说法似乎也站不住脚。剑桥出版的Interchange系列教材上写的是student's book和teacher's edition，并不是students' book和teachers' edition。

有图有真相







student's book



teacher's edition

再啰嗦几句

类似的还有母亲节和父亲节，它们分别是Mother's Day和Father's Day，有人说之所以这样写是因为一个人的母亲和父亲是唯一的，因此不能写成Mothers' Day和Fathers' Day，这个说法貌似也站不住脚。以下资料可以证明：

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.——选自维基百科



以上资料可以看出

其实Fathers' Day和Father's Day并无太大区别

只是历史原因罢了

该总结啦

也就是说，“教师节”写成Teachers' Day和Teacher's Day其实都可以，但是为了保险起见，还是用Teachers' Day吧，避免一些（不是全部，没有一棍子打死，愤青请知悉）顽固的英语老湿或叫兽挑你的刺，让你不爽。

最后列几个句子

供大家参考

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.