圣诞老人的传说。英文版 含翻译

圣诞老人的由来中英翻译~

圣诞老人原来的名字叫做尼古拉，在第四世纪的时候，出生在小亚细亚巴大拉城，家庭富有，父母亲是非常热心的天主教友，不幸他的父母早逝。尼古拉长大以后，便把丰富的财产，全部捐送给贫苦可怜的人，自己则出家修道，献身教会，终生为社会服务。尼古拉后来作了神父，而且还升为主教。他一生当中，做了很多慈善的工作，他最喜欢在暗中帮助穷人，圣诞老人是他后来的别号，这个名字是出自他暗中送钱，帮助三个女孩子的故事。
据说在尼古拉（圣诞老人的前身）不远的地方，住着三个美丽的少女，父亲是一位清寒的学者，经常靠借货来过日子。有一次，因为没有能力还债，只好狠心把美丽健康的三女儿，卖给债主带到非洲去做女仆人。三个女儿知道了这件事情，便拥抱在一起伤心的痛哭着，家中悲伤的情形，是可以想象得到的。尼古拉知道了这件事，跑到她们家中，安慰了一番。到了夜里，尼古拉就装了三长袜子的金子，偷偷地挂在三个少女的窗前。她们有了金子，还了父亲的债，三女儿也就脱免了作女仆的命运。第二天正是圣诞节，她们知道是尼古拉作的好事，便请他来一面庆祝一面感谢。以后每到圣延节，这三个少女就讲这个故事。孩子们听了，非常的羡慕，也希望圣诞老人，来送给他一袜子礼物。Santa was the original name is called Nicholas, in the fourth century, was born in Asia minor ba big pull city, family rich, parents are very warm-hearted Catholic friendly, unfortunately, his parents early death. Nicholas grew up, they gave abundant property, all contributed to poor poor people, oneself are tonsured Abbey church, lifelong, dedicated service to the society. Nicholas became priests, but also rise bishops. His life, do a lot of work of charity, his favorite in darkness, Santa Claus is to help the poor of his later BieHao, this name is by secretly sent money to help the three girls story.
It is said that in Nicholas (Santa's predecessor) not far away, there lived three beautiful young girl, father is a ?

圣诞老人源于欧洲的基督教圣人典故。他拥有9只名字各不相同的驯鹿，最大的烦恼是有烟囱爬的房子越来越少了。通常父母们会对他们的子女解释他们在圣诞节收到的礼物是圣诞老人送的。
圣诞老人以一位神秘人物带给小孩子们礼物的概念衍生自圣尼古拉。尼古拉是一位生活在4世纪小亚细亚的热爱施舍的慈悲主教，荷兰人在圣尼古拉斯节（12月6日）便会模仿他送礼物。
每年圣诞节，圣诞老人骑在驯鹿上，圣童手持圣诞树降临人间，随着世事变迁，作家和艺术家开始把圣诞老人描述成我们今日熟悉的着红装，留白胡子的形象。同时不同的国度和文化对圣诞老人也有了不同的解释。
在许多国家里，圣诞节前夕，孩子们会准备好空的容器，以便圣诞老人可以装进一些小礼物，如玩具、糖果或水果。
在美国，孩子们圣诞夜会在壁炉上悬挂圣诞袜，因为圣诞老人说过要在圣诞前夜从烟囱下来把礼物放到袜子里。他们会在壁炉附近的桌子上放上几块姜坚果饼干（gingernut cookies），据说圣诞老人在送来礼物的同时也会吃掉这些饼干。
在其他国家，孩子们把空鞋放到户外，以便圣诞老人可以在圣诞夜送礼物。在德国，传说他可以把坚果和苹果放在孩子们的鞋里。
他乘双轮马车四处漫游，观察人们的行为，尤其是小孩，如果表现好，将会得到苹果、坚果、糖等诸多奖品。坏孩子则挨一鞭子。家长们灵机一动纷纷采用此传说来鼓励孩子们听话。
英文翻译：
Santa Claus originated from the Christian sages in Europe. He has nine reindeer with different names.
The biggest worry is that there are fewer and fewer houses with chimneys. Usually parents will explain to their children that the gift they received at Christmas was sent by Santa Claus.
The concept of Santa Claus giving a gift to children by a mysterious character is derived from St. Nicholas.
Nikolay is a compassionate bishop who loves alms in the 4th century Asia Minor. The Dutch will imitate him at the St. Nicholas Festival (December 6th).
Every Christmas, Santa Claus rides on the reindeer, and the holy child holds the Christmas tree to the world.
As the world changes, writers and artists begin to describe Santa as the image of the red dress we are familiar with today, with a white beard.
At the same time, different countries and cultures have different interpretations for Santa Claus.
In many countries, on Christmas Eve, children will prepare empty containers so that Santa can pack small gifts such as toys, candy or fruit.
In the United States, children hang Christmas socks on the fireplace on Christmas Eve, because Santa Claus said that he would put the gift in the sock from the chimney on Christmas Eve.
They put a few gingernut cookies on the table near the fireplace, and it is said that Santa will also eat the cookies while they are giving them.
In other countries, children put empty shoes outdoors so that Santa can give gifts on Christmas Eve. In Germany, it is said that he can put nuts and apples in children's shoes.
He roamed around in a two-wheeled carriage to observe people's behavior, especially children.
If they performed well, they would get many prizes such as apples, nuts and sugar.
A bad boy is a whip. Parents have used this legend to encourage children to listen.

扩展资料
圣诞老人的习俗各个国家有所差异：
1、德国
在德国中部和北部地区，尼古拉斯被称为“圣诞老人”，德国的圣诞老人也带着一个叫做Knecht Ruprecht、Krampus或Pelzebock或是称作“黑彼得”的助手，肩上背着个装着礼物的大袋子，手上拿着一根棍子。好孩子可收到他的礼物，顽皮的孩子却要给教训几棍子。
2、法国
法国与圣诞老人类似的形象是Père Noel，他和圣诞老人几乎完全一样，其红白相间的衣服曾经使可口可乐公司获得灵感。圣诞老人原来的形象是个精灵，穿着兽皮又高又瘦。
3、英国
英国的圣诞老人和法国一样也叫Father Christmas（圣诞之父），他的形象比其它圣诞老人更庄严，更清瘦一些。

4、北美
形象和名字来自于荷兰传说，17世纪由移民者带入纽约。在荷兰的传说中，圣诞老人Sintirklass还带了一个叫Black Peter的助手。北美的圣诞老人便是乘着驯鹿拉的雪橇来给孩子们送礼物的。
参考资料来源：百度百科-圣诞老人

圣诞老人的由来（中英文版）Santa Claus

The original Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, was born in the ancient southeastern Turkish town of Lycia early in the fourth century. His generosity was legend, and he was particularly fond of children. We know this primarily through Roman accounts of his patronage of youth, which eventually led to his becoming the patron saint of children. Throughout the Middle Ages, and well beyond, he was referred to by many names none of them Santa Claus.

　　Children today would not at all recognize the St. Nick who brought gifts to European children hundreds of years ago except perhaps for his cascading white beard. He made his rounds in full red-and-white bishop's robes, complete with twin peaked miter and crooked crozier. He was pulled by no fleet footed reindeer, but coaxed in indolent donkey. And he arrived not late on Christmas Eve, but on his Christian feast day, December 6. The gifts he left beside the hearth were usually small: fruit, nuts, hard candies, wood and clay figurines.

　　During the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, St. Nicholas was banished from most European countries. Replacing him were more secular figures, who in general were not at center stage at that point in history..The Dutch kept the St. Nicholas tradition alive. As the "protector of sailors," St. Nicholas graced the prow of the first Dutch ship that arrived in America. And the first church built in New York City was named after him. The Dutch brought with them to the New World two Christmas items that were quickly Americanized.

　　In sixteenth century Holland, children placed wooden shoes by the hearth the night of St. Nicholas's arrival. The shoes were filled with straw, a meal for the saint's gift laden donkey. In return, Nicholas would insert a small treat into each clog. In America, the shoe was replaced with the stocking, hung by the chimney.

　　The Dutch spelled St. Nicholas "Saint Nikolass," which in the New World became "Sinterklass". later changed to "Santa Claus".

　　Much of modern day Santa Claus lore, including the reindeer drawn sleigh, originated in America. Dr. Clement Clarke Moore composed "The Night Before Christmas" in 1822, to read to his children on Christmas Eve. The poem might have remained privately in the Moore family if a friend had not mailed a copy of it (without authorial attribution) to a newspaper and became part of the Santa legend.

　　It was in America that Santa put on weight. The rosy-cheeked, roly-poly Santa is credited to the influential nineteenth-century cartoonist Thomas Nast. From 1863 until 1886, Nast created a series of Christmas drawings for Harper's Weekly. These drawings, executed over twenty years, exhibit a gradual evolution in Santa from the pudgy, diminutive, elf-like creature of Dr. Moore's immortal poem to the bearded, potbellied, life-size bell ringer familiar on street corners across America today. Nast's cartoons also showed the world how Santa spent his entire year constructing toys, checking on children's behavior, reading their requests for special gifts. His images were incorporated into the Santa lore.

　　Santa is known throughout the world in many different names, such as:

　　Saint Nikolaas (Sinter Klaas), from the Dutch Father Christmas, from the English Kris Kringle, from the Germans Befana, from the Italians Bobouschka, from the Russians (a grand motherly figure instead of a male)
　　　　　　　　
　　圣诞老人的传说在数千年前的斯堪的纳维亚半岛即出现。北欧神话中司智慧，艺术，诗词，战争的奥丁神，寒冬时节，骑上他那八脚马坐骑驰骋于天涯海角，惩恶扬善，分发礼物。与此同时，其子雷神着红衣以闪电为武器与冰雪诸神昏天黑地恶战一场，最终战胜寒冷。据异教传说，圣诞老人为奥丁神后裔。也有传说称圣诞老人由圣·尼古拉而来，所以圣诞老人也称St.Nicholas.因这些故事大多弘扬基督精神，其出处，故事情节大多被淡忘，然而圣诞老人却永驻人们精神世界。

　　每年圣诞日，圣诞老人骑在白羊星座上，圣童手持圣诞树降临人间，随着世事变迁，作家和艺术家开始把圣诞老人描述成我们今日熟悉的着红装，留白胡子的形象。同时不同的国度和文化对圣诞老人也有了不同的解释。在德国，传说他扮成圣童把坚果和苹果放在孩子们鞋里。他乘双轮马车四处漫游，观察人们的行为，尤其是小孩，如果表现好，将会得到苹果、坚果、糖等诸多奖品。坏孩子则得一鞭子。家长们灵机一动纷纷采用此传说来鼓励孩子们听话。大大超过了新年，成为一个全民的节日。圣诞老人已经成为圣诞节最受喜爱的象征和传统。他赶 着驯鹿，拉着装满玩具和礼物的雪橇挨家挨户给每个孩子送礼物的快乐老精灵的形象已深深地留在人们的记忆中。

　　11世纪末来自意大利的宗教士兵将Nicholas圣人的遗物带回意大利，并在港口城市Bari建造了一座教堂来纪念他。很快世界各地的基督教徒纷至沓来朝圣这位圣人。这些朝圣者将圣人Nicholas的故事带回他们的本土，所以有关圣诞老人的传说在各个国家都各具特色。

　　12世纪欧洲出现了圣人Nicholas纪念日，以互赠礼物和慈善活动为主。德国、法国、荷兰则将12月6日作为宗教纪念日，给孩子和穷人们赠送礼物。

　　荷兰殖民者来到美洲时，将他们的Sintirklass主教也带了去，Sintirklass身着红袈裟，骑着一匹白马。Sintirklass的美国形象后来逐渐演变成一个快乐的老精灵。起初美国作家华盛顿.欧文在他的喜剧《纽约的历史》中将他描述成一个又圆又胖的荷兰老人。1823年，诗人Clement Moore在他的诗歌《St.Nicholas印象》中继续将Sintirklass/Saint Nicholas的形象戏剧化，这就是各位在本篇开头看到的圣诞老人。

　　19世纪60年代卡通制作者Thomas Nash画了一幅胖胖的、慈祥的圣诞老人作为《Harper的一周》的插图。这个圣诞老人的形象开始深深地扎根于美国人民的脑海中。随着时间的推移，圣诞老人的形象传回欧洲，传到南美洲，传遍世界各地。

　　许多国家都保存了他们自己有关圣诞老人的风俗和传说。在荷兰的传说中，圣诞老人Sintirklass还带了一个叫Black Peter的助手，乘着一艘船于12月6日来到。他带着一本大书，书中描述了所有荷兰小孩在过去一年中的表现。表现好的小孩就送礼物给他们，不好的小孩便让他的助手带走。

　　德国的圣诞老人也带着一个叫做Knecht Ruprecht、Krampus或Pelzebock的助手，肩上背着个装着礼物的大袋子，手上拿着一根棍子。好孩子可收到他的礼物，顽皮的孩子却要给教训几棍子。

　　意大利的圣诞老人叫La Befana ；法国的圣诞老人叫Father Christmas或Pere Noel ；瑞士的圣诞老人叫Christkindl或Christ Child；斯勘的纳维亚地区的圣诞人叫julenisse 或 juletomte ；而英国的圣诞老人和法国一样也叫Father Christmas（圣诞之父），他的形象比其它圣诞老人更庄严，更清瘦一些。北美的圣诞老人便是乘着驯鹿拉的雪橇来给孩子们送礼物的。

Saint Nicholas
Nicholas of Myra is the primary inspiration for the Christian figure of Sinterklaas. He was a 4th century Greek Christian bishop of Myra (now Demre) in Lycia, a province of the Byzantine Anatolia, now in Turkey. Nicholas was famous for his generous gifts to the poor, in particular presenting the three impoverished daughters of a pious Christian with dowries so that they would not have to become prostitutes.[8] He was very religious from an early age and devoted his life entirely to Christianity. In Europe (more precisely the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and Germany) he is still portrayed as a bearded bishop in canonical robes. In 1087, the Italian city of Bari, wanting to enter the profitable pilgrimage industry of the times, mounted an expedition to locate the tomb of the Christian Saint and procure his remains. The reliquary of St. Nicholas was desecrated by Italian sailors and the spoils, including his relics, taken to Bari[9][10] where they are kept to this day. A basilica was constructed the same year to store the loot and the area became a pilgrimage site for the devout, thus justifying the economic cost of the expedition. Saint Nicholas was later claimed as a patron saint of many diverse groups, from archers, sailors, and children to pawnbrokers.[8][11] He is also the patron saint of both Amsterdam and Moscow.[12]

圣诞老人此一神秘人物带给小孩子们礼物的概念衍生自圣尼古拉（Saint Nicholas）。尼古拉是一位4世纪生活在小亚细亚的好心主教，荷兰人在圣尼古拉斯节（12月6日）便会模仿他送礼物。

在北美洲，荷兰和英国殖民者把这一传统融入圣诞节日的庆祝里，荷兰语的圣尼古拉（Sinterklaas）传进英语成为Santa Claus也就相应的成为圣诞老人的人物了。在英籍美国人的传统中，圣诞老人总是快活的在圣诞前夜乘着驯鹿拉的雪橇到来，他从烟囱爬进屋内，留下给孩子们的礼物，并吃掉孩子们为他留下的食物。他在一年中的其他时间里，都是忙于制作礼物和监督孩子们的行为。

法国与圣诞老人类似的形象是Père Noel，他和圣诞老人几乎完全一样，其红白相间的衣服曾经使可口可乐公司获得灵感，在1930年代画出了传遍世界的圣诞老人形象。在一些文化中，圣诞老人身旁跟随着Knecht Ruprecht，或是称作“黑彼得”（荷文：Zwarte Piet）的家伙。一些版本中，玩具作坊里的侏儒制作了节日礼物，有时圣诞老人与圣诞夫人是夫妻。圣诞季期间，在北美和英国的很多超市里，都有小孩可以向其要礼物的圣诞老人出现。

在冰岛的传说中，圣诞老人并不只一位，而是共有九位圣诞老人，各有不同的性格，有的调皮活泼，有的慈祥温柔。

Thomas Nast 笔下的 Santa Claus 1863年1月3日, 由 Harper's Weekly发行.在许多国家里，圣诞节前夕，孩子们会准备好空的容器，以便圣诞老人可以装进一些小礼物，如玩具、糖果或水果。在美国， 孩子们圣诞夜会在壁炉上悬挂圣诞袜，因为圣诞老人说过要在圣诞夜前从烟囱下来把礼物放到袜子里。在其他国家，孩子们把空鞋放到户外，以便圣诞老人可以在圣诞夜（或圣尼古拉斯节前夕的12月5日）送礼。

对于圣诞老人在北极的情形的描绘，巧妙地反映了人们对工业的印象。二十世纪早期，圣诞老人有些形象是他亲自以手工制造玩具，就像小工作坊里的工匠一样。后来，印象变成圣诞老人手下有许多小精灵制造玩具，但玩具依旧是各个精灵以传统方式手工完成的。等到二十世纪末，西方大众充分接受了大量机器生产的现实。现代对于圣诞老人的住处的描绘，反映了这点：人们幽默地讲说他的住处乃是高度机器化的生产设施，配备了最先进的制造业科技，由精灵还有经理一般的圣诞老婆婆管理。有很多电视广告将这场景经营成公司喜剧，将精灵描绘为心怀不满的员工，搞笑和作弄老板。

上面那个是维基百科的英文介绍，下面这个是中文介绍，不是翻译。

The original Santa Claus, St. Nicholas, was born in the ancient southeastern Turkish town of Lycia early in the fourth century. His generosity was legend, and he was particularly fond of children. We know this primarily through Roman accounts of his patronage of youth, which eventually led to his becoming the patron saint of children. Throughout the Middle Ages, and well beyond, he was referred to by many names none of them Santa Claus.
圣诞老人的传说在数千年前的斯堪的纳维亚半岛即出现。北欧神话中司智慧，艺术，诗词，战争的奥丁神，寒冬时节，骑上他那八脚马坐骑驰骋于天涯海角，惩恶扬善，分发礼物。与此同时，其子雷神着红衣以闪电为武器与冰雪诸神昏天黑地恶战一场，最终战胜寒冷。据异教传说，圣诞老人为奥丁神后裔。也有传说称圣诞老人由圣·尼古拉而来，所以圣诞老人也称St.Nicholas.因这些故事大多弘扬基督精神，其出处，故事情节大多被淡忘，然而圣诞老人却永驻人们精神世界。

Sintirklass

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乐正具小儿：[答案] 意思是: 圣诞老人,也被称为圣尼古拉,圣诞老人,克里斯林革,或干脆“圣诞老人” ,是一个历史,传奇和神话人物,民间传说谁,在西方文化中,被描述为把礼物在平安夜或圣诞节,或在其宴一天,12月六传说可能有其基础hagiographical故事...

青海省15293691024： 圣诞老人的故事 - ？
乐正具小儿：[答案] 一位专门为好孩子在圣诞节前夜送上礼物的神秘人物.传说每到12月24日晚上,有个神秘人会驾乘由12只驯鹿拉的雪橇,挨家挨户地从烟囱进入屋里,然后偷偷把礼物放在好孩子床头的袜子里,或者堆在壁炉旁的圣诞树下.虽然没有人真的见过神秘人...

青海省15293691024： 英语翻译传说中的圣诞老人头戴红软帽,身穿红皮袍,满头银发,长长的白胡子垂过腰际.每到圣诞之夜,他就坐着8匹驯鹿拉的雪橇来到各家各户,将礼物... - ？
乐正具小儿：[答案] It is said that Santa Claus wears red bonnet and red furred robe with silver hair and long white beard hanging down to the waist. Every Christmas Eve, he travels to the families in his sleigh pulled by eight reindeer to distribute gifts to children for their ...

青海省15293691024： ＂圣诞老人＂的英文 - ？
乐正具小儿： 据异教传说,圣诞老人为奥丁神后裔.也有传说称圣诞老人由圣·尼古拉而来,所以圣诞老人也称St.Nicholas.因这些故事大多弘扬基督精神,其出处,故事情节大多被淡忘,然而圣诞老人却永驻人们精神世界.St.Nicholas 译为 圣诞·尼古拉斯...