猴年是 Year of the Monkey
鸡年却不是 Year of the Chicken !?
其他生肖该怎么讲?

曾经一段时间很火红的「福禄猴」该怎么讲呢?如果直接翻译的话,「福」是 fortune ,「禄」是 prosperity ,所以福禄猴是 the monkey of fortune and prosperity 。但这样讲未免太长了,若参考英文新闻报导,直接音译为「Fulu Monkey」就好咯!
生肖的英文是 Chinese zodiac sign 或是 Chinese animal sign ,至于十二种动物的名称如下:
Rat 鼠 (不能用 mouse)
Ox 牛 (不能用 cow)
Tiger 虎
Rabbit 兔
Dragon 龙
Snake 蛇
Horse 马
Goat 羊 (不能用 sheep)
Monkey 猴
Rooster 鸡 (不能用 chicken)
Dog 狗
Pig 猪

Year of the (填入上面的动物) 可以用来表达某个生肖年:
A: What’s the Chinese zodiac/animal sign of 2016?
B: It’s the year of the Monkey.
A: 2016 是什么年?
B: 是猴年。

来练习一下生肖的相关对话吧:
A: What Chinese zodiac/animal sign were you born under?
B: I was born in the year of the Monkey.或是I was born under the sign of the Monkey.
A: What is your Chinese zodiac/animal sign?
B: My Chinese zodiac/animal sign is the Monkey.或是I’m a Monkey.
A: 你属什么?
B: 我属猴。返回搜狐,查看更多