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How to say 尾牙 in English.........

文章bill liao » 週日 1月 20, 2008 8:09 pm

By Dr.eye explain as below:
[Dialect] observance of the 16th day of the 12th month in the lunar calendar when every business owner entertains all employee at a dinner party
Do you have other world can say??

Can I say end yearly part in Chinese ?
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尾牙英文說法

文章daphnesyu » 週日 1月 20, 2008 8:28 pm

year-end party
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文章Dimitri » 週日 1月 20, 2008 11:21 pm

Well, since it's a Chinese, or rather Taiwanese, tradition, I think you can just call it what ever you want. I think you can even invent a new term, since you are a native speaker of the aforementioned culture.
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文章euphorian » 週二 1月 22, 2008 6:47 am

Those foreigners whom wish to know what is 尾牙 aren't likely to depend on non-native English speaker's translation. There are countless number of holidays and special events across different ethnicity. Those that aren't celebrated universally just can't be easily translated. One shouldn't feel obligated to translate everything. It is like how do you say "Cinco de Mayo" in Chinese?

Why not just call it: "Employee Appreciation Banquet"?
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文章Wayne » 週五 1月 25, 2008 6:31 pm

The English phrasethat is closet to to describe the Chinese term 尾牙 may be "bean-feast".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean-feast

Bean-feast, primarily an annual dinner given by an employer to his workpeople, and by extension, colloquially, describes any jollification.
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