今天是世界讀書日。你知道世界讀書日是怎么來(lái)的嗎？為什么要把世界讀書日定在4月23日？讓我們一起來(lái)了解這個(gè)節(jié)日。

Reading books brings with it numerous benefits giving people the opportunity to explore new worlds and meet new people both real and imagined. It expands our knowledge and understanding of the world around us and those far away.

讀書益處多多，它讓人們有機(jī)會(huì)探索新世界，邂逅真實(shí)和想象的新朋友。它拓展我們的知識(shí)面，增進(jìn)我們對(duì)周邊和遙遠(yuǎn)世界的理解。

To celebrate the wonderment of books and those that make them come to life, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) established 23 April as World Book and Copyright Day in 1995. However, it got its start long before that in Spain.

為了宣揚(yáng)書籍以及書籍創(chuàng)作者的美妙之處，1995年聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織將4月23日定為“世界圖書和版權(quán)日”。不過早在多年前，西班牙就開始慶祝讀書日了。

Setting aside a day to celebrate books traces its beginnings to Spanish writer Vicente Clavel Andrés. In 1922 he proposed the idea as a way to honor fellow countryman author Miguel de Cervantes. Four years later the first celebration took place on 7 October, Cervantes’ birthday, but was moved to 23 April, the date of his death, in 1930.

專門留出一天來(lái)慶祝書籍的想法源于西班牙作家維森特·克拉維爾·安德里斯。1922年他提出設(shè)立讀書日來(lái)紀(jì)念同為西班牙作家的米格爾·德·塞萬(wàn)提斯。四年后，第一個(gè)讀書日的慶?；顒?dòng)在10月7日也就是塞萬(wàn)提斯的生日舉行，1930年改成在塞萬(wàn)提斯逝世那天也就是4月23日慶祝。

In 1995, the UNESCO General Conference decided to pay homage to authors and books world-wide as a way of encouraging everyone to access books. Choosing 23 April seemed a logical choice, besides being the date of Cervante’s death, it also happens to be the date William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega died, among other prominent authors. Additionally, several distinguished authors were born on 23 April making it a symbolic date in the world literature.

1995年，聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織大會(huì)決定向全球的作家和書籍致敬，以此來(lái)鼓勵(lì)人們多讀書。將4月23日作為世界讀書日似乎是一個(gè)合情合理的選擇，因?yàn)樗坏侨f(wàn)提斯去世的日子，也正好是威廉·莎士比亞和印卡·加西拉索·德拉維加這兩位著名作家去世的日子。還有幾位杰出作家都是在4月23日出生的，這讓4月23日成為世界文學(xué)史上很有紀(jì)念意義的一天。

Annually since 2001, one city around the world is chosen to be the UNESCO World Book Capital for a year. The selected city is tasked with carrying out activities over its year-long designation to encourage “a culture of reading and diffusing its values in all ages and population groups in and out of the national borders.”

自2001年以來(lái)，每年全球都有一個(gè)城市被選為聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織的世界圖書之都，為期一年。被選中的城市的任務(wù)是在接下來(lái)的一年開展鼓勵(lì)“國(guó)內(nèi)外各個(gè)年齡段和階層的人群形成閱讀文化、傳播閱讀價(jià)值”的活動(dòng)。

The initiative was put forward by Spain in 2001, and Madrid was designated the first capital, followed by Alexandria and then New Delhi. Following those designations cities are chosen each year by the Director-General of UNESCO in consultation with an advisory committee made up of representatives from international organizations representing authors, libraries and publishers. UNESCO has named Accra as the 2023 World Book Capital.

這一設(shè)想是西班牙于2001年提出的，馬德里是首個(gè)獲得“世界圖書之都”稱號(hào)的城市，接下來(lái)被選中的是亞歷山大市和新德里市。每年聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織總干事都會(huì)和咨詢委員會(huì)協(xié)商后選出一個(gè)城市作為“世界圖書之都”。咨詢委員會(huì)是由代表作家、圖書館和出版商的國(guó)際機(jī)構(gòu)的代表組成的。阿克拉被聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織選為2023年的世界圖書之都。

英文來(lái)源：As、Adom Online

翻譯&編輯：丹妮