那么问题来了，到底怎么翻译“雪花飘飘，北风萧萧”(“XUE HUA PIAO PIAO BEI FENG XIAO XIAO”)呢？虽然大量网友直接用拼音，但是为了便于理解，也有网友把这句歌词翻译成英文“The snow falls and then wind blows”（下起了大雪，吹起了大风）。

如果将四字句拆解成字，分别译成如下：

雪花 snowflakes

飘 flutter/swirling

北风 the north wind

萧萧 howling/whistling

所以整个句子大致可以翻译如下：

The snowflakes are fluttering/swirling and the north wind is howling/whistling.

雪花飘飘，北风萧萧。

《南华早报》SCMP 对此也有报道，采用的是如下译法： “The snowflakes are fluttering and the north wind is blowing,”

How a hit Chinese song from the 80s became a global meme

SCMP

To any native Chinese person of a certain age, the tune is unmistakable.

“The snowflakes are fluttering and the north wind is blowing,” serenades iconic Chinese crooner Fei Yu-ching in his 1983 classic, Yi Jian Mei. The melancholic love song compares the singer’s undying love to a blossoming plum tree in the middle of winter. It’s also an apt metaphor for the song that has found a second life in the unlikeliest of circumstances nearly four decades later, shooting to the top of music charts… in snowy Scandinavia.

Yi Jian Mei has occupied the top spot on Spotify’s Viral 50 charts in Norway for over a week now, and it’s second in Sweden and Finland over the past few days. It also reached the top of the charts in New Zealand, where it remained at the time of publishing.

The odd phenomenon coincides with a jump in web searches for the first line of the song’s chorus in Mandarin. Interest in “Xue hua piao piao” has surged since the beginning of May, peaking in early June, according to Google Trends. Even more surprisingly, the lyrics registered more-than-usual attention from countries where Chinese isn’t widely spoken -- like Latvia, for instance.

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From then on, the clip gradually gained momentum, circulating widely on global social platforms like Twitter and TikTok.

除了歌词之外，歌名《一剪梅》也是用的拼音在传播，会怎么翻译呢？著名翻译学家许渊冲曾翻译李清照的诗词《一剪梅》，一起来看一下。

一剪梅

红藕香残玉蕈秋。轻解罗裳，独上兰舟。

云中谁寄锦书来，雁字回时，月满西楼。

花自飘零水自流。一种相思，两处闲愁。

此情无计可消除，才下眉头，却上心头。

A Twig of Mume Blossoms

Fragrant lotus blooms fade, autumn chills mat of jade.

My silk robe doffed, I float alone in orchid boat.

Who in the cloud would bring me letters in brocade?

When swans come back in flight,

My bower is steeped in moonlight.

As fallen flowers drift and water runs its way,

One longing leaves no traces

But overflows two places.

O how can such lovesickness be driven away? From eyebrows kept apart,

Again it gnaws my heart.

由此可见，一剪梅可以翻译成： A Twig of Mume Blossoms。

如果是你，你会如何翻译歌词“雪花飘飘，北风萧萧”以及歌名“一剪梅”呢？

延伸知识：

雪相关的英语表达

落雪 falling snow

小雪 light snow

鹅毛大雪 heavy snow

漫天大雪 swirling snow

新下的、干干净净的雪 new fallen snow/fresh snow

蓬松的雪（fluffy snow）

压实的、冻住的雪 pacted snow/frozen snow

积起来的雪 accumulated snow

深的，厚厚的雪 thick snow

及膝深的雪 knee-deep knowing

正在融化的雪 melting snow

泥泞的雪 slushy snow

风相关的英语表达

Breeze微风 < Gale大风 < Storm暴风 < Hurricane飓风