St. Valentine's Day
情人节
Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday observed on 14 February each year. A popular hagiographical account of Saint Valentine of Rome states that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire. According to legend, during his imprisonment, he healed the daughter of his jailer. An embellishment to this story states that before his execution he wrote her a letter signed “Your Valentine” as a farewell.
情人节是每年在2月14日这天庆祝的节日。一种比较流行的关于罗马圣瓦伦丁的圣徒传中描述到，他因给那些被禁止结婚的士兵举行婚礼并且侍奉受罗马帝国迫害的基督徒而被关押。根据传说，在他被关押期间，他治愈了监狱长的女儿。关于这个故事的一个美化版本表示，在他被执行死刑前，他写了一封署名为“你的瓦伦丁”的信作为道别。
In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards. Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.
在18世纪的英格兰，这一天演变成了爱人们彼此互赠鲜花、糖果及贺卡的日子。现在使用的情人节符号包括心形图案、鸽子和挥动双翼的丘比特。自19世纪以来，手写的情人节贺卡已被大批量工业化生产的贺卡取代。
While the European folk traditions connected with Saint Valentine and St. Valentine's Day have become marginalized by the modern Anglo-American customs connecting the day with romantic love, there are some remaining associations connecting the saint with the advent of spring.
尽管关于圣瓦伦丁和情人节的欧洲民间传统已被现代英美风俗边缘化，将这一天与浪漫爱情联系在一起，某些地区还留有一些习俗认为这跟迎接春天的到来有关。
