英语翻译The song “Happy birthday to you” is sung all over the wo

英语翻译
The song “Happy birthday to you” is sung all over the world just before the birthday boy or girl blows out the candles on the cake.It is so simple that children as young as three can sing it without hesitation.The song,with its original title “Good Morning to You”,was written in 1893 by the two sisters,Mildred and Patty Smith Hill.They were the daughters of a progressive Kentucky couple,who believed in female education at a time---the mid-nineteenth century---when it was still a novel idea and who trained their two daughters to be schoolteachers.They were long involved in elementary education,and Patty,in particular.She achieved considerable prominence (显著) as a pioneer in kindergarten education,and for several decades a major spokesman for preschool education.She taught at Columbia University’s Teachers College from 1905 to 1935,and at her retirement became one of the first women to be named an honorary professor by Columbia.
A birthday cake with burning candles is also indispensable at one’s birthday party.It may derive,distantly,from the ancient Greek practice of offering to Artemis,goddess of the hunt and of the moon,a round honey cake into which a candle was stuck.After German bakers invented the modern birthday cake in the Middle Ages,a similar custom was adopted for the advocate of good spirits at birthdays.The cake,ready by morning,would be surrounded by burning candles,in a kind of protective fire circle,and they would be kept lit all day,until dessert time at the evening meal.

生日快乐歌是全世界孩子在吹腊烛之前唱的歌曲.这首歌曲很简单,3岁的孩子都能轻松完整地唱出来.起初,这首歌名叫做“早上好”由名叫Mildred和Patty Smith Hill两姐妹创作于1893年.她们是肯塔基州一对坚信女性教育的 进步夫妻的女儿.在19世纪,女性教育还是新奇的概念,可这对夫妻便培养她们的女儿成为老师.她们长期从事基本教育,尤其是Patty,作为肯塔基州的教育先锋,她取得了显著的成就,数十年中,她一直是学前教育的代言人.从1905年到1935年,她任教于哥伦比亚大学的师范学院.退休后她成为哥伦比亚第一位被授予荣誉教授的女性.
在生日晚会上,蛋糕和蜡烛是必不可少的.这起源于古希腊人用一个中间插根蜡烛圆形蜂蜜蛋糕来祭祀阿耳忒弥斯--月与狩猎的女神的活动.中世纪,希腊蛋糕师发明了现代蛋糕,与祭祀相似的习俗便被引用与生日时许愿.蛋糕通常早上就被准备好,然后插上燃烧的蜡烛,一直再火圈的保护中,直到晚饭的甜点时间才能吹灭.