New year translation needed

[guest1234]

Hello everone

Could someone please help me. I need the Chinese for the following

"Wishing you and your family a happy new year from a greatful student "

Any help would be great. I need to write it on a card.

Thankyou all and a happy new year.

cheers

[skylee]

You could consider this -

"祝您和您的家人新年快樂

一個感激您的學生上"

[guest1234]

Thankyou for that but could you give me the simplified form as I need to send it to Beijing.

Thankyou again for your quick response.

cheers.

[skylee]

Simplified version -

"祝您和您的家人新年快乐

一个感激您的学生上"

[raincoat]

I am not so sure if we can just write like this:

"祝您和家新年快乐"

"一个感激您的学生"

and sign my name below that sentence? I am actually quite confused with the “上”. Can anybody tell me why we must we add that word? Thanks

[Claw]

Oh... if you're going to put your name in it too, then you should do:

祝您和您的家人新年快乐！

一个感激您的学生：ＸＸ上

(replace ＸＸ with your name)

上 is short for 敬上, which means "respectfully." At the end of a letter it functions like the English, "sincerely." Using just 上 makes it less formal than the full 敬上.

[raincoat]

Oic.. Thanks a lot. What if I don't put the 上? Would it be rude/disrespecful? And can I just write like this: 祝您和家新年快乐?

[Claw]

You can leave out the 上 if you really want to. It just makes it even less formal, but it's fine between people who know each other.

And can I just write like this: 祝您和家新年快乐?

That sounds slightly awkward... possibly because just 家 alone can be ambiguous. I suggest:

祝您全家新年快乐 (Wishing your entire family [which by implication includes you] a Happy New Year)

...or...

祝您和您的家新年快乐

...or you can just go with the original.

[raincoat]

Thanks for your answer, noo... I've written 和 instead of 全 this year though. Is it an embarassing mistake? It could be I translate it from english or I heard it somewhere and just followed

[Claw]

Actually 您和家 should be okay... it's understandable and there's much more leeway when writing than speaking.

[florazheng]

意译：　

祝您春节快乐，全家幸福！