The Annunciation is the Christian story, and the feast, of the moment when the angel Gabriel came to Mary and told her she would bear the baby Jesus. The Church marks it on 25 March — nine months before Christmas, which is the point: this is the telling, not the birth.

The Annunciation is the Christian story, and the feastThe Annunciation是基督教的故事，也是節日, of the moment when the angel Gabriel came to Mary and told her she would bear the baby Jesus講的是天使加百列來到瑪利亞面前，告訴她她將懷有耶穌寶寶的那個時刻The Church marks it on 25 March教會把這一天訂在3月25日 — nine months before Christmas聖誕節的九個月前, which is the point重點就在這裡: this is the telling, not the birth這是「告知」的那一刻，不是「出生」

Paintings called “the Annunciation” show that quiet meeting: the angel, and Mary listening. In this sense it behaves like a name, so it often takes a capital A.

Paintings called "the Annunciation" show that quiet meeting叫做「the Annunciation」的畫，畫的就是那個安靜的會面: the angel, and Mary listening天使，還有正在聆聽的瑪利亞In this sense it behaves like a name在這個意義下，它的用法很像專有名詞, so it often takes a capital A所以常常大寫開頭

Catholic and Orthodox calendars keep the day; many other Christians know the story from the Bible even if they do not make a big feast of it. (There is a plain word annunciation meaning “an announcement,” but that is not this entry.)

Catholic and Orthodox calendars keep the day天主教和東正教的曆法都保留這一天; many other Christians know the story from the Bible even if they do not make a big feast of it很多其他基督徒即使不特別過這個節日，也從聖經裡知道這個故事(There is a plain word annunciation meaning "an announcement,"也有一個普通名詞annunciation，意思是「宣布、公告」, but that is not this entry但這不是這篇要講的意思)