终于等到这一天了！ Translation Please

eupnea63355
 December 31, 2009, 01:44 PM posted in General Discussion

Hi folks. This is from an advanced lesson (I am elementary). Would someone please offer a translation? I was reviewing my intermediate "National Day" flashcards, and again had forgotten 终于, so did a glossary search on CPod, one thing led to another, and now I have a whole set of flashcards of sentences using zhong1yu2. Only thing is, the exact meaning of this sentence escapes me. It's from an advanced lesson, meaning no English translation.

谢谢！

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simonpettersson
 December 31, 2009, 02:14 PM

Literally it means "(I/we) have finally waited until this one day!" but a more colloquial translation would be "This day has finally arrived!" or maybe even "It's finally time!" or "The time has finally come!"

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eupnea63355
 December 31, 2009, 02:37 PM

Many, many thanks to you someonpettersson! 很多谢！