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标题: 最难用英语表达的中文词 [打印本页]
作者: 心灵的港湾 时间: 2016-12-12 02:30
标题: 最难用英语表达的中文词
“辛苦了”、“混”、“撒娇"......
简单、常用的中文词，却很难找到贴切的英语翻译
今天，我们就说说这些最难用英语表达的中文词！
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4 C' B! E3 E- K/ D! QChinese expressions that are hard to translate to English: 很难翻译到英文的中文说法
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They're simple and common expressions, but with rich cultural context: 这些说法很简单，但是包含了很深的文化概念. }8 z# }2 @4 {8 I, u( K: ]
What are those? Let me take a stab at it: 多有哪些词？我来试试看, v4 ^/ C# o7 g( I1 S- N8 a2 V
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$ E) h/ |% \: W1 [8 d" m0 R 辛苦了
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; _5 t* N- E; |, V6 r; ~How do you say 辛苦了 in English? “辛苦了“英语就很难表达
There might be an English equivalent, but there's no exact match: 可能有对应的说法，但没有完全符合的
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It can't perfectly convey the mood and meaning: 不能百分百把情绪和意思传递出去
It's a form of acknowledgement and gratitude: 这是用来表达认可和感谢的) [9 ~# B' q$ D- o6 i. r8 h
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“辛苦了”英语可以这么说↓↓
Thank you, you did a good job/job well done! 谢谢，你做的很棒, 比较多用于上级对下属
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Thanks for your hard work: 谢谢你辛勤的工作
When you say this, you acknowledge that it might not have been very easy: 你这样说，代表你觉得那个工作比较辛苦、不容易
* I( V5 k. r. gBut sometimes I feel saying "辛苦了" is a bit of an exaggeration: 但是我有时候觉得说“辛苦了”有点夸张，因为并没有很辛苦
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' q! `% W5 o% l* K: x% d0 JBut it's a way of showing appreciation and respect in Chinese culture: 但是这是中国文化里表达感谢和尊重的方式7 a; P, {! |0 A/ f2 G$ _% }
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人情
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How would you translate that? 这个怎么翻译啊？
4 U& W, q* _$ Q) L! q6 N$ a8 ]! jWhen you check the dictonary, you might find "human feelings": 查字典，字典会告诉你“human feelings" / Y6 z. V# B6 c. s
Some foreigners might call it 关系, which has entered the English vocabulary: 有些外国人会用“关系”，这个词现在已经进入英语了
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, `! J. v6 l) u8 ?/ { C! UI don't think there's a one word equivalent of "人情” in English: 我觉得英语里没有“人情”6 S7 I3 K! v( K& x+ N! M
“人情” is such an important aspect of Chinese society: 人情在中国社会是很重要的组成部分
$ t3 P) I- R" t8 JIt's untranslatable: 这个词翻译不了! z4 U, @9 h2 _* a
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得瑟
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Spencer, I noticed you like to use "得瑟“ a lot: Spencer, 我发现你最近很爱说“得瑟”
+ \) j$ S9 w0 |9 z$ @How would you translate that in English? 这个英语怎么翻译？
$ M+ s% {$ S: ~. Y+ bThese are words that you won't be able to find in a dictionary, never mind textbooks: , V1 b8 i5 {' P- j1 W
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Arrogant: 傲慢" `6 g6 I6 L* o1 [! I- I. T
Pretentious: 装4 l1 W2 x) y" U2 n7 Q
Full of themselves/himself/herself: 得瑟、自我感觉良好
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"混" is also very hard to translate: “混”也很难翻译
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To waste time, muddle through, mucking around: 混日子
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作、嗲、撒娇
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' _: w0 `4 t. s3 b3 mI've got a bunch of related ones that are hard to translate: 我有一串相关的难翻译的词) \3 Q- E- l' e$ n# n4 H4 {
Being cutesy, girly: 撒娇- C" [# W& H7 p4 `
The dictionary defines it as "coquettish", but we don't really use that word: 字典会告诉你“嗲”是“coquettish”，但这个词日常不会用
0 O! q8 O2 a# x1 HA lot of things are represented by one character in Chinese, but need a few English words to translate completely: 中文很多时候只需要一个字，但英文要好几词才能翻译、解释: y( g* w* Q/ X8 T
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Even though they look similar, cutesy means 撒娇 and cute is more like 可爱: 虽然它们看上去很相像，“cutesy”更加撒娇，“cute”可能更可爱7 ^+ J5 e1 s1 e6 G
Cutesy: 嗲$ o9 s5 ~$ U+ H3 Q% K
Feminine: 女性化2 ]9 _; K/ X" R3 a
You got me: 我被问住了' u2 N L; g" t: m& `
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High maintenance: 作，需要高度保养
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What about?
素质
讨厌
素质 is class.
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讨厌 is annoying
. g1 j# p# |" R2 JBut when we say "讨厌", we often don't mean it. It's a way of 撒娇：但是很多时候说讨厌，不是真的觉得你annoying, 其实是在撒娇
$ k+ u" v# a* tI think in English, we'd express a lot of things with the tone of voice: 我觉得英语里，会更多用语气来传递意思上的差别
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