中英譯古今 ※ 遠近傳相知

Not again the senseless tragedy

2007-04-16T14:41:00.000-07:00

News: Bloody campus rampage

BLACKSBURG, Virginia

33 dead, including gunman

This incident is the deadliest school attack in U.S. history.

春花正開

2007-04-01T14:49:00.000-07:00

家分兩邊

2007-04-01T14:25:00.000-07:00

看著飛機昇起

你們在飛機裡邊

我在飛機外邊

望著太平洋

你們在那一邊

我在這一邊

守著電腦連線

你們在螢幕裡邊

我在外邊

捧著圖畫

你們在畫裡邊

我在畫外邊

盯著時間流逝

你們在歲月的那一邊

我在這一邊

翻著月曆數日子

從離開的那一天

數到回來的那一天

朝暮思念

盼早日哪天

一家團聚不再分兩邊

走走走走走我們小手拉小手

2006-09-14T12:30:00.000-07:00

這首走走走小時兒歌用在形容此反扁遊行很合適。大家有共同目標攜手上街遊行，一種同心協力的使命感，興奮焦慮皆有之。

這首歌換過來說，也是對阿扁唱的，人民要他走，好心牽著他走，為什麼還不下台？在等什麼？等一鍋壓力鍋爆炸嗎？

自己工作沒做好本就該退出讓別人來做，這是很簡單的道理，到了政客那裡就變了調。尤其是還要等幾十萬人來反對也不醒悟，真是。

扁字原來是應在他們陣營的集體腦袋上。換人做，換個天氣，也許台灣未來還有晴天萬里的可能。

A long head cold

2006-09-09T00:35:00.000-07:00

It's almost three months to the date from my last post. This summer was very cold and dark for me. Totally wiped out, like being hit with a ton of bricks every minute.

My head cold was both literal and figurative. The story is too long to get into right now, but I will try to write down what I can remember. I am not out of the dark fog yet, at least not there yet.

Reclaiming my "head" is in a matter of time, just have to take it easy and take it slow. I am doing what I can at this moment, and that's enough. Most of the time though, I just wait. That's okay because in order to heal, I have to wait it out. Being a patient means to be patient.

Just go.

2006-09-08T23:47:00.000-07:00

How much more does it take to get a President to resign?

Oh my head

2006-06-11T23:12:00.000-07:00

My doctor said, it's a head cold. Oh, my poor head has a cold. It makes me tired, indecisive, and sleepy. My mind is a blank; my body can not move. There is a thick fog in my head, making it hard to think. My head feels too heavy for my poor, thin neck.

This head cold lasts 7-10 days according to the doctor. There are a few more days to go. I guess a head cold is better than a lot of other illnesses.

Neon Rainbow

2006-06-01T23:14:00.000-07:00

Chicago O'Hare International airport walkway
By Jammy Yen c 2006

Remembered

2006-05-29T05:37:00.000-07:00

Memorial of the Honored

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

Thank you for those who sacrified ultimately.

Boxed in

2006-05-24T18:38:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you have to go through many layers
to discover a real treasure inside.

2006 c Jammy Yen

A Dreamy Road Never Traveled

2006-05-24T01:17:00.000-07:00

Nowhere leads to nowhere

"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"

2006-05-23T22:16:00.000-07:00

By Green Day

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone

I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of broken dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk alone

I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Til then I walk alone

Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh
Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah

I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the borderline of the edge
And where I walk alone

Read between the lines of what's
Fucked up and everything's aright
Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive
And I walk alone

I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...

Hang in there

2006-05-22T07:23:00.000-07:00

Get well soon, Barbaro !

馬失蹄焉知無後福

Read more...

m & m

2006-05-22T06:20:00.000-07:00

The winning combination
**************************************
Motivation & Muscle

想了要做到才會贏

:)

Cat and Mouse

2006-05-20T16:06:00.000-07:00

Hey! Are you all right?

Source: China Times Photo-News

2006 C Jammy Yen

Addiction

2006-05-19T09:42:00.000-07:00

Do you have IA?

Read more internet addiction.

What's in a name?

2006-05-19T05:22:00.000-07:00

I do not understand why English first names are so few, and that last names are so many, so anything goes.

Just around me I know 2 Pat/Patty, 3 Susan/Sue/Susie, 4 Marys, 5 Johns/Johny, 6 Jennifers, 7 Nancys, 8 Bobby/Bob/Rob/Robbie/Rorbert, and 9 Janes.

There are many unique last names, practically half of the last names are very unique. To name a few weird last names, Bald and Evil come to mind. Then there are Finger, Kitchen, Carr, Bird, Tooth, Spine...like I said, anything goes.

Chinese last names are around 100 or so. If it is not on the 100 last name list, you can be sure that it is a rare last name. Just as there are many Johns and Marys, there are as many Chen's and Lee's.

A lot of celebraties like to distiguish themselves by giving their babies rare first names. Apple 'falls' to mind. Pilot is not so bad. Sirus is in the recently headline.

Seriously, naming a pet with cute names is one thing, but your kids?

Not soon enough

2006-05-19T03:28:00.000-07:00

It's time to step down.
See you later Abiengator.

Sigh.

Beatle's love lasts no more.

2006-05-18T07:26:00.000-07:00

Paul and Heather, love no more.

Good things last no more.

Money give me more, more, more.

Sad, sad, sad.

三聲長嘆，愛情有價！

Mother & Daughter

2006-05-17T01:42:00.000-07:00

I am my mother's daughter.

My mother is my daughter.

Mom loves forever

2006-05-14T01:59:00.000-07:00

Mine All Mine 我都我

2006-05-12T08:13:00.000-07:00

:)

I work with my mind.
我用腦工作。

I ryhme with my audible syllables.
我用有聲音節押韻。

I flirt with my colorful words.
我用彩色字耍俏皮。

I weep with my run-on sentences.
我用囉哩囉唆飲泣。

And I sigh with my punctuations.
我用標點符號嘆氣。

But I chuckle between the lines.
不過我在字裡行間笑嘻嘻。

: )

"supremely qualified decider"

2006-05-08T06:49:00.000-07:00

"supremely qualified",

"I am the decider"?
- George W. Bush-

Like NOT.

The only "supremely qualified deciders" are the voters.

Get it straight.

無聊就是 feeling bored

2006-05-07T22:53:00.000-07:00

I feel bored listening to a dull person.
我聽無趣人講話就會無聊。

I feel bored waiting for a doctor to see me.
我等待醫生的時間就會無聊。

I feel very bored when downloading a large file over 5 seconds.
我下載檔案一超過五秒就覺得很無聊。

I feel really bored when there is nothing to read in front of my eyes.
我覺得眼前沒有東西可讀真是無聊。

I feel tremendously bored when I try to balance my checkbook.
我覺得想要收支平衡支票簿非常之無聊。

I feel totally bored out of my mind when I have to split a bill with someone over a meal.
我得跟人分攤一頓飯帳單－真是完全無聊到不行。

I feel most of all bored when people do not understand my sense of humor, dark and frank, not boring at all.
沒人懂我很有聊的黑色坦白幽默，我才覺得最是無聊。

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本篇文引用『無聊就是』一文。

http://www.wretch.cc/blog/toysrus&article_id=3725286

Beware of S.M.A.R.T. people

2006-05-07T17:31:00.000-07:00

I like smart people. Don't hate them because they are smart.

Smart people with these qualities are the most welcomed human samples:

Sensitive to the touch

Modest to a fault

Atistic to the world

Rational to human and machine logic

Tough to endure

Many smart people come to mind that I like, Einstein, Hawking, Mother Teressa, Da Vinci, my parents...etc.

Of my many friends, many are smart of course, but not all that I like. I will never tell which I do not like. However, I can say one of the most likable, smartest is a first year profefssor at the University of Wintermelon in the middle of nowhere on a far away little Formosa island.

魔電老母是這個 What is mo dian mu ?

2006-05-07T17:26:00.000-07:00

一則幾百年前的冷笑：

那時在台北光滑商場老聽到魔電母這個魔電母那個。

我想不通誰是魔電母還是魔店﹖要問也問不清。

店裡人說，啊﹖你們那裡沒有嗎﹖

到底有啥啊﹖我就是不懂啊！

Answer: Modem mo-dian-mu, courtesy Japanese pronounciation

Fighting chance

2006-05-04T08:24:00.000-07:00

A new chance on life from two mothers .
America and China.

Life goes

2006-05-04T07:17:00.000-07:00

Papa tiger has gone to sleep.
Watch young tiger continue to

ROAR...

Musical Chair

2006-05-02T04:13:00.000-07:00

Remember what the game Musical Chair is about?

Where there are not enough seats for everyone when the music stops.

So if everyone obeyed by the rule of staying in line and waiting for the music to stop, why should we reward the cheaters to steal the seats when the music is still playing?

Why should we accept the cheaters just because they have cheated for a while?

Who can tell me?

2006-04-29T09:34:00.000-07:00

Stop the cry from this hell on earth!

We can help to end it.
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Solute! A just judgement Judging the Code

2006-04-28T04:30:00.000-07:00

A judge

with

a sense of humor & a code of honor.

Viictory for Dan Brown.

小爺來也

2006-04-28T00:58:00.000-07:00

新生小毛頭

☆☆☆☆☆

黃小爺說

"小爺我要收媽抖【model 】酬勞啦。"

詳情看這裡

● ● ● ● ●

Better late than never - NOT

2006-04-28T00:15:00.000-07:00

A LITTLE TOO LITTLE,

A LITTLE TOO LATE!

越描越黑不做不錯越做越錯

【妙文轉載】恐怖份子 versus 女人

2006-04-27T21:51:00.000-07:00

一個可以談條件、一個不可以。
恐怖份子明確告訴你要什麼，女人總是要你猜她們要什麼。
恐怖份子會跟你談判，而你不能跟女人談判。
恐怖份子會殺害人質，但是女人只會綁架人質一輩子。
遇到恐怖份子只有死路一條。遇到女人會活在十八層地獄。 [生不如死]
恐怖份子用別人命來談條件，女人用自己命來談條件。
跟恐怖份子談判，贖金可能越談越少。跟女人談判，花的錢通常越談越多。
與恐怖份子談判過程中可以找警察來抓他們，可是和女人談判通常是她們找警察來抓你。
恐怖份子把褲襪套在頭上，女人把褲襪戴在腳上。
恐怖份子不一定是女人，但女人一定是恐怖份子。

Magical wonder

2006-04-27T05:08:00.000-07:00

A MAGIC MAN & A WONDER BOY

Gee, no wonder

2006-04-26T07:08:00.000-07:00

Snow on board.

Here comes the snow job!

都是先生 All Doctors

2006-04-26T05:39:00.000-07:00

就有兩種行業的人，都得具備一股傻勁。
Two jobs for dummies.

一是老師，另一是醫生，兩者都是先生。
One teachers, one physicians; both doctors.

老師什麼木頭都得教，累死也沒人同情。
Teachers teach any logs, no one cares if tired to death.

醫生什麼病者都得治，癱死更沒人同情。
Physicians treat any sicklings, no one cares if exhausted to death.

我看出，這兩種行業都不是人活幹的。
I can see, these two jobs are not for human consumption.

我很懶，絕對不會想走這兩條不歸路。
I am lazy, will never go on these two roads of no return.

﹖﹖﹖﹖﹖﹖﹖﹖﹖﹖﹖﹖﹖﹖﹖﹖﹖

繼續喋喋

2006-04-26T05:03:00.000-07:00

Smile or frown
含笑或蹙眉

Laugh or pout
輕笑或含怨

Lips curve up or down
嘴唇彎上或下

Eyes dry or flood
眼乾旱或淹水

Ears open or shut
耳動聽或掩閉

Tongue wags or stops
舌搖晃或靜止

Hands open or close
雙手張開或握緊

Legs firm or wobbly
雙腿穩立或危顫

Heart sings or curses
心吟唱或吐咒

Life dances or spins . . .Should I keep babbling or quit now?
生命曼舞或急旋。。。我該繼續喋喋或停止了 ﹖

Calculus for Dummies

2006-04-26T03:56:00.000-07:00

What an oxymoron.

Maybe there needs to be a Cheating for Dummies to get through Calculus.

Illegal Made legal

2006-04-25T05:07:00.000-07:00

Why don't we just start with those illegal beings that

came over for at least 20 years
have kids over 18 years of age that were born in the US
have worked in the US all along the years
Not on any goverment freeload programs
pay taxes
no criminal records
no fraud records

Just start with saving the family units first.
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誰快來解救雪貓的中文

2006-04-24T13:49:00.000-07:00

雪貓的原版說法：

"if you are a serious photographer, you will love the feeling of sharing your photos with people all over the world, and hear what they think about your photo. "

"如果你對攝影很認真，那你會喜歡這種和全世界分享的感覺，以及聽到別人對你照片的想法"

這明明就是什麼翻譯的很濫的說明書啊啊啊啊啊，誰快來解救我的中文啊。

【後記】好像大家都搞錯我意思了，我不是想"翻譯"那幾句英文，而是想原意按照那幾句英文，以中文方式寫好這幾句話，而不是使用翻譯機得來的中文。

人氣旺的雪貓，得到很多迴響，多話的我就留言如下：
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How about this? 你可安裝免費使用。

有些人愛拍照愛現，最好全世界人都來看他照片，而且一定要大聲誇他一誇。

Posted by: Ｙ.R. at April 14, 2006 07:52 PM
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這個更好玩：

如果你愛拍照，你會愛死跟全世界人分享照片，還高興得到免費意見哩。

我喜歡這一個版本，不過還是不像貓話。

Posted by: Y. R. at April 14, 2006 08:39 PM
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我又想到一個更簡單的了。

你愛拍照，也愛跟全世界分享作品。更愛聽得回應。

這個版本字最少，所以最省事。但仍然不像貓語。

Posted by: Y. R. at April 15, 2006 03:04 AM
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這是我會用的不辣版本。因為我人懶，用最少的字。

攝得影來全世界分享，
聽得迴響來衷心喜悅。

Posted by: Y. R. at April 15, 2006 03:10 AM
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上面寫的不夠工整，這個比較好：

攝得影來全世界分享，
聽得音回盡衷心喜悅。

Posted by: 不辣 Y.R. at April 15, 2006 04:56 AM
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汝好攝影，必分享環宇候教，樂乎。

Posted by: 不辣 Y.R. at April 15, 2006 01:04 PM
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啊，睡了一覺，又想到更簡的：

＊真愛照＊
攝＊＊＊環
影＊＊＊宇
汝＊＊＊樂
好＊＊＊迴
享＊＊＊響

Posted by: 不辣 Y.R. at April 15, 2006 07:36 PM
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喵回應：

YR: 真是太感謝感動你的腦力了，連睡覺還絞盡腦汁幫我解決困難，不過的確給我好主意哩。甘溫啦!!!

＊

Oh Smile, so glad you are back!

2006-04-22T15:43:00.000-07:00

I lost track of you for a while,
Smile.
You were no where to be found.
You were sorely missed.
Oh
I am so glad to see you,
Smile.
Now here you are found.
Don't ever leave me again.

My dear, sweet
Smile :)

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A word to cry on---such a tearful

2006-04-21T18:56:00.000-07:00

Dacryocystorhinostomy

Da-cry-o-cys-to-rhi-nos-to-my

胡彈

2006-04-20T06:39:00.000-07:00

Hu's running into Bush--->

Hush! Let human rights sleep.

對胡彈琴。

胡錦濤【Hu1 Jin4 tao1】

乎盡掏

天下盡握此兩人手中

﹖

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What's wrong

2006-04-19T06:17:00.000-07:00

Secretary of Defense - Donald Rumsfeld

大頭國師－當懦。亂死活了

Who? He's the head of DOD. (As long as he's not HOA - headless on arrival.)

Shoot! Dragging men down with him?

Why is the bush still behind him?

God mom to dry mom

2006-04-19T05:02:00.000-07:00

God Mother 教母－＞乾媽－＞ Dry Mother

What is a patient

2006-04-19T04:01:00.000-07:00

A patient is someone who has to be patient

with getting well
with the idotic insurance companies
with the insensitive med people
with the demanding pain

Do not say to a patient
Just be patient

Do not compare nor compete with a patient.
Simply be compassionate.

Do not get impatient with a patient
Unless you want to turn a home patient into an inpatient

Be patient
All my fellow patients.

For they know not
What is a patient.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Don't kid a child.

2006-04-19T03:33:00.000-07:00

I may like to kid,

But never call me a kid.

And

I may act like a child,

But shame on you for calling me

CHILDISH.

So get it you all?

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100 YEARS LATER OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BIG EARTHQUAKE

2006-04-18T21:36:00.000-07:00

Pulling my strings

2006-04-18T11:34:00.000-07:00

Enron: 安隆 ?

2006-04-18T08:58:00.000-07:00

Enron: 安隆

安隆－＞ On loan

Enron should sound like 安恩卵

Yeah right, not. 一點也不安恩卵

安恩卵 was not safe for your nest egg at all.

Fight. Attack.

2006-04-17T15:44:00.000-07:00

i.
fight.
i fight.
i fight hard with my words.
precise to win the rights

i.
attack.
i attack.
i attack smart with my voice.
loud to beat the injustices.

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Rude or Mean

2006-04-17T02:59:00.000-07:00

Some people are rude.
Some people are mean.

Rude people can be mean, but not always.
Mean people on the other hand are rude always .

There are rude people that do not mean it,
And there are mean people that do mean it.

There are mean drunks that want to escape pain.
There are mean sicklings that want to do the same.

Are you so lucky that there is no need to be rude nor mean.
Everything is for you sane and just the hanppy same.

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Pope on Easter Sunday

2006-04-16T12:51:00.000-07:00

Easter Sunday in Vatican

2006 c Jammy Yen

Cry Not Cry

2006-04-16T03:32:00.000-07:00

I try.
I cry.
I try to cry.
I try not to cry.
I tried.
I cried.

Ｗhat is BoF ?

2006-04-15T03:32:00.000-07:00

?

Who can tell me what BoF means?

Blogs of Formosa? Bloggers on Formosa?

Bloggers of Fun? Blogging for Fun?

Blogs of the Future on Formosa

The answer, would never have guessed:

What the ...Bird Flu?

? ? ?

?

One more knot for the high technology

2006-04-14T22:46:00.000-07:00

What?

I can SEE what you say!

See no evil. Hear no evil.

英文姓名妙妙中譯

2006-04-12T16:42:00.000-07:00

作曲家：

喬治‧韓德爾 (George Handel, 1685-1759)

羅伯特‧食穀慢（Robert Schumann, 1810-1856)

汝得威格‧范‧貝多芬（Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827)

作家：

李奧‧尼可雷雅迷課‧托司托依（Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 1828-1910)

維吉尼亞‧渥夫（ Virginia Woolf, 1882-1941)

歐尼斯特‧海明威（Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1961)

茶裡思‧ 狄更斯（Charles Dickens, 1812-1870）

Reverse translation:

食穀慢－＞ Eating rice slow

茶裡思－＞Thinking in tea

Other versions:

渥夫 Wolf －> 夫 ( A man and/or husband.)

沃芙 or 歐芙 or 吳爾芙 (Virginia is not a man and/or husband.)

*Source: An unnamed Hong Kong website 香港某不點名網站

不錯翻譯 Google Sings!

2006-04-12T07:55:00.000-07:00

Google Sings!

Google announced their official Chinese corporate name:

谷歌原來是穀歌

谷是穀的簡體

啊！滿坑滿谷都是穀

The Song of Harvest in the Valley

以前古狗沽狗亂叫一通，

現在狗狗要開始唱山谷豐收之歌，

以後就來好好聽了。

Θ ΘΘ ΘΘ ΘΘ Θ Θ Θ Θ Θ Θ Θ Θ Θ Θ Θ

Love is blind...and mute...and dumb

2006-04-11T03:24:00.000-07:00

Falling in love sounds like a good thing, if you can handle the negative cash flow and the raging hormone.

In most cases, 'falling' is the most descriptive word for this self-inflicted human condition. Falling in love not only makes people fall out of any good sense, in my limited sampling, people who claimed to be falling in love…., well, their IQ points immediately dropped 50%. Falling in love make the people in the passion of it blind, mute and dumb.

Don’t believe me? Show me a couple crazy in love that will buy an insurance policy to compensate themselves in case their ‘undying’ love for each other meets its eventual, fatal reality check. Falling in love soon turns into failing in love, and ends with fighting in hate. Yes, yes, there are enduring examples of falling in love, but I can count them with my fingers.

Falling in love, may just be the biggest trick that has been played on the human specie to ensure the survival of our human kind.

Wear cowboy well

2006-04-10T11:06:00.000-07:00

Long live the long-lived cowboy!
=============================
Papa Jack, 105 years young, my new role model.

Visit his mountain ranch.

錯趣橫生的翻譯

2006-04-08T19:33:00.000-07:00

American Idol 美國佬愛抖

2006-04-07T00:55:00.000-07:00

昨晚友人來急電，要我看 TV 美國佬愛抖，進行最後淘汰了，我這朋友緊張得聲音一直發抖，聽說我不看這節目很久了，他差點厥了過去。

我很友情贊助立刻轉電視台看，一眼望去，立刻告訴我這愛抖迷，那個福相的非洲女王一定出局，這是以外表為主的流行節目，她能拖撐那麼久已經是奇蹟了。朋友說，絕不可能，她唱得多棒多棒云云。

看吧！宣佈結果後，台上台下除了塞悶先生以外，眾人一片哀戚。電話那頭更傳來一陣哀號，都是你害的啦，朋友似乎想從電話中跳出來掐我脖子。

愛抖這個節目每一季開始都會先播出一些被淘汰的參賽者，只有那幾集很娛樂，我可以大方去嘲笑那些不自量力的參賽者，每回都看得笑得頭疼下巴酸痛胃抽筋， ha ha ha 狂笑停不了，在地上亂滾亂爬。

這個愛抖節目收視率一直很巔峰抖，所以抖上冠軍的參賽者成明星的也不在話下。也有沒抖到前幾名，卻照樣抖紅的，就像咱龍的傳人孔啥祥，一句我盡力了，居然紅遍兩大洲跨太平洋去了。可惜現在他不知發抖到哪兒去，很久沒見到這威廉小子了，還有點想念他的憨傻認真樣呢。

不辣閣新增店面

2006-04-05T10:34:00.000-07:00

不辣閣新增店面

文字細思量 ※ 書中日月長 II

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Welcome to the store addition.

If you see a blank web page,

please change encoding to Unicode (UTF-8).

Pixar 中譯名

2006-04-04T21:14:00.000-07:00

皮克斯（Pixar）動畫工作室

Pixar 譯『皮克斯』? What happened to 'ar' ?

In the arms of love 愛入心懷

2006-04-02T11:36:00.000-07:00

Thrilled to see Jill.

Sweet home at last.

An angry man 憤怒啥？

2006-04-02T09:49:00.000-07:00

What's eating you? Oil?

Give us rice please. 請給米來

2006-04-02T04:15:00.000-07:00

Just not enough RICE to go around....

(Rice along does not solve the problems.)

Haunting voices echo on 魂聲盡回音

2006-04-01T07:20:00.000-08:00

Never forget the horror.
.

Remember their existence, not their departure.

Aliens here to stay, legal or not.

2006-03-31T03:52:00.000-08:00

How is cutting in line fair to the ones already waiting in line?

Just like if I sneak into a movie theater without paying, I deserve to get kicked out if am caught, no matter how hard I worked to get inside.

The real problem is in Washinton D.C. with the endless immigration laws and the malfunctioning, turtle-speed of the INS administration.

A Day of Great Joy! 喜極日

2006-03-30T06:46:00.000-08:00

Homebound! You go, girl !

Love Beyond 永世愛相隨

2006-03-30T04:28:00.000-08:00

Forever Love Affair Beyond Love Ever So Unfair...

團團、圓圓怎麼說

2006-03-29T16:57:00.000-08:00

Design and text by Jammy Yen

這些時日來因報導熊貓、貓熊吵得熱呼呼，眾說紛云，就是沒有人想到，當事熊團團、圓圓和牠們的父母作何感想，有沒有人去關心牠們當事熊熊心裡的想法呢？為了得到答案，本新聞台特派記者，特別對當事熊進行網路遠訊採訪，我們聽聽牠們怎麼說。欲知詳細，請選以上圖片，按放大圖鍵看說明文字。

貓熊故事：

二○○六年二月十七日四川臥龍有消息報導，當天在臥龍下了十年少見的大雪，臥龍自然保護區為要贈送臺灣的一對大熊貓舉行掛名牌儀式。

掛名牌是公告命名的木牌，高1.5米左右，牌上標明了團團、圓圓的出生年月及地點，兩隻大熊貓的特點和中選的經過。雄貓熊命名 “圓圓”，雌貓熊命名 “團團”。大家一本正經在舉行儀式，主角團團圓圓卻在一英呎厚的雪地玩得不亦樂乎，身上都是雪花。

根據大熊貓專家魏榮平，大貓熊習性喜歡涼爽，畏怕熱暑，貓熊可以在雪地睡一夜，團團圓圓當天清早就躺在雪地上，睡了好幾個小時。

贈臺灣人民大熊貓是國家政策，團團、圓圓肩負兩岸和平的重責大任：

擔任團圓友好使者
代表大陸祖國前往寶島，表達十三億民眾心意。
體現大陸同胞對台灣同胞的骨肉親情
在台灣傳宗接代，繁衍貓熊

小新郎圓圓和小新娘團團這一對佳偶可說是門當戶對，家世都大有來頭。團團的母親“雷雷”來自涼山山系，母性特別強，有利將來團團的良性繁殖與哺育。父親“琳琳”的父母分別來自邛崍山系和秦嶺。

圓圓的奶奶在臥龍出生，但媽媽“華美”在美國聖地亞哥動物園出生，是大熊貓國際外送合作成功的後代。所以團團圓圓在同齡大熊貓中，較能適應環境，而且牠們性格互補，相處和睦，團團性格溫和，經常照顧圓圓。

編寫故事資料來源：大熊貓專輯

Be well ＊安好

2006-03-26T08:23:00.000-08:00

This is for all the people who had already left me behind, and for those that I will have to leave behind someday.

舞終菲菲人去遠

2006-03-24T09:56:00.000-08:00

死神伸手來邀舞
你沒有權力拒絕
只好漫漫長日陪著暴君起舞
沒有韻律
沒有音樂
只有不斷不斷不斷不斷
拉
推
踢
旋
跳
轉
死神不肯停不肯停
累得你再也沒力氣舉手抬足
沒力氣吸進一口氣
也許是神意
你終於掙脫了死神之掌
你總算可以回到舞精靈的曼妙世界去
永遠玩耍輕歌曼舞
空留世人幾多惆悵

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我們來跳舞吧，這樣淚也許不會掉下來‧

Pizza to Pixar

2006-03-24T08:40:00.000-08:00

朋友來電說，他正在研究 PIZZA ，我當然要詳細問一下，以示關心：你是在研究什麼披薩口味最好吃、最受歡迎嗎？

朋友說，咦？他們也有生產吃的嗎？什麼時候的事情？我怎麼都沒聽說。我只知道他們生產過超人特攻隊、海底總動員、怪獸電力公司、蟲蟲危機，這些應該都不能吃吧？

啊？

Despair to Hope 絕望爾希望

2006-03-20T07:48:00.000-08:00

What today means.

After three years of sacrifice in the desert,

how much more despair can we take?

美入伊三年，無數碧血丹心留沙漠，絕望何時了？

SPRING is officially here today.

Let us hope to turn a new leaf on peace.

今日春分，春天正式走馬上任，希望帶來和平新頁。

翻譯遊戲第二場：決定不下 Undecided

2006-03-19T03:43:00.000-08:00

I am undecided about the Chinese equivalent of this not-really poem. How would you translate this babble into Chinese? Let's play again.

中譯版本還決定不下，邀請大家再來玩翻譯。

Smile or frown

Laugh or pout
Lips curve up or down

Eyes dry or flood
Ears open or shut
Tongue wagging or still

Hands open or close
Legs firm or wobbly

Heart sings or curses
Life dances or spins . . .Should I keep babbling or quit now?

Google Heaven, Beta Version 1.0

2006-03-14T18:22:00.000-08:00

God is very busy these days with too many world problems to solve. We know. That's why so many personal prayers are unanswered. Many inquiries are stuck in the Heavenly customer service department going nowhere since the Holy computer system upstairs is always working overtime and running out of memory space.

So God decided to empower Google yet a higher level of awesomeness, with a security clearance almost as high as V.P. Chaney, allowing the mere mortals to search the databases in Heaven to their hearts' content.

You can Google and search for useful information about the eternal vacation paradise. Better yet, you can find video clips of all your past memories. Or, just simply start Google chatting with your loved ones that have moved to heaven.

I am ready to Google Heaven, are you?

Google 天堂（測試版 1.0）

這年頭上帝太忙了，忙著解決世界重大難題‧這我們都知‧莫怪那麼多人禱告都得不到回應‧很多私人查詢都還在天堂客服部門等無下文，因為天上神聖電腦系統總是超時過勞工作，又總是記憶容量不夠用‧

所以上帝授旨意，賜加 Google 更高竿的驚人神力，授與 Google 安全機密－程度差不多可比錢副總，世間凡人至 Google 就可以盡情搜尋天堂各大資料庫‧

利用 Google 天堂搜尋，你可以找到有用的永恆休假聖地資訊‧更棒的是，你可以尋到所有過去記憶庫中的動畫‧你喜歡的話，還可以開啟免費 Google 對談，直接跟已經搬去天堂居住的親友嘰哩呱啦大聊特聊‧

我想 Google 天堂，你呢？

Where to next? 下一站去哪？

2006-03-13T18:31:00.000-08:00

MARS CAN GOOGLE!

咕咯一聲上火星！

Enter here

＊Snowfall＊下雪＊

2006-03-13T02:28:00.000-08:00

＊Snowfall＊下雪＊

Falling snow 雪飄飄 ＊white snow＊白雪＊

＊ downy flakes＊雪絨絨

＊feathery snow＊雪如白羽＊

＊ snowflake＊雪花 ＊fluffy snow＊鬆花雪

＊ Snow White＊白雪公主

Dancing snow＊雪紛飛舞＊

＊ snowdrift＊隨風飄雪

＊wintry＊如在冬季＊ snow season＊雪季

＊summer snow＊夏日雪

＊ White Christmas＊白色耶誕

＊ slush snow＊雪化水＊ sludge snow＊雪爛泥＊

＊snow shower＊雪雨 ＊ frost＊冰霜＊ hail＊冰雹

＊ black ice＊暗冰 ＊ heavy snow＊大雪

＊icy snow＊冰雪＊sleet＊冰雪雨＊

＊blizzard＊大風雪＊snow storm＊暴風雪

Ice storm＊冰風暴＊

＊white out＊白雪茫茫＊snowblind＊雪盲＊

＊blinding snow 蔽目大雪

＊snow in＊雪封 ＊ snow-bound＊雪中困＊

Avalanche＊雪崩＊＊ snow under＊雪底埋

Snow stopped＊雪停了＊

三月似雪 Like Snow in March

2006-03-10T18:47:00.000-08:00

一聲春雷冰似雪＊滿地白玉透晶瑩

Spring thunder icy snow ※ White jade crystal covered all

三月春今日暮晚，下米粒冰雹，一刻之後融化無影無蹤‧

California spring has gone wild. Snowing hail in March.

English Translation Game 遊戲英譯

2006-03-08T17:10:00.000-08:00

Translate the following title into English:

文字細思量※書中日月長

The answer has come to be:

"Writing words with careful thoughts;

Reading books in endless time."

The new game is to improve on this translation.

New version no. 1:

Write with careful thoughts. Read into endless time.

New version no. 2:
Write careful words ※ Read forever books.

Other versions from player no. 1- R.J.

Writing with careful consideration. Reading for an endless quest.

Player no. 2 -Stone

Carefully Writing; Everlasting Books.

Player no. 3 -B.

Written words, carefully measured
Amidst composition...days, months it endures.

Thank you for playing along!

Public Service Announcement 良心呼籲

2006-03-08T02:28:00.000-08:00

The more you smoke, the sooner to death's door.

If you must smoke, at least do it without sharing.

多抽香煙，早日成仙‧

若非抽不可，切莫分享‧

Why I Write 寫為何來

2006-03-06T05:50:00.000-08:00

※ ※ ※

Writing heals my soul. When I am happy or sad I write. When I am angry or hurt I write.

Reading & writing as my refuge, into which I escape to lick my wound. When I think about just giving up on life, I write. When I face fight or freight I write.

I write what I feel; I feel what I write. The more emotional I become, the more I write. It is a way to serenity and sanity, better than shedding tears. If I don't write happy thoughts and record the irony of my life, I will not survive for sure.

The reward I gain in return when I write is far more than I can imagine. It's a comforting feeling to know that I am still connected with my inspiration, graced by whoever is residing upstairs. Thank you! I am able to write.

Every time I write, knowing you are out there. I no longer feel alone! Thank you; thank you, my friends, whoever you are.

※ ※ ※

來點顏色瞧瞧 ◎ Eyeing for Colors

2006-03-01T22:33:00.000-08:00

Colors of the New West

‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧

新西方色彩

Color swatches of

“From the House of Benedict, Tradition as Chic”

( NY Times, February 19, 2006, Sunday)

「傳統領潮流」採色樣（見下文）

白、金、金黃、大紅、朱紅、棕紅、黃綠、青綠、寶綠

Colors of the Ancient East

‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧‧

古東方色彩

Fabric swatches from a private cloth collection.

東方服飾布樣（私人收藏）

有經驗沒經驗都來笑 ◎ Laughter is the Best Medicine

2006-02-28T23:30:00.000-08:00

Top Ten Good Things About Staying in the ICU

住加護病房的十大好處

10. Learn about useless medical terms.
10. 免費上課－學習無用的醫學名詞

9. Free live drama all around you
9. 免費看戲－四週都是免費戲可觀賞

8. Learn to sleep under any interruption.
8. 修練睡功－有任何打擾都能睡覺

7. Improve your memory--- Always trying to name that nurse
7. 增強記憶－剛剛那護士叫什麼來著？

6. Do not have to worry about what to wear－Every patient wears the same hospital fashion
6. 穿衣無慮－不必煩惱穿什麼－人人平等，只有露背罩袍可穿

5. Lots of gossips for the listening.
5.可聽八卦－醫院小道新聞，要多少有多少

4. Improve your pain threshold.
4. 修練忍功－忍耐痛楚的功力大增

3. Learn who your real friends are that care about your life or death.
3.識出朋友－得知誰是真朋友，會關心你的死活

2. Time goes by so slow, you do not ever grow old.
2. 不會變老－時間漫長得幾乎停頓，你永遠不老

另譯：時間慢得真難熬，讓你永遠老不了（應觀眾要求，中文也要押韻）

1. NO TIPPING REQUIRED
1. 不用給小費

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補記：如果有人把這篇當成普通笑話讀找笑點，我很慶幸他們應該是沒住過加護病房‧這十項是從有經歷者無數淚中擠出來的幾絲苦笑，痛中作樂自娛開心，也算勉強娛人而已‧

傳統領潮流 ◎ Tradition in Style

2006-02-26T16:58:00.000-08:00

今年二月十九日紐約時報IDEAS & TRENDS有一篇：“From the House of Benedict, Tradition as Chic”( February 19, 2006, Sunday) ‧

這頁版面設計非常特別，沒有明顯的分欄，圖片配置也反常規而行，新教宗的背影佔據了整頁中間一半，很是非傳統‧再仔細讀題目，是新教宗的服裝品味，也是有趣‧

初看之下，還沒有讀內文，我就被那些花花綠綠的布料和眩目的金銀珠寶給吸引走了‧我仔細看了一下，有頭頂戴的：

一頂裹金布鑲海貝高頂冠－“Benedict’s crown”
“notably high, made of cloth of gold and adorned with seashells”（mitre主教帽 tiara三重冠；教宗冠）

一頂白兔毛鑲邊紅絨帽－red velvet cap trimmed with ermine
好像聖誕老人帽（譯註：新教宗為順應反濫殺野生動物，特改用白兔毛，原本是白貂。）

身上佩戴的：

一具縷金中間鑲翡翠十字架－pectoral crosses
主教佩戴的胸前十字架，平日使用簡單不鑲寶石的銀雕或金十字架

一條白色繡章長披肩帶－pallium
用羊毛織成，象徵羊群‧

身上穿的：

一襲青檬色織金花祭袍－vestments
顏色鮮豔，底織宗教象徵暗花圖案‧

一件白兔毛鑲邊紅絨冬日短披肩－“winter” mozzetta
a shoulder-cape…same material as the camauro trimmed with ermine.”

如果對照這些圖片的色調來取色樣，結果是至少有這些顏色：

白、金、金黃、大紅、朱紅、棕紅、黃綠、青綠、寶綠

這些顏色似乎世界通用‧越莊嚴的地方、地位越高的人，很多都採用這些色調‧從埃及金字塔、梵蒂岡皇宮到泰國大皇宮，從西方到東方‧

形容服裝、顏色，最拿手的人要算曹雪芹了‧隨意走到紅樓夢第三回，王熙鳳出場是這樣的：

這個人打扮與眾姊妹不同，彩繡輝煌，恍若神妃仙子：頭上戴著金絲八寶攢珠髻，綰著朝陽五鳳挂珠釵；項上戴著赤金盤螭瓔珞圈；裙邊繫著豆綠宮條、雙衡比目玫瑰佩；身上穿著縷金百蝶穿花大紅洋緞窄褙襖，外罩五彩刻絲石青銀鼠褂；下著翡翠撒花洋縐裙。

賈寶玉出現又是怎麼形容呢？同一回：

頭上戴著束髮嵌寶紫金冠，齊眉勒著二龍搶珠金抹額；穿一件二色金百蝶穿花大紅箭袖，束著五彩絲攢花結長穗宮條；外罩石青起花八團倭緞排穗褂；登著青緞粉底小朝靴。

要是能親眼見到這些顏色，那不知會多有趣‧

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New York Times article Tradition as Chic

Whispers in the Loggia

《天主教英汉袖珍辞典》

紅樓夢網站

春回大地 ◎ Spring is Here Again

2006-02-21T14:13:00.000-08:00

立春、元宵都過了，冬去春又回，大街小巷的樹彷彿傳訊約好了，一夕之間到處見 spring growth 發芽， spring blossom 春花 spring forth 大鳴大放，櫻花桃花紫藤花，白花黃花紅花粉紫花，春來花好多嬌艷‧

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雖然咱早不再是大驚小怪的 spring chicken 黃毛稚子，但是心情一樣 like the spring of joy 春天喜悅如泉湧，腳下輕快，彈跳生風 spring in my steps，不自覺腦子裡唱起歌來，啦啦啦，春風它吻上了我的臉─ 呃，慢著，怎麼眼睛越來越癢，連續打噴嚏，開始痛哭流涕－哎呀，煞風景的花粉熱，自作多情就 springs itself on me 隨春風撲面而來，哎唷，真是消‧受‧不‧了‧

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要逃了，想到就要立刻起而行 spring into action，趁著春假 spring vacation 去泡溫泉 warm spring ，然後睡在舒服的 spring bed 彈簧床，好覺睡到自然醒－－這不就是～～～

春日暖暖正好眠哪＊＊＊

折磨讀者的翻譯 ◎ Insufferable Translation

2006-02-21T14:10:00.000-08:00

拜讀中文翻譯書，有時很是折磨。每每遇到文字障礙，不知問題出在哪裡。要是沒有原文對照，接下去就不知所云。

中文譯本當然必須要盡量按照原文的風格，除非原作就是很隱晦、文句落落長，否則翻譯總得用一般讀者能懂的文字，讓文字的對象讀起來順暢明白，畢竟這關係著譯書的市場定位，還有最重要的銷路問題。

有些中文翻譯不像中文，文句冗長，有時看起來像中文，可是讀起來又不對勁。很常見的是英文式中文，得要用英文方式來解讀，試著還原才能了解到底是在說什麼。

簡單分析一下折磨讀者的譯文特點：

1. 翻譯過於按照英文文法－應該用中文的語氣，中文的說法。

2. 直譯英文的被動語態－中文通常較少用「被」，所以應該盡量改用中文式的句法，被動式的句子小心用。

3. 長句太多－最好不要一字一字直譯英文長句，而是要多斷句，重新組合。

4. 句子長又用太多「的」串連－意思極容易混淆脫節，一個句子最好只用一個「的」，兩個「的」以上很快就不知所云。

5. 太多贅字－的、它、地、之、諸如、這樣、即。。。

試舉幾例譯句如下：

‧這樣在課堂中談論在校園界限之外的空間和時間是沒有意義的。

‧他的意見仍然被普遍地，雖然並非無異議地接受。

‧人們很容易驚訝，為何沒有人在之前想到此。

‧這是因為它具有巨大的優點，即在固定的想法之外為科學和哲學留下了大量的空間。

這種譯文真是有夠折磨人。

群狗賀新年 ◎ Bark in the New Year

2006-02-21T14:01:00.000-08:00

十二生肖裡面，我最喜歡狗。今年輪到狗當道，我這不辣閣當然也要湊一下熱鬧。這一篇應時文章百狗齊吠亂竄，怕狗或討厭狗的人最好走避，被不識相的狗咬到，不辣閣主可不負責。

人有百樣，狗有百種。狗命各不同，小巧可愛的 toy dog 玩具狗、堂皇坐人大腿的 lap dog 百般受寵，睡軟床，吃美食，狗日子過得真舒服 it’s a dog’s life。牠們是 lucky dog 狗運好。有一種說法 a barking dog never bites－愛叫的狗從不咬人。可是根據我多年混狗的經驗，這絕對不是真的。愛叫的小型狗，也是佷愛咬人的。

有些狗是 working dog，要工作才留用。導盲犬叫 guide dog。護主犬 protect dog 在主人遇搶時，就變成一隻 attack dog 攻擊敵人，勇於救主。獵犬 hunting dog 、獵鳥狗 bird dog，是追獵物的。牠們天生狗性會 keep dogging it，聞味緊跟在後，緊追不放。說到這裡，八卦狗仔難道就是從這字來？真是污辱狗名。

熱狗 hot dog不是狗。還有些不是狗的。酒吧狗 bar-dog 是酒保。大老闆高高在上是 top dog。還有狗老大 big dog 。要想跟老大平起平坐 run with the big dogs，自己也得有點斤兩。要不然就要 mean as a junk-yard dog，當個江湖狠角色。等有一天自己 call off the dogs 召回走狗族，那就回頭是岸，立地成佛了。

It’s a dog eat dog world. 這是狗咬狗的競爭世界。一嘴毛的最佳典範要算政治人物，尤其是搞競選的時候。不過 dog does not eat dog，狗是不咬同黨的，人就不一定。如果有人相處像 cat and dog，下場還用說？吵架囉。貓狗死對頭碰面一陣霹霹啪啪，所以有「下貓狗雨」的說法：It’s raining cats and dogs。

A dog and pony show 狗馬表演耍把戲，力求表現，討好觀眾。像選舉時台上競選人的表演，總統演講，公司開會做簡報，都屬這一類。Put on the dog 意思是做秀，裝模作樣。這是從狗秀大賽來的，參加狗秀，都得精心打扮才上得了臺面。

搶功勞要 quick as a dog can lick a dish 速度快得像狗舔盤子。您見過狗吃東西，稀哩嘩啦一下子就舔光一盤食物嗎？還不是普通快哩。手腳慢的人 have not a dog’s chance 連個沾邊的機會都沒有。

A dog’s dinner 狗晚餐，是指吃剩菜剩飯，住到狗屋 in the dog house，是犯錯被罰，或被冷落。He is in the dog house with his wife, so he has only a dog’s dinner to eat. 他做錯事被老婆冷落打入狗宮，只能吃剩飯菜。他的境遇 has gone to the dogs，簡直每況愈下。

有人是 dog-faced liar，差勁的說謊者，一看便知。有人 sick as a dog 病得跟狗一個樣，臉色不對 look like someone just shot your dog 就像家裡狗剛中了槍。萬一真的有狗中子彈沒死，最好 put the dog down or put the dog to sleep 讓狗安樂死。狗死了再多說也無益了－ It’s a dead dog。

有些味道 like dog’s breath 臭得跟狗嘴吧一樣。有 dog nose 嗅覺非常靈敏的人，聞到可能會受不了。商人政客 crooked as a dog’s hind leg，正是奸詐的狗腿子。我們知道，近墨者黑。If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas 跟狗在一起躺混久了，身上就會有跳蚤，也是這個道理。

狗一拼命猛搖尾巴，全身都會跟著搖 the tail wagging the dog，形容人賣力表現，接著當然 dog tired or sick as a dog 累得或病得跟隻狗似的，只好過著 a dog’s life 悲慘的日子。什麼時候該適可而止？永遠沒結論的事情，就別再去攪和‧好不容易亂吠犬終於睡著了，就別吵醒牠 let sleeping dogs lie，不然又開始亂搖亂吠，不得安靜。

生性守財奴的人是 a dog in the manger－狗守著馬槽不讓人碰。要向這種人募款，那是 barking up the wrong tree－沒看準，找錯了對象啦。中文有寧為雞首，不為牛後，英文有 the head of a dog is better then the tail of a lion 寧為狗頭，不為獅尾。

His bark is worse than his bite. 他吠吠比咬人厲害。請了專家來做事，自己又包攬來做。Why keep a dog and bark yourself? 這就是說人既然養了狗，何必自己還包攬吠吠叫？

Puppy love 是天真蠢愛。誰知道為什麼不是 kitty love? 另外這句口號：Love me, love my dog－愛我，也得愛我的狗。這含意是愛一個人要概括承受愛所有親朋好友，壞脾氣怪癖通通要愛。天曉得，世界上有這種人才怪。

You cannot teach an old dog new tricks 老狗學不會新把戲。這是一句臭狗話，因為有太多反例了。像有一位近六十歲的阿姨常時寫網誌，令我佩服得狗頭貼地。

Every dog has its day－每隻狗都有露臉的一天。可是落落長寫了這麼多，還沒寫完，大家恐怕已看得呵欠連天，像在 dog days of summer 夏天七八月的狗日子裡一樣，慵懶無聊得想睡覺，所以就此打住。如果您一路捧場，看到最後這裡，真是太感動了。敬祝狗年吉祥如意。

翻譯烏龍 ◎ Lost in Translation

2006-02-21T13:57:00.000-08:00

這下面兩例翻譯，乍看之下莫名其妙，譯文中忽然來一句：「我把自己的手吃掉了。」讀了真是嚇人，好像恐怖片對白。哪知原句是："I hate my hands。"－我討厭我這雙手。

還有這一句：「我們要去獵哈蜜瓜。」咦，什麼獵瓜？不通不通。查原文才弄明白是 We will be hunting for antelopes。原來是要去獵羚羊啦。

這兩例誤譯就是音似誤導，不求甚解而已。奇怪的是，校對翻譯的時候，應該會感覺有疑問才對啊。總之，這種錯譯多似牛毛，一籮筐，想看翻譯學英文，真是要小心求證才行啊‧

音譯 Versus 意譯

2006-02-21T13:00:00.000-08:00

翻譯名詞，有時候如果音譯和意譯都配合得來，那是可遇不可求的事。有的名詞用音譯可以解決，有的還是用意譯比較好。

Prudential 這家知名的人壽保險公司，譯成「普天壽」，音符意佳。以廣告學來說，算是很高明了，誰不希望普天長壽？可惜設計字體的時候，不知為什麼，這三個字頭頂都稍微往左下斜了一點點，報紙上全頁廣告刊出來，沒有錯，大大的三個公司招牌字「普夭壽」。

像蒲公英一樣到處飄落到處生長的 Starbucks，拐走了我不少鈔票，不過它的中譯名字倒是一絕，當初要是只考慮音譯，可成了「思大巴克」；只意譯，堪堪有「星數元」可以考慮。幸好事主想出來「星巴克」，意譯加音譯，響亮時髦。大家都來星巴克，咖啡再貴也要喝。

最傷腦筋的是 email，到現在還是各說各話，伊妹兒、伊媚兒，倒不如用電子信或Ｅ信就好，簡單明瞭。

音譯的例子，以 blog 的發音來說，“lo” 是「拉」或「辣」的的音翻譯成部「落」，稍有音似，又取其群聚的意思，也是一個辦法。但是若只根據中譯名詞的發音，想還原英文發音的話，就回不去了。通常為省事，我寧可用「網誌」，至少還有一點望字生義的可能。

Blogger 譯成「部落客」，亦有人稱為「博客」，中文意思是順當了，但是那個 “ger” 是「葛」的發音，一下改到「可」的發音去，沒法轉回英文發音。不過以音衍生附會的情形太多了，只要約定成俗，大家看了曉得是指什麼也就好了。

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