十一 13

桑葚翻译了美国《大众机械》上针对美国现代男性的25项技能要求:

每个男人都应该会:

1. Patch a radiator hose(修暖气软管)
2. Protect your computer(保护你的电脑)
3. Rescue a boater who has capsized(营救翻船者)
4. Frame a wall(搭墙)
5. Retouch digital photos(润饰数码相片)
6. Back up a trailer(倒拖车)
7. Build a campfire(生篝火)
8. Fix a dead outlet(修插座)
9. Navigate with a map and compass(用地图和指南针找路)
10. Use a torque wrench(使用转矩扳手)
11. Sharpen a knife(磨刀)
12. Perform CPR(做心肺复苏急救)
13. Fillet a fish(剔鱼(外国人做鱼一般都把骨头先剔掉的。中国男人的话,大概得改成剐鱼鳞,去肚肠了。))
14. Maneuver a car out of a skid(操控打滑的汽车)
15. Get a car unstuck(把陷在泥里的汽车弄出来)
16. Back up data(备份数据)
17. Paint a room(刷房子)
18. Mix concrete(混水泥)
19. Clean a bolt-action rifle(清理闩锁式鸟枪)
20. Change oil and filter(换汽车的机油,过滤)
21. Hook up an HDTV(接数字电视 HDTV)
22. Bleed brakes(给刹车上油)
23. Paddle a canoe(划小船)
24. Fix a bike flat(修自行车带)
25. Extend your wireless network(延伸你的无线网)

Via:桑林志 译者:桑葚

这是对美国男人的要求,所以很多是关于他们的车,他们的船,他们的枪,和中国国情完全不吻合。所以,这里我提出一张针对中国男人的技能列表,为了喜迎奥运,也为了符合国际惯例,提供中英文对照:

《25 项中国男人都应该会的技能》

1、开车---Open car
2、上网---Up net
3、操作电脑---Fuck do computer
4、割肉--- cut meat in stock market
5、占座---occupy seat
6、搜索---go baidu to use google
7、修插座---Fix a dead outlet
8、前戏---foreplay
9、破墙---break throgh GFW
10、换碟片(尤其是在冬夜里和老婆躺在床上看碟的时候)---Change DVD disk
11、用佛偷哨普---use photoshop
12、下载免费Mp3---download free Mp3 and know where to find.
13、洗澡---have a shower home but not in hotel
14、炒房---Fry apartment
15、偷电---steal electricity
16、逃税---evade taxes
17、说实话---tell the truth
18、赞美女友/老婆---to praise girlfriend/wife,or girlfriends/wives.
19、原谅---to forgive
20、戴套---be sure to wear the condom
21、赚钱---Make money
22、赚钱---Dig money
23、赚钱---Rob money
24、赚钱---Defraud money
25、赚钱---Make black money

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11 Responses to “25 项中国男人都应该会的技能”

  1. victorf Says:

    21、赚钱---Make money
    22、赚钱---Dig money
    23、赚钱---Rob money
    24、赚钱---Defraud money
    25、赚钱---Make black money

  2. GEORGE Says:

    受不了了,

    炒房---Fry apartment

    那算炸房子吧?还DEEP FRY呢。要我说,炒房就是SAUTEE HOUSE

  3. Jim Says:

    也许“炒房”更好的翻译该是“flip (a) property." 在英式英语(本人对美式英语没那么熟)这个说法就是指略底价买房,高价卖掉.而"flip"也是用在烹调-麦当劳的可怜的中学生厨师主要的工作是"flipping burgers."

  4. yuchifang Says:

    @GEORGE
    Sigh, did you see "Fuck do computer"?

  5. Danwei : Danwei Picks: 2007-11-13 Says:

    [...] The 25 skills Chinese men need to know: Hecaitou quotes Yan Feng's translation into Chinese of Popular Mechanics' list of the "25 Skills Every Man Should Know." Then, in Chinese with whimsical English translations, he suggests 25 skills that are suitable for Chinese men.China to allow HIV positive people to enter country: AFP reports:China plans to relax rules that are currently barring HIV/AIDS carriers from entering the country, the health ministry said on Monday. Ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an said the decision was based on current knowledge of the way the AIDS virus spreads. He said the existing restrictions, strongly criticised by AIDS activists as discriminatory, were introduced when people were 'unfamiliar' with how the disease may spread. Mao did not disclose when the new rules would take effect, or if the relaxation would mean a complete end to limits on HIV/AIDS carriers' entry into China. [...]

  6. June Says:

    愤愤不平?
    美国男人看来不错

  7. 猫胖 Says:

    中英文都很好笑.........

  8. stenhund Says:

    Laugh dead me...

  9. 咳可 Says:

    介不介意写个女版的?呵呵.就是"25 项中国女人都应该会的技能",这里女性读者应该也不少.另外也许可以问问FEEDSKY那61个ID里的男女比例,谁是蓝海还真不一定呢.

  10. 康老 Says:

    其中的一些工作,可以考虑由女同志来做,因为女同志做工作比较细致,比较周到,如晚上看DVD换碟等等。不要大包大揽,适当地给女同志多压担子,有利于我们的社会有好又快地和谐发展。请菜头同志阅酌。

  11. 面朝大海 春暖花开 Says:

    radiator hose可能是指汽车的散热器的冷却液的管子,很容易漏。

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