傳送門 Part 1 紐約改名新鄉,好萊塢變身吉林,今天你崇中媚華了嗎?
Part 2 這酒店叫啥?奧地利的維也納
Part 3 外文音譯holy high,過了七月全都改
The campaign has triggered an outcry online.
改名運動在網上引發了強烈反對。
trigger /'trɪɡəʳ/ n [C] (槍炮的)扳機 vt 引起;觸發(一連串事件等) The assassination triggered off a wave of riots. 暗殺引發了一連串的暴亂。The song triggered many happy memories of my childhood. 這首歌觸發了我童年的許多美好回憶。
outcry /'aʊtkraɪ/ n [用作單] 喧嚷;強烈反對(或抗議) an outcry against nuclear tests 強烈反對核試驗
One blogger wondered whether a subway station in Shanghai called Dishini, or Disneyland,
一位博主說,上海的迪士尼地鐵站是不是也得改名,
after a nearby theme park, would have to be renamed.
因為此站以其近旁的迪士尼主題公園而命名。
Others worried that the new policy might harm firms with foreign-sounding names,
其他人則擔心,新政策可能誤傷到聽起來有外國味兒名字的公司。
policy /'pɒlɪsɪ/ n [C,U] (政府、政黨等的)方針;政策 foreign policy 外交政策 the company's policy on staff training 該公司的員工培訓方針
or result in clumsy efforts to translate Western names into Chinese rather than using phonetic approximations.
或者導致很多西化名字被笨拙的翻譯成中文,而不是用音譯代替。
clumsy /'klʌmzɪ/ adj 動作不靈活的,笨拙的 He was clumsy with a tool. 他使用工具笨手笨腳。clumsy in speaking 講話笨嘴拙舌
approximation /əˌprɒksɪ'meɪʃ(ə)n/ n [C,U] 接近,近似 His account of the incident is a close approximation to the truth. 他對這一事件的描述與事實很接近。
To restore calm, the Ministry of Civil Affairs warned against 「random expansion」 of the purge.
為了讓大眾恢復平靜,民政部警告說,這種淨化運動不能「隨意擴張」。
restore /rɪ'stɔːʳ/ vt 使(某物)恢復(到原來的程度或狀況) Jane failed to restore normal relations between Kate and herself. 簡沒有能夠恢復凱特和她之間的正常關係。The sea air restored his health. 海風使他的身體得到康復。
purge /pɜːdʒ/ n [C] 1. 淨化 2. 清除
權力的遊戲—美劇的誕生
延禧攻略—顫抖與馴服