skylee Posted September 9, 2006 at 01:02 AM Report Posted September 9, 2006 at 01:02 AM For its 70th anniversary the British Council did a survey of the 70 most beautiful words in English. I've found the results in its websites for China and Taiwan and noted that the Chinese translations are not exactly the same. What do you think about the translations? China version - 1. mother 母亲 2. passion 热情 3. smile 微笑 4. love 爱 5. eternity 永恒 6. fantastic 了不起的 7. destiny 命运 8. freedom (NO TRANSLATION !!! ) 9. liberty 自主 10. tranquillity 安宁 11. peace 和平 12. blossom 花丛 13. sunshine 阳光 14. sweetheart 情人,爱人 15. gorgeous 绚丽的 16. cherish 喜爱 17. enthusiasm 热情 18. hope 希望 19. grace 优美 20. rainbow 彩虹 21. blue 蓝色 22. sunflower 向日葵 23. twinkle 闪烁,闪耀 24. serendipity 意外新发现 25. bliss 洪福 26. lullaby 催眠曲 27. sophisticated 精细的 28. renaissance 文艺复兴 29. cute 可爱 30. cosy 舒适的 31. butterfly 蝴蝶 32. galaxy 银河 33. hilarious 非常滑稽的 34. moment 瞬间 35. extravaganza 娱乐表演 36. aqua 水 37. sentiment 柔懦情感 38. cosmopolitan 世界性的 39. bubble 气泡 40. pumpkin 南瓜 41. banana 香蕉 42. lollipop 棒棒糖 43. if 如果 44. bumblebee 大黄蜂 45. giggle 咯咯笑 46. paradox 似非而是的隽语 47. delicacy 精美 48. peek-a-boo 躲猫猫 49. umbrella 雨伞 50. kangaroo 袋鼠 51. flabbergasted 目瞪口呆地 52. hippopotamus 河马 53. gothic 哥特风格的 54. coconut 椰子 55. smashing 极好的 56. whoops 哎哟! 57. tickle 发痒,胳肢 58. loquacious 爱说话的 59. flip-flop 夹趾拖鞋 60. smithereens 碎片 61. oi 打招呼,引起注意 62. gazebo 凉亭 63. hiccup 打嗝 64. hodgepodge 大杂烩 65. shipshape 整齐 66. explosion 迸发 67. fuselage (飞机的)机身 68. zing 生命力 69. gum 口香糖 70. hen-night 女子婚前单身派对 Taiwan version - 1 mother 母親 2 passion 熱情 3 smile 微笑 4 love 愛 5 eternity 永恆 6 fantastic 奇異的 7 destiny 命運 8 freedom 自由 9 liberty 自由/獨立自主 10 tranquillity 寧靜 11 peace 和平 12 blossom 花朵盛開 13 sunshine 陽光 14 sweetheart 心愛的人 15 gorgeous 華麗的 16 cherish 珍愛 17 enthusiasm 熱忱 18 hope 希望 19 grace 恩典 20 rainbow 彩虹 21 blue 藍色 22 sunflower 向日葵 23 twinkle 閃爍 24 serendipity 意外的發現 25 bliss 狂喜 26 lullaby 搖籃曲 27 sophisticated 有教養的/精巧的 28 renaissance 文藝復興 29 cute 可愛的 30 cosy 舒適的 31 butterfly 蝴蝶 32 galaxy 銀河系 33 hilarious 興高采烈 34 moment 片刻 35 extravaganza 狂想曲/華麗誇張的表演 36 aqua 水 37 sentiment 感情 38 cosmopolitan 世界主義的 39 bubble 泡沫 40 pumpkin 南瓜 41 banana 香蕉 42 lollipop 棒棒糖 43 if 如果 44 bumblebee 大黃蜂 45 giggle 咯咯笑 46 paradox 自相矛盾 47 delicacy 精緻 48 peek-a-boo 遮臉遊戲 49 umbrella 雨傘 50 kangaroo 袋鼠 51 flabbergasted 目瞪口呆 52 hippopotamus 河馬 53 Gothic 哥德式 54 coconut 椰子 55 smashing 猛烈的 56 whoops 哎呀 57 tickle 呵癢 58 loquacious 非常健談的 59 flip-flop 突然改變/啪塔啪塔的聲響 60 smithereens 碎片 61 oi 喂 62 gazebo 觀景台 63 hiccup 打嗝 64 hodgepodge 大雜燴 65 shipshape 整齊的 66 explosion 爆炸 67 fuselage 機身 68 zing 尖嘯聲 69 gum 口香糖 70 hen-night 女生婚前的派對 Quote
Strawberries513 Posted September 10, 2006 at 04:36 PM Report Posted September 10, 2006 at 04:36 PM oohh I like this. Thanks so much for sharing Im sure I will hear these words alot in songs. Quote
Gulao Posted September 11, 2006 at 10:49 PM Report Posted September 11, 2006 at 10:49 PM Yup. Mainland Mandarin and Taiwan Mandarin have had plenty of time to begin diverging. I actually once saw a manual where entire sentences would be written differently between the two. 8. freedom (NO TRANSLATION !!! ) (sh) >.> I really have to wonder about the words chosen for that list in the first place. Kangaroo? Quote
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