tooironic Posted September 13, 2013 at 03:36 AM Report Posted September 13, 2013 at 03:36 AM Any ideas about how to translate "bigotry, bigotted, bigot" in Chinese? It seems there is no exact word for "bigotry" in Chinese. Here is the definition in English according to Wikipedia: "the state of mind of... someone who, as a result of their prejudices, treats other people with fear, distrust, hatred, contempt, or intolerance on the basis of a person's ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics." Some dictionaries translate bigotry/bigotted as 偏执, but this word does not have an element of prejudice to it. And of course it shouldn't be translated as 固执 - that just means stubborn. Here are my reference translations: bigotry: 抱偏见 bigotted: 抱偏见的 bigot: 抱偏见的人 Any suggestions? Thanks. Quote
陳德聰 Posted September 13, 2013 at 04:20 AM Report Posted September 13, 2013 at 04:20 AM Isn't 歧视 pretty relevant? Quote
tooironic Posted September 13, 2013 at 07:34 AM Author Report Posted September 13, 2013 at 07:34 AM Sure, but how would you work that in to the translations for bigotry, bigotted and bigot? Quote
MandarinCslpod Posted September 13, 2013 at 09:39 AM Report Posted September 13, 2013 at 09:39 AM As you quoted wiki's definition, 'as a result of their prejudices', it can be translated into 偏执. If you master Chinese word's POS(part of speech) well, you can tell the differences between:偏执(noun), 偏执的(adjective) and 偏执的人(noun). bigotry, bigoted, bigot=偏执,偏执的和偏执的人(Like a title of psychology papers.) Quote
tooironic Posted September 13, 2013 at 02:55 PM Author Report Posted September 13, 2013 at 02:55 PM But like I said in my original post, 偏执 does not necessarily have an element to prejudice to it. In the *Chinese* definitions of the word I have read, the focus seems to be on stubbornly sticking to one's views, with a connotation of delusion too (妄想) or paranoia (多疑). Close to bigotry, but no cigar, though it appears the word is often used as a translation of the English. Quote
gato Posted September 13, 2013 at 02:57 PM Report Posted September 13, 2013 at 02:57 PM 歧视 持有歧视的 持有歧视的人 1 Quote
陳德聰 Posted September 13, 2013 at 03:17 PM Report Posted September 13, 2013 at 03:17 PM I was going to offer bigotry 歧视 bigoted 歧视的 bigot 人渣 but I'm okay with gato's. Quote
skylee Posted September 14, 2013 at 04:37 AM Report Posted September 14, 2013 at 04:37 AM Also consider 成見,對xx有(很深) 成見(的人) ,對xx成見很/甚深, etc. Quote
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