many many phases from my tricky short story! might need taiwan help on this

[kaox0018]

maybe i just suck but here's more:

所有啊貓啊夠 之輩都籍考察之名出國觀光來了

is 啊貓啊夠 taiwanese slang?

i have no idea how to understand this. could someone explain it?

之輩都籍考察之名出國觀光來了 (i understand only 出國觀光來了 "leaving the country to sight see")

what does 風光 mean in this?

下定決心要擠上報屁股風光

what is 室檔中 in:

疲於奔命的室檔中

貴無旁貸 in

我貴無旁貸的職務

i believe 請調 mean to ask for something but i dont get it:

我會經幾次請調國內

how would you translate this?

單單住在美國這一項,便值回一切票價

what does 駕輕就熱的事 mean in:

蹲在這裡是駕輕就熱的事

does 一畝三分地上 have any special meaning? im reading it just as 1 arce, 3 parts of the land

但以一個新聞業員來說, 我覺得自己正以一種獨特的方式歲落下來

what is 正以? or should i ask, how is 以 used here? how is 正 used?

thank you thank you thank you for all your help.

i know that this level of reading is truly hard for me but i want to tackle a literary piece.

Brian

[necroflux]

I'm not really qualified to help you out unfortunately but just looking into the first phrase I found that 啊貓啊夠 shows up only once on the entire Internet based on a google search, so perhaps the author just made it up?

[skylee]

It is not 啊貓啊夠. It should be 阿貓阿狗 (cat and dog), meaning people who are of no importance. The whole sentence means all those people of no importance/special skills, in the name of oversea inspection, leave the country for sightseeing.

Again, it is not 貴無旁貸. It should be 責無旁貸 - duty bound

And again, it is not 駕輕就熱. It is 駕輕就熟 - follow the beaten path, do s.t. with ease through experience

請調 = request (for) a transfer

單單住在美國這一項,便值回一切票價 - Living in America, this item alone, is worth it (all the effort) [this translation is bad... perhaps someone else would give you a better one]

[Evelyn]

阿貓阿狗 not 啊貓啊夠

dogs and cats (means whoever)无论谁的意思

in another word,就连猫，狗都可以

[studentyoung]

does 一畝三分地上 have any special meaning? im reading it just as 1 arce, 3 parts of the land

一亩三分地 / 一畝三分地 means a very small and confined place or space. Sometime it is used to describe a job or a situation is unpromising, confined or without a chance for further development.

但以一個新聞業員來說, 我覺得自己正以一種獨特的方式歲落下來

what is 正以? or should i ask, how is 以 used here? how is 正 used?

正：now / at present

以一種獨特的方式: in a special way

歲落：衰落 or 墮落 (I suppose? )

But as a pressman, I feel that I am now getting degenerate in a special way.

what does 風光 mean in this?

下定決心要擠上報屁股風光

what is 室檔中 in:

疲於奔命的室檔中

Full text, please!

Thanks!

[kaox0018]

here are the fulltext that u requested and a request for clarification.

what does 風光 and 室檔中 mean in this?

觀光之餘偏偏下定決心要擠上報屁股風光風光,所以當時,如何在跟著他們疲於奔命的室檔中,製造出一些可大可小的握手言歡事件,也是我的責無旁貸的職務.

在我的妻子的眼睛裡,單單住在美國這一項,便值回一切票價 is still not making sense. i get the first two clauses, but not 便值回一切票價

之輩 in the following still doesnt make sense to me:

所有啊貓啊狗之輩都籍考察之名出國觀光來了

thank you everyone for helping me

[Evelyn]

報屁股

a corner of a newspaper

風光風光

show off

[skylee]

I think, again, it is not 室檔, but 空檔, meaning spare time.

Whatever you are reading I think it needs serious proof reading. Or perhaps you would need to read/type more carefully.

觀光之餘偏偏下定決心要擠上報屁股風光風光,所以當時,如何在跟著他們疲於奔命的室檔中,製造出一些可大可小的握手言歡事件,也是我的責無旁貸的職務. -> Besides sightseeing, somehow they were determined to be reported by the press so that they could get their ass into the spotlight. Therefore at that time, it had also inevitably become my duty to figure out how to create events of any reporting value like chatting and handshaking during the spare time of dashing about with them.

值回票價 = worth the money one has paid for the ticket = worth the effort made to attain the goal; 一切, meaning everything, is optional in this set phrase.

之輩 = the likes of

[kaox0018]

thanks for all the help everyone. i apoligize for the typos. im reading from a photo copy of the book that my professor made for me so the quality isnt great.