laoliu 于 2000/05/31 15:21:11 发表在 汉英
The laundromat in the neighborhood, called "The Wash Place," has had a letter missing from its sign for some time. It now reads "THE WAS PLACE." Maybe I should call the owner up on this, but who knows if it IS still there.
Atop a high-rise office building in downtown San Francisco is a giant neon sign for the Bank of America, a giant banking corporation. During the day, the sign looks fine. Actually it looks unremarkable, merely another addition to the city's glitters. But at night, the sign, lighted sharp blue now, becomes a lot more visible. What makes it stand out even more is, the lighting for some portion of the letter "n" is out, making it a perfect "r." On a chilly night, standing under a skyful of sparkling stars, one does hear the howling of the Capitalist Animal!
[ 回应主贴 ]
[ 返回论坛 ]
跟贴目录:
呵呵。打倒万恶的资本主义！
作者：渔夫 - 2000/05/31 16:18:45
***
---------------------------
[ 回应此贴 |
查看原贴 ]
渔夫先生醒来了！
作者：laoliu - 2000/05/31 16:58:43
***
改：
On a chilly night, standing under a skyful of sparkling stars, gazing at the cobalt "Bark of America," one does hear the howling of the Capitalist Animal!
[ 回应此贴 |
查看原贴 ]
您改，我也只好跟着改
作者：XY - 2000/05/31 17:16:27
***
On a chilly night, standing under a skyful of sparkling stars, gazing at
the cobalt "Bark of America," one does hear the howling of the
Capitalist Animal!
于是，在寒风凛冽的夜晚，头顶满天繁星，立在街头，抬眼注视着那艳蓝的“美利坚汪汪叫”广告牌，真的听到资本主义恶狗汪汪叫！不信，您来这儿试试，我老刘当向导！（注：最后一句为按逻辑自由发挥式翻译法:-)))
[ 回应此贴 |
查看原贴 ]
美国银行成了美国银嚎
作者：方壶斋 - 2000/05/31 18:41:04
***
[ 回应此贴 |
查看原贴 ]
关于“先生”的笑话
作者：XY - 2000/05/31 17:48:13
***
身为“渔夫”却冠之以“先生”，搭配不当。想起本人亲身经历的一件事。
一次，在魏公村北医大口腔医院看牙。给我看牙的是一位四十岁左右温文尔雅的女医生。正看到半截，窗外传来楼下一阵阵收破烂的吆喝声，她放下我，从窗户探出身，向楼下大声喊：“哎，收破烂的－－先生，我们这有旧报纸－－” 话音未了，整栋楼各个窗口都传出了笑声，谁听过“收破烂的先生”？那位心地善良的女医生也笑了，脸红着解释到，那我也不能喊人家“收破烂的”呀，现在好象也不兴叫同志了，一急，就喊出个先生。
[ 回应此贴 |
查看原贴 ]
Enjoyed interesting news articles by interesting reporter Liu! Excellent English!
作者：XY - 2000/05/31 17:00:14
***
试译如下：
一、浣小园
附近有一家洗衣店，店名“浣纱园”。招牌上的“纱”字掉的只剩下了“小”，成了“浣小园”。招牌这副样子已经有一段时间了，我有心告诉店主，但转念一想，说不定衣服到它那儿一“浣”就真的“小”了呢，也就作罢不提了。
二、
旧金山市中心一栋高层办公楼的顶上立着一块美利坚银行的巨幅霓虹灯广告牌，这是一家规模极大的银行业务公司。白天看这广告牌看不出有什么毛病。实际上，一点都不起眼，不过是都市中五光十色的广告牌中的一个而已。但夜幕降临，万家灯火时，这块广告牌发出艳蓝色的光，比白天看上去显眼多了。但真正使这块广告牌在众多的广告牌中“脱颍而出”的是，bank，即英文的“银行”一词的灯管有一部分不亮了，成了bark, 在英文里用来形容狗汪汪叫。于是，在繁星满天，寒风凛凛之夜，立在街头，可以真真切切地“看到”那条资本主义走狗汪汪叫！
[ 回应此贴 |
查看原贴 ]
浣纱园—>浣小园，好！
作者：laoliu - 2000/05/31 17:18:20
***
The Was Place还在，店主可能懒得花钱请油漆工吧（原来的招牌是画在墙上的）。Bark of America应该已经修好。说实在的，当时我还真的起了点鸡皮疙瘩呢。
[ 回应此贴 |
查看原贴 ]
北京的霓虹灯--黄宏宋丹丹的小品
作者：wq - 2000/06/01 08:06:58
***
是讽刺产品质量的, 下面文字和原作有出入:
黄宏: 开亚运会那会儿, 街上的霓虹灯是 "北京欢迎您". 您! 后来再看, 下面那个 "心" 字掉了, 成了 "北京欢迎你" 了. 我一想, 也对, 亚运会开完了, 客人都走了, 咱们用不着跟自己人客气. 过了一阵, 又掉了个单人旁, 变成了 "北京欢迎尔", 这回不通了.
宋丹丹: 大哥你不知道, 文言文里 "尔" 也是 "你" 的意思...
[ 回应此贴 |
查看原贴 ]
Keen observation & Good presentation! Thanks for sharing, Laoliu. It reminds me of
作者：YECAO - 2000/05/31 18:54:30
***
something similar that I once saw in London, England years ago.
Lukozade is a world-famous tonic drink said to be good to the recovery of health. There was once a giant Lukozade ad that took up the entire side wall of a high-rise building, clearly visible from afar. Slightly tilted in the middle of the picture was nothing but a huge bottle with the Lukozade logo in its original colour. Beside the bottle, in capital letters, were "AIDS RECOVERY".
Apparently the sign was put up before AIDS went rampant all over the world. A few months after I noticed this oddity, I was travelling in the same area again, and I found the "AIDS RECOVERY" knocked out already. Unfortunately, probably because the huge letters had been cemented so hard on the wall, their forced removal left an even visible ugly sign of the same letters, which became quite a joke for a while.
[ 回应此贴 |
查看原贴 ]
对不起，应是 LUCOZADE， 另外，
作者：野草 - 2000/05/31 21:00:59
***
最后一句中应为 an even more visible ...
[ 回应此贴 |
查看原贴 ]
call the owner up FOR this? Not sure, though!
作者：Last Hermit - 2000/06/01 10:33:55
***
---------------------------
Meunique
[ 回应此贴 |
查看原贴 ]
about和on是可以的，for好像不好，因为因果不强（？）
作者：laoliu - 2000/06/02 11:57:29
***
[ 回应此贴 |
查看原贴 ]
[ 跟贴目录 ] [ 返回论坛 ]