时间:2019-02-04 作者:英语课 分类:阅读空间


英语课

   在很多地方,经常可以看到有关Chinglish(中式英语)的文章,但一般都是中国人写的。不过我看到一篇长文,也是有关Chinglish的,但却是美国人写的,很有意思。这篇长文的标题是Chinglish 2 English(从中式英语到标准英语),作者是浙江大学的美国外教Chuck Allanson,内容则是Chuck在中国五年任教期间所听到、所看到的各种Chinglish说法。


  比如Chuck第一次来中国,下飞机后,负责接待他的东北某大学英语系陈老师说:您刚到,我们吃点饭吧。我们要点Chinese dumpling(饺子)和Chinese beancurd(豆腐),您看可以吗?Chuck以前从未听说过这两种东西,但出于好奇,就说可以,结果饭菜端上来一看,原来就是ravioli(饺子,来自意大利语)和tofu(豆腐,来自日语)。Chuck当时心里暗想,这两种东西,国际上早已经有通用的说法(ravioli和tofu),他们中国人为什么还要用那种生僻的说法呢?以后Chuck跟陈先生混熟了,就问他,当初你为什么不说ravioli和tofu呢?陈先生听了大吃一惊,连忙解释说,我真的不知道这两个词,而且我们的《英汉词典》上也没有这两个词。
  于是Chuck开始意识到,中国的英语教师、英语课本、甚至英语词典肯定存在问题,否则不可能发生这种事情。在中国五年的任教期间,Chuck收集了大量的Chinglish说法,从中挑选出一组最常见的,编写了上面提到的那篇长文。下面就是这些Chinglish说法,其中每行第一部分是汉语说法,第二部分是Chinglish说法,第三部分则是英语的标准说法。
  ① 欢迎你到... ② welcome you to ... ③ welcome to ...
  ① 永远记住你 ② remember you forever ③ always remember you(没有人能活到forever)
  ① 祝你有个... ② wish you have a ... ③ I wish you a ...
  ① 给你 ② give you ③ here you are
  ① 很喜欢... ② very like ... ③ like ... very much
  ① 黄头发 ② yellow hair ③ blond/blonde(西方人没有yellow hair的说法)
  ① 厕所 ② WC ③ men's room/women's room/restroom
  ① 真遗憾 ② it's a pity ③ that's too bad/it's a shame(it's a pity说法太老)
  ① 裤子 ② trousers ③ pants/slacks/jeans
  ① 修理 ② mend ③ fix/repair
  ① 入口 ② way in ③ entrance
  ① 出口 ② way out ③ exit(way out在口语中是crazy的意思)
  ① 勤奋 ② diligent ③ hardworking/studious/conscientious
  ① 应该 ② should ③ must/shall

标签: 中式英语
学英语单词
147PM
aerial torpedo
alleviant
amorphous acardius
arithmetic address
automatic sacker
blind corners
bonus baby
Bro. & M.
carbohydrate gum
cedar berg (cederberg)
cheuk
chronograph wheel
CLP
Codecademy
codinaea triseptata
Coelachne simpliciuscula
colleague
condensate level
cosmic X-ray spectroscopy
Cusse
cut out
cyc
d'ache
database markup language
deformable storage bulb
deltoideus
diffuse symmetrical scleroderma
double-claw flexible coupling
drone aircraft
dysprosium acetylacetonate
elem
ex-officio magistrate
Export Services Division
fibre membrane
freedom march
fundamental units
gentianopsis detonsas
genus Biscutella
graphical integration
Hailey-Hailey disease
hard-works
hearty meal
hmc
ibochine
in light
innovelty
iontoquantimete
ip infringement
low head injection
made trough with
metformin
Meynert's layer
mikados
modelocked
MTDC transmission system
Nicephorus I
nodi lymphatici laterales
noematachometer
northsiders
not stand any nonsense
outtakes
owlertons
owllight
parameter shift
pass out steam turbine
peristomate
Porlezzina
preppie, preppy
prism glass
punched card utility
radio sonic
rapid-deployments
reperition
retained carcass
Roknäs
sardined
scan plane
sensormatic
silicate melt
soil phophorus
specific acoustic resistance
speed over the ground
split sprocket
standard object
straining
sustained instantaneous reserve
Tayura
telephone memo paper
there are no flies on
transmission decay
triazepine
Tug's Right of Salvage
valve input impedance
vierny
voidable policies
Warrender, C.
whole seeding transplanting
work at
zone of merchandise