I have found a quite interesting commercial
about another pronunciation-issue. How do you pronounce “th”? As example, how
do you pronounce thinking? Do you say “finking”, “sinking” or “tinking”?
This commercial is about misunderstanding
of the word “thinking”
I have heard lot of different pronunciation
of “th”. In German-speaking part of Europe, some of the people say “sinking” or
“finking” whereas people from East-Europe tend to say “tinking”. What is your
experience? Have you ever heard someone saying “tinking” or “sinking”? By Milan
Do you remember how you learn to speak? Do you have problems in pronunciation?
Let's take a look how toddlers say 'truck'?
Do you find there toddlers lovely? They have the same problem that they cannot pronoun tr-sound. Indeed, tr-sound is complicated to toddlers. They can't speak tr-sound properly. What they can do is to replace tr-sound by a simple and similar sound. In this case, f-sound is the replacement. Thus, 'truck' becomes 'fuck' :p
“…and
they live happily ever after.” This is a sentence we always hear when we grow
up as most of the fairy tales end with it. A YouTuber Jon Cozart has made a cappella
Disney parody video about what happened after “ever after”.
Here’s
the Video.
Soon
this video goes viral and until now (15.10.2013) it has got 21,491,830 views and more then 500,000 likes. The reason why it has became so
popular perhaps is that many people growing up with Disney stories and which
grab their attentions to the video. Also, this video is more than just
entertaining or having fun. It criticizes some international social issues and
current news, which makes the video meaningful. It contains 4 parts. First it’s
the story of little mermaid, which criticizes the incident of British petroleum
ltd oil spilling in Gulf of Mexico. Second
part is the story of Aladdin. It is about the cruel treatment that U.S. soldiers did to the people living in Afghanistan.
Third is the story of Beauty and the beast, which is about the hunting witches
act in the 16th century in Europe
as well as the law that under the Uniform Code
of Military Justice (UCMJ), there is nothing there to prosecute bestiality and which PETA is totally
opposed to. Lastly, the story of Pocahontas is used to criticize the inhumane
act towards Native Americans. As it is
popular, there is the translated version.
Here’s the video with Chinese subtitle. (TaiWan version)
In the original lyric and also comparing both
lyrics, bilingualism features could be found. First, in the lyrics, the author uses a Spanish word while telling the
story of Pocahontas, which is “amigos adios” meaning goodbye friend. Minimal
bilingualism is shown as the one-word code switching is exploiting the symbolic
function of the language. The purpose of using Spanish word is only to create
the image of the Spanish but not to target the language users.
Also,
through the translation process, a certain features have occurred due to
perhaps two reasons. First is that the translator tries to portrait the same humorous
feeling for the Chinese audiences. For instance, “Here’s what happened after all their dreams came true.” is translated
into本台獨家揭露公主美夢成真後的生活實況. This is much
more than the original meaning but at the same time keeping the same meaning. Second,
the translator wants to emphasize the image through language mixing. For
example, “Aladdin was taken
by the CIA” is translated into “CIA就這樣把阿拉丁抓走” and in which “CIA”
is kept in the Chinese version.
Here’re the English and the Chinese lyrics.
After ever after –
Disney Parody
Paint：幸福快樂之後？（迪士尼惡搞）（中文字幕）
If you’ve ever wonder
why
如果你也曾懷疑
Disney’s tales all end
in lies
迪士尼動畫結尾是騙人的
Here’s what happened
after all their dreams came true.
本台獨家揭露公主美夢成真後的生活實況
Ariel 愛麗兒
I loved being princess down in -- this beautiful ocean blue
在美麗的蔚藍大海裡當公主何樂而不為
But mermaids are going missing -- they end up in someone's stew
但人魚開始鬧失蹤案，變成人類的碗中羹
So just try to put yourself in -- to somebody else's gills
拜訪各位大德高抬貴手，設身處地為魚著想
You're killing my ecosystem -- with fishing and oil spills 你們的漁業和漏油事件，把我的生態系毀了
Thank you BP,
thank you BP
英國石油，謝謝你喔
The British are killing, oil is spilling 英佬到處殺生，石油不斷外洩
Now I can't
see... MY EYES!
害我失明，哇目珠
Chinamen feast on Flounder's fins
中國人大啖比目魚翅
Plus the Japanese killed all my whale friends
日本人獵光我的鯨魚朋友
Oceans are browning, I think I'm drowning
海洋髒到不行，我也快要不行
Thanks to BP
一切感謝石油
YOU SUCK! 爛人!
Jasmine
莉茉
Hey, I'm OK, but I'm slightly scared
嘿，我沒事，但我有點剉
My husband's a mark for the War on Terror
我老公被當成恐怖份子
Aladdin was taken by the CIA
CIA就這樣把阿拉丁抓走
We're not Taliban
我們不是塔利班
You've got the wrong man
你們抓錯人啦
In Guantanamo Bay 在關達那摩灣
Prince Ali, where
could he be, drowning in wawa 阿里王子，到底在哪裡? 口鼻嗆水裡
Interrogation
from the nation of the "free"
對你嚴刑迫供是哪門子自由國家
Bin Laden's taken the fall 賓拉丁都已經揹黑鍋了
We're not trained
pilots at all
我們也不是受訓的飛行員
Jafar went crazy and no one put up a fuss 當初賈方起肖都沒有人烏
We're for
freedom, Genie can vouch for us 我們贊成自由主義，神燈精靈可以打包票
Bush was crazy,
Obama's lazy, al-Qaeda's not in this country 布希老番顛，歐巴馬沒作為，就說蓋達組織不在我國嘛
Set free my
Prince Ali 釋放我的阿里!
Belle
貝兒
A whore! A whore!
賤貨! 賤貨!
A whore, a whore, a whore! 下流淫蕩賤貨!
This town's gone
wild since I married Adam 我和亞當婚後，全鎮都抓狂了
They think I'm
going straight to hell 鎮民說我會直接下地獄
But the charges
laid on me
但他們控告我
Of bestiality 以「人獸交」罪名
Could wind up
getting me thrown in a cell
我可能要先到牢裡蹲
No, I'm overrun by mad men 不，這群瘋子把我團團制住
I hear they plan
to burn me at the stake 聽說他們計畫把我綁在木樁上燒死
They legit
believe I'm Satan
他們整個認為我是撤旦本人
And now I hear that PETA's gonna take my beast away 還聽說動保團體要把我的野獸帶走
Pocahontas
寶嘉康蒂
After John Smith traveled back to England 約翰史密斯回到英國以後
I helped my
people cultivate the fields 我協助族人勤於農事
More English,
French, and Spaniards came to visit 想不到英國法國西班牙人紛至沓來
And they greeted
us with guns and germs and steel 以槍枝、病菌與鋼鐵作為見面禮
They forced us
into unknown lands of exile
他們將我族驅逐丁未知的邊荒地域
They pillaged, raped, and left us all for dead 強取豪奪、姦淫婦女，任我們自生自滅
So now I'm far
more liberal with a weapon
於是我改變心意，拿起武器
When I separate their bodies from their heads
誓要他們身首異處
Wait! What?
但幾壘! 哩供啥？
Have you ever held the entrails of an English guy? 你是否捧過英國人血淋淋的器官？
Or bit the
beating hearts of Spanish men?
是否嚐過西班牙人活跳跳的心臟？
Can you shoot an arrow in some French guy's eyeball?
你能否一箭射穿法國人的眼窩？
Can you paint with the red colors in these men
你能否用這些人的血彩作畫？
amigos adios
朋友，一路好走
I can murder if I please
我想殺人就殺人
Cause I'm dying of disease 因為我也快死於重病
I can paint with
the red colors in these men 我能用這些人的血彩作畫
Hey, guys. It's Enrique again. Do you still remember my post on bilingualism in TV drama? I'm glad that you guys find it interesting :)
Today, I will focus on bilingualism in movies and this time I will focus on the translation of English movies.
Under globalization, more and more Hollywood movies are shown in Chinese market. Again, the movies' names are translated into the dominant language in China, i.e. Chinese. There is an interesting phenomenon. The Chinese names of the movies can be very different among Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China.
I have chosen three movies to have the comparison.
Mr and Mrs. Smith
Chinese name in Hong Kong: 史密夫決戰史密妻
Chinese name in Taiwan: 史密斯任務
Chinese name in mainland China: 史密斯夫婦
The first significant difference among the three Chinese names is the translation of the surname 'Smith'. In Hong Kong, it is called '史密夫', while it is called '史密斯',because Hong Kong people speak Cantonese, whereas Putonghua is widely used in in Taiwan and mainland China.
There is another major difference. It seems that the versions in Hong Kong and Taiwan are similar. However, the mainland version is the direct translation of the name. I think the translators in Hong Kong and Taiwan have watched the movie before doing the translation. Thus, the names in Hong Kong and Taiwan can somehow shows the content of the movie, but the mainland one can't.
I, Robot
Chinese name in Hong Kong: 智能叛變
Chinese name in Taiwan: 機械公敵
Chinese name in mainland China: 我, 機器人
Again, it seems that translators in Hong Kong and Taiwan are more hard-working. They know what the movie talks about and make sure audiences can have a framework of the movie from the Chinese names. The mainland name looks funny. However, I don't think it's a good translation because the translator simply translates the name directly without acknowledging the content of the movie.
The Day After Tomorrow
Chinese name in Hong Kong: 明日之後
Chinese name in Taiwan: 明天過後
Chinese name in mainland China: 後天
For this movie, all the Chinese names are direct translation. They can't tell the content of the movie. However, we can see that the mainland one is quite different from the other two.
Indeed, some Chinese names of Hollywood movies in mainland China are very funny :o)
英文名: The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers 香港譯名: 魔戒二部曲: 雙城奇謀 大陸譯名: 指環王2: 兩座塔
英文名: 007: Die Another Day 香港譯名: 新鐵金剛之不日殺機 大陸譯名: 新鐵金剛之擇日再死
英文名: Catch Me If You Can 香港譯名: 捉智雙雄 大陸譯名: 來找我啊，如果你可以 英文名: Pretty Woman 香港譯名: 風月俏佳人 大陸譯名: 漂亮女人 英文名: Indecent Proposal 香港譯名: 不道德的交易 大陸譯名: 不道德的建設 英文名: The Passion Of Christ 香港譯名: 受難曲 大陸譯名: 耶穌的激情
Hi I am Yobi. Do you think you
are a smartphone addictors(低頭族)?
Smartphones addictors inside the MTR.
Beginning
in the late 2000s, smartphones has gained popularity all over the world and the
number of users is rapidly increasing. Smartphones are mobile devices that
enable internet access and communication. Users can access and get information
on the web with the phone using cellular data.
Smartphone
addiction is a term that is being more and more popular these years.It means
those people who are always playig their phones or ipads.No matter where they
are,no matter who they are being with,mobile phone is the only thing they have
with themselves.Playing games,going to social networking sites,watching
movies,chatting online are now a commonplace for all the people.Most of the
time they only focus on their mobiles phone and sometimes ignore their friends
and families,and this has resulted in an addiction that interferes with our
daily lives.
Although
smartphones make our lives more convenient,it does bring lots of negative
effects.Mobile phones affect every aspect of the
personal and professional lives of people with the
addiction.I have once seen a picture on the internet that a group of people was having their dinner,however,everyone of them was looking
down and focusing on their mobile phones.Do you wish to whatsapp somebody who
is standing in front of you?Why can’t we have a face-to-face communication with our families or
friends instead of depending on mobile phones?
Smartphone addiction can also cause health
problems.Repetitive and forceful movements of the hand and wrist during work or
leisure activities can causecarpal tunnel syndrome.Besides,looking at the screen for a long
period of time may make us headace or have eyes problems.
Is it a need to upload a photo to Facebook before we have our dinner?
Do you still remember the birthday date of your friends?Or Facebook tells you?
Do we still need to whatsapp somebody even they are standing in front of us?
Can you imagine
that our future world will become a mobile phones oriented city?
The following is one of my favourite songs called 'Love Story' from Taylor Swift.
It's time to share some romantic songs with you!
Taylor Swift - Love Story
We were both young when I first saw you
第一次見到你的時候我們都很年輕
I closed my eyes and the flashback starts
我閉上眼晴那一幕又閃現了
I'm standing there
我站在哪里
On a balcony in summer air
在一個陽臺上乘涼
See the lights, see the party, the ball gowns
看這燈光，看著舞會和那些禮服
I see you make your way through the crowd
我看見你穿過擁擠的人群
And say hello
向我打招呼問好
Little did I know
我只知道這一點
That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
你就是羅密歐，你扔石子（敲打窗戶來找我）
And my daddy said, "stay away from Juliet"
我爸爸說：“離朱麗葉遠點”
And I was crying on the staircase
我在樓梯里不停地哭泣
Begging you, please don't go
心里乞求你，不要離開
And I said
我說
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone
羅密歐，到這我去一個我們可以在一起沒有人干擾的地方
I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
我等待著這一天，現在唯一能做的就是逃離
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
你就會成為王子，而我也將會是公主
It's a love story
這是一個愛情故事
Baby, just say yes
親愛的，你只需答應我
So, I sneak out to the garden to see you
于是，我偷偷地到公園去見你
We keep quiet cause we're dead if they knew
我們保持低調因為被他們知道的話我們就死定了
So close your eyes
所以請閉上你的眼睛
Escape this town for a little while
從這個城逃出去哪怕只是短暫的一會
Oh oh
Cause you were Romeo, I was the scarlet letter
因為你是羅密歐，我就像紅字里的女主角，和你有世仇不能在一起
And my daddy said, "stay away from Juliet"
我爸爸說：“離朱麗葉遠點”
But you were my everything to me
但是你對于我來說是我的全部
I was begging you, please don't go
我在心里乞求你，不要離開
And I said
然后我說
Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone
羅密歐，到這我去一個我們可以在一起沒有人干擾的地方
I'll be waiting, all there's left to do is run
我將會等待這一天，現在唯一能做的就是逃離
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
你就會成為王子，而我也將會是公主
It's a love story
這是個愛情故事
Baby, just say yes
親愛的，只需要答應我
Romeo, save me
羅密歐，救救我
They try to tell me how I feel
他們嘗試告訴我怎樣去感受
This love is difficult, but it's real
雖然這樣的愛很困難，但它是真實的
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
別害怕，我們會度過這一關的
It's a love story
這是個愛情故事
Baby, just say yes
親愛的，只需答應我
Oh oh
The reason why i post this song is not only because i like it.
Also, i think this song can assoicated with bilingualism.
When the lyrics be traslated from English to Chinese, the meaning of the song didnt't change or didn't be affected. It is a good traslating. Lastly, there is a pretty picture about Taylor Swift.
