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Chinese translation of the 70 most beautiful words in English


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For its 70th anniversary the British Council did a survey of the 70 most beautiful words in English. I've found the results in its websites for China and Taiwan and noted that the Chinese translations are not exactly the same. What do you think about the translations?

China version -

1. mother 母亲

2. passion 热情

3. smile 微笑

4. love 爱

5. eternity 永恒

6. fantastic 了不起的

7. destiny 命运

8. freedom (NO TRANSLATION !!! :shock: )

9. liberty 自主

10. tranquillity 安宁

11. peace 和平

12. blossom 花丛

13. sunshine 阳光

14. sweetheart 情人,爱人

15. gorgeous 绚丽的

16. cherish 喜爱

17. enthusiasm 热情

18. hope 希望

19. grace 优美

20. rainbow 彩虹

21. blue 蓝色

22. sunflower 向日葵

23. twinkle 闪烁,闪耀

24. serendipity 意外新发现

25. bliss 洪福

26. lullaby 催眠曲

27. sophisticated 精细的

28. renaissance 文艺复兴

29. cute 可爱

30. cosy 舒适的

31. butterfly 蝴蝶

32. galaxy 银河

33. hilarious 非常滑稽的

34. moment 瞬间

35. extravaganza 娱乐表演

36. aqua 水

37. sentiment 柔懦情感

38. cosmopolitan 世界性的

39. bubble 气泡

40. pumpkin 南瓜

41. banana 香蕉

42. lollipop 棒棒糖

43. if 如果

44. bumblebee 大黄蜂

45. giggle 咯咯笑

46. paradox 似非而是的隽语

47. delicacy 精美

48. peek-a-boo 躲猫猫

49. umbrella 雨伞

50. kangaroo 袋鼠

51. flabbergasted 目瞪口呆地

52. hippopotamus 河马

53. gothic 哥特风格的

54. coconut 椰子

55. smashing 极好的

56. whoops 哎哟!

57. tickle 发痒,胳肢

58. loquacious 爱说话的

59. flip-flop 夹趾拖鞋

60. smithereens 碎片

61. oi 打招呼,引起注意

62. gazebo 凉亭

63. hiccup 打嗝

64. hodgepodge 大杂烩

65. shipshape 整齐

66. explosion 迸发

67. fuselage (飞机的)机身

68. zing 生命力

69. gum 口香糖

70. hen-night 女子婚前单身派对

Taiwan version -

1 mother 母親

2 passion 熱情

3 smile 微笑

4 love 愛

5 eternity 永恆

6 fantastic 奇異的

7 destiny 命運

8 freedom 自由

9 liberty 自由/獨立自主

10 tranquillity 寧靜

11 peace 和平

12 blossom 花朵盛開

13 sunshine 陽光

14 sweetheart 心愛的人

15 gorgeous 華麗的

16 cherish 珍愛

17 enthusiasm 熱忱

18 hope 希望

19 grace 恩典

20 rainbow 彩虹

21 blue 藍色

22 sunflower 向日葵

23 twinkle 閃爍

24 serendipity 意外的發現

25 bliss 狂喜

26 lullaby 搖籃曲

27 sophisticated 有教養的/精巧的

28 renaissance 文藝復興

29 cute 可愛的

30 cosy 舒適的

31 butterfly 蝴蝶

32 galaxy 銀河系

33 hilarious 興高采烈

34 moment 片刻

35 extravaganza 狂想曲/華麗誇張的表演

36 aqua 水

37 sentiment 感情

38 cosmopolitan 世界主義的

39 bubble 泡沫

40 pumpkin 南瓜

41 banana 香蕉

42 lollipop 棒棒糖

43 if 如果

44 bumblebee 大黃蜂

45 giggle 咯咯笑

46 paradox 自相矛盾

47 delicacy 精緻

48 peek-a-boo 遮臉遊戲

49 umbrella 雨傘

50 kangaroo 袋鼠

51 flabbergasted 目瞪口呆

52 hippopotamus 河馬

53 Gothic 哥德式

54 coconut 椰子

55 smashing 猛烈的

56 whoops 哎呀

57 tickle 呵癢

58 loquacious 非常健談的

59 flip-flop 突然改變/啪塔啪塔的聲響

60 smithereens 碎片

61 oi 喂

62 gazebo 觀景台

63 hiccup 打嗝

64 hodgepodge 大雜燴

65 shipshape 整齊的

66 explosion 爆炸

67 fuselage 機身

68 zing 尖嘯聲

69 gum 口香糖

70 hen-night 女生婚前的派對

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Yup. Mainland Mandarin and Taiwan Mandarin have had plenty of time to begin diverging. I actually once saw a manual where entire sentences would be written differently between the two.

8. freedom (NO TRANSLATION !!! :shock: )

(sh) >.>

I really have to wonder about the words chosen for that list in the first place. Kangaroo?

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