Ian_Lee Posted January 5, 2007 at 06:52 PM Report Share Posted January 5, 2007 at 06:52 PM According to Korea's Central News, some participants gave very innovative answers to the Chenygu questions in the translation exam recently in Shanghai: http://www.takungpao.com/news/06/11/24/ZM-655471.htm (1) 富貴不能淫 Be rich，but not sexy (2) 血肉長城 The long wall of blood and meat (3) 人之初，性本善 Since the beginning of human beings，sex is always good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Ner'zhul Posted January 6, 2007 at 08:23 AM New Members Report Share Posted January 6, 2007 at 08:23 AM This is hilarious. The first one could also be "No need to masturbate while being rich". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted January 9, 2007 at 02:37 AM Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 at 02:37 AM Funny. So what should the answers be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heifeng Posted January 9, 2007 at 03:56 AM Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 at 03:56 AM I think I must know the person who did #3, she translated every 性 she saw as sex....haha 人之初，性本善 is the first line of the 3 character classic, just search for the translation but memorize it (Chinese version, at least the first few lines) since it pops up often... 26.5 seconds of google searches found these for the other ones, which seem somewhat reasonable... 1) Neither riches nor honors can lead one astray/ uncorruptable. look here 2) According to my coworker (since yelling downstairs is quicker than searching the net these days) it is: 为了 抗战 或者 反抗 做出的大量的 牺牲就象用人组成的长城 不让别人 来侵犯 但是 一般说血肉长城 中国人首先会想到日本人！ ...which makes sense why there is a movie called the fortress of flesh and blood 'bout the war...but i like the pure meat translation, seems even more graphic and raw... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted January 9, 2007 at 04:12 AM Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 at 04:12 AM This is hilarious. The first one could also be "No need to masturbate while being rich". Just want to say that 淫 is not identical with 手淫. 淫 can mean excessive like in 淫雨, or corrupt, indecent, or a loose way of living. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quest Posted January 9, 2007 at 05:29 AM Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 at 05:29 AM Quote:Originally Posted by Ner'zhul This is hilarious. The first one could also be "No need to masturbate while being rich". Just want to say that 淫 is not identical with 手淫. 淫 can mean excessive like in 淫雨, or corrupt, indecent, or a loose way of living. And 不能 does not mean "no need". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studentyoung Posted January 9, 2007 at 08:52 AM Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 at 08:52 AM So what should the answers be? Here are the answers for your reference. (1) 富貴不能淫 成语：富贵不能淫拼音：fù guì bù néng yín 解释： 富贵：旧指有钱财、有地位；淫：迷惑。指意志不为金钱和地位所迷惑。 出处： 《孟子·滕文公下》：“富贵不能淫，贫贱不能移，威武不能屈，此之谓大丈夫。” http://cache.baidu.com/c?word=%B8%BB%B9%F3%3B%B2%BB%C4%DC%3B%D2%F9&url=http%3A//www%2E5ilog%2Ecom/cgi%2Dbin/mz/chengyu/i%2Easpx/%B8%BB%B9%F3%B2%BB%C4%DC%D2%F9%2Ehtm&p=9133ce0f85cc42aa49bd9b780d5c81&user=baidu 富贵不能淫 means that you should not lose your sense while facing up to the temptation of fame and gain. (2) 血肉長城 I would like to translate it as “the Great Wall of fresh and blood”. In fact, “血肉长城” means people’s fresh and blood make the strongest Great Wall to defend their own country. (3) 人之初，性本善 Man's nature at birth is good. http://dict.cn/search/?q=%C8%CB%D6%AE%B3%F5%2C%D0%D4%B1%BE%C9%C6&r=%C8%CB%D6%AE%B3%F5%D0%D4%B1%BE%C9%C6 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhwj Posted January 9, 2007 at 09:32 AM Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 at 09:32 AM The original report is likely just retelling an urban legend - these jokes have been around for long time. See Sex is good, Chinglish distortions. And the Korean report is at least a year old - here's the original translation in 环球时报 from late 2005. What possessed TKP to pick it up at such late date, and slap a 近日 on it, no less? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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