please translate into Chinese: confrontation, exotic, self-deprecating & condescending

[tooironic]

Since I've answered a few of these translation requests, I thought I may as well submit a post of my own.

Please translate into Mandarin the following words (English definitions - adapted from Wiktionary - are in brackets):

confrontation [The act of challenging another, especially face-to-face.]

exotic [Foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign.]

self-deprecating [Expressing disapproval or being critical of oneself.]

condescending / patronising [Assuming a tone of superiority.]

Thanks everyone!

[imron]

self-deprecating - in the context of self-deprecating humour consider 自嘲、把自个儿当孙子 and 把自个儿踩脚底。For reference, see yesterday's episode of 锵锵三人行 (part 2 at around the 1:30 mark), which just so happened to mention this

[skylee]

Consider -

對質、有異國風情、輕蔑/看不起人

[tooironic]

Thanks imron and skylee! Very interesting ep of 锵锵三人行 by the way. On a side note, I reckon the Aussie sense of humour is similar to the Brits - very self-deprecating!

[Kenny同志]

Often there are more than one way to express the idea of these words. Providing the context, or more precisely the sentences in which they are used will be of help for others to come up with the best or near-best translations.

[tooironic]

In that case, Kenny, I'll provide an example for each:

confrontation

I'm the kind of person who avoids confrontations.

exotic

I'd like to visit more exotic places before I die.

self-deprecating

He often makes self-deprecating jokes.

condescending / patronising

The tone in his voice was so condescending.

See how you go - thanks!

[Kenny同志]

confrontation

I'm the kind of person who avoids confrontations.

我这人不喜歡和別人爭執。

或：遇到爭執，我這人寧願退一步。

exotic

I'd like to visit more exotic places before I die.

我想在有生之年還去別的地方看看，見識下不同的異域風情。

self-deprecating

He often makes self-deprecating jokes.

他常常說些自嘲的話。

If the joke is made in response to an embarrassing situation, that would be 自我解嘲。

condescending / patronising

The tone in his voice was so condescending.

他那語氣一副高高在上的樣子。

[Holophrya]

He often makes self-deprecating jokes.

他常常說些自嘲的話。

If the joke is made in response to an embarrassing situation, that would be 自我解嘲

NO offense! Should 自嘲 be short for 自我解嘲? Your explanation sounds like 自我解嘲 has something different from 自嘲. Could you elabrate that?

I also feel like there is something wrong with "他那語氣一副高高在上的樣子". 语气 and 样子 do not match in my opinion.

[skylee]

Holophrya, 自嘲 does not mean 自我解嘲. And Kenny's translation (all of them) is fine IMHO.

[Kenny同志]

Thank you Skylee.

to Holophrya:

The difference is that you can 自嘲 whenever you'd like to but you can only (自我)解嘲 when you're in an embarrassing situation.

If you're looking for another possible translation for the last sentence, you can consider 他說話（帶）一口高高在上的語氣(或口氣)。

[Holophrya]

For "the tone in his voice was so condescending", what I am thinking is "他言辞傲慢"

More comprehensively，举止轻浮，言语傲慢

[skylee]

I thing 傲慢 is ok, but I don't think being condescending necessarily means 舉止輕浮.