永鈞 Posted January 17, 2018 at 06:53 AM Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 at 06:53 AM I'm aware that one-to-one translation is often impossible. But even still, what is the closest Chinese word or phrase to the English 'glamorous'. One of my ESL students was telling me that on her way to London she will stop off on Paris to have dinner with some friends. I told her that her life sounds very 'glamorous'. She looked it up in the dictionary but all of the translations seemed to be related either to appearance. She couldn't see how the closest I could think of is 豪華, because in this sense it is something similar to luxury, but also a bit 浪漫. To say that 'glamour' is between the concepts of luxury and romance seems very odd to me... Is there a more obvious translation I'm missing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted January 17, 2018 at 11:35 PM Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 at 11:35 PM 迷人 maybe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zbigniew Posted January 18, 2018 at 12:17 AM Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 at 12:17 AM A restaurant near me seems to think it's 金煌. I've never felt comfortable with the English name, personally. http://www.glamorous-restaurant.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted January 18, 2018 at 05:19 AM Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 at 05:19 AM You get 风流潇洒 which AFAIK isn't quite so ambiguous as 风流 (in terms of negative/saucy connotations)on its own but then again the few times I've heard it used in anger it's described a person not a lifestyle and a quick search doesn't say much different. What about 奢华? More luxury than romance I think but isn't that a big bit of the glamour of foreign travel? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted January 18, 2018 at 02:50 PM Report Share Posted January 18, 2018 at 02:50 PM I ran into this problem once trying to describe the attraction of 1930s Shanghai. Never found anything spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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