大家看看这两段翻译有什么问题吗?

lichunhuan1998
February 26, 2009, 05:21 AM posted in General Discussion

我是一名中国女孩,想结识一些在学汉语的English native speaker,并希望得到大家的帮助,看看下面的翻译有什么不当之处,尽请指出,i'll appreciate your help.

一头永远在叫嚣要吃羊却永远吃不到的狼,一群永远用智慧战胜威胁、运气也绝佳的羊——动画片《喜羊羊与灰太狼》看上去讲了个简单得有些无聊的故事,却不经意间在孩子和年轻白领中迅速走红。白领观众的人数几乎超过孩子,甚至有人发出了这样的口号——我要嫁给灰太狼!为什么会有这么多的白领尤其是女性会追捧一部原本是为小朋友打造的动画片?

A wolf that hoots and wants to eat goats but never eats off always & a group of goats that conquer the threat by wisdom always and are very lucky – the cartoon “Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf” seems talking about a simple but a bit boring story, but it is quickly popular between the children and the young white-collar workers. The audiences from the white-collar workers almost exceed the ones from the children, and even some issued a slogan – I would like to marry Big Big Wolf. Why are so lots of the white-collar workers particularly for the female to keen for this cartoon which is originally produced for the children.

剧中,灰太狼是个典型的妻管严。它的老婆红太狼是个坏脾气的厉害角色,每天把自己打扮得漂漂亮亮,如同皇后一般,对丈夫却十分苛刻。灰太狼就是典型的上海男人,红太郎就是典型的上海女人。有人为灰太狼总结了十条优点:“爱老婆胜过爱自己,热爱劳动,聪明能干有毅力,动手能力强,为老婆花钱从不心疼,不花心,对老婆从一而终,从不藏私房钱,会做饭,会讨老婆欢心,得到了众多女性网友的赞同。

In the play, Big Big Wolf is a typical hen-pecked husband. Its wife “Red Wolf” is an ill-humored war horse who is dressing up herself beautifully as “Queen” everyday and is very harsh to its husband. Big Big Wolf is a typical Shanghai man and Red Wolf is a typical Shanghai woman. Someone summarizes 10 virtues for Big Big Wolf: love its wife better than itself, love laboring, smart & perseverance, be good at working by hands, never feel distressed in the money spent for its wife, single and wholehearted to its wife, never own the case-dough, be good at cooking, please to its wife” which get the applaud from lots of female net friends.

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alexyu_yxj
February 26, 2009, 07:57 AM

我向来喜欢国产动漫的大部分反面角色,而讨厌大部分的正面角色!不过,我已十几年不看国产动漫了。

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tengwenwu
March 05, 2009, 03:21 PM

谈成社会问题了……

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changye
February 26, 2009, 09:22 AM

《喜洋洋与灰太狼》这个动漫看起来挺不错哇!至少比《红猫蓝兔七侠传》强多了。

http://space.tv.cctv.com/podcast/xiyyyuhuitl

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lichunhuan1998
March 01, 2009, 02:00 AM

哦,没人肯和我一同互助学习语言吗?我觉得这是一个效果绝佳的办法,learn from each other by the native speaker,that 's a practical way without charge,come on,if you agree with me,my QQ is 56721310

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miantiao
March 01, 2009, 03:52 AM

lichunchuan

I can help with any of your translation requests including documents, pamphlets, articles, reports, essays and thesis. 200rmb per hour. : -)

 

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changye
March 01, 2009, 05:32 AM

.

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changye
March 01, 2009, 05:32 AM

Hi lichunchuan

I'm afraid your tactic is not so clever. Native English speakers generally hate being treated like a free translator/tutor. No offense.

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lichunhuan1998
March 02, 2009, 06:23 AM

thank you for changye's advice,maybe foreigner would be more worldly,anyway,i'll try my best to learn english well for few charge 

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bababardwan
March 02, 2009, 06:33 AM

lichunhuan1998 , Have you checked out the sister site EnglishPod.com mate?

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cc9007
February 26, 2009, 09:04 AM

= =0中国人都在这里呀

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lichunhuan1998
March 03, 2009, 03:16 PM

hi,my dear friends,although i'm a little sad with your words,but i should say thank you all the same,i only want to learn english from a native speaker and help those friends who are learning chinese,i never think it's a clever method,i won't take advantage from anybody,i want to help others with learning chinese in return for the help from others .my english is so poor that may arouse confusion for you,so i need more practice,我只是想通过互相学习语言来提高英语水平,从未有占别人便宜的意思,由于我的英语水平有限,可能引起大家的误会,如有得罪,还请各位前辈多多原谅,同时感谢各位对我真诚的帮助!

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RJ
March 03, 2009, 09:33 PM

I want to see the cartoon.

Lichunhuan - I showed your translation to a friend, since my Chinese is not good enough for this kind of translation, and he says it is accurate. Is that what you wanted, or did you want someone to "polish" the english?

 

what does wife do for him?

-Big Bad Wolf

 

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stamper
March 04, 2009, 05:48 AM

rjberki

 

I guess you saw that

;p

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RJ
March 04, 2009, 10:00 AM

high maintenance woman,  "Shang high" maintenance." I could not live this way. If you lean forward you will fall, if man and woman both lean against each other they will stand sturdy. This is how it should be. Having said that, men's needs are very simple, a smart woman can easily keep a man happy. A happy man treats his woman like a queen. Everybody happy.

 

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lichunhuan1998
March 04, 2009, 03:33 PM

hi,rjberki,There's some truth in what you said"a smart woman can easily keep a man happy. A happy man treats his woman like a queen. Everybody happy."i don't know how the couples do in your country,but in china,most women would prefer to marry a man on whom she can depend.if a girl who eager to change her ordinary life,the only easy way is to marry a wealthy man whom she doesn't love

我想说“中国的确有许多女孩更倾向于嫁有钱的男人而不在乎她是不是爱这个男人”但不知道如何翻译更恰当? 

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RJ
March 04, 2009, 05:55 PM

lichunhuan,

thank you for your honesty.

marriage for love is a relatively recent practice I suspect, but in America we like to think this is the number one reason for marriage. (Number one reason for divorce is money however.) It is interesting that we marry for love but our divorce rate is much higher. Evidently, this love thing is often temporary :-)

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lichunhuan1998
March 05, 2009, 06:40 AM

rjberki:

    what you said is quite reasonalbe,it seems that love and money are both important for a stable marriage,a marriage without love is dull,a marriage without money will not be permanent.you 've got a profound insight of life,i think.

     looking forward to chat more later,

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changye
March 02, 2009, 06:43 AM

Hi lichunchuan1998

It's the other way around. Asking for proofreading such a long text just looks like "a worldly behavior" to native guys. You can learn not only Chinese but also English here in Chinesepod, but probably western poddies usually don't welcome this kind of request. After all, this is the place for learning Mandarin. As bababardwan said, Englishpod might be more appropriate for you. No offense, again ....