Nicolexplore » Cantonese http://www.nico.hk To share everything interesting and worthful. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:12:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 哎呀！Aiya! Ahhrghh! http://www.nico.hk/2009/12/11/language-aiya-ahhrghh/ http://www.nico.hk/2009/12/11/language-aiya-ahhrghh/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:21:28 +0000 Nicole http://www.nico.hk/?p=233 無意中找到這一系列 YouTube 短片，覺得很有趣，也很欣賞他們製作短片的心思，還有歡樂的演出。不過，下面這一句「哎呀」譯作「shit」感覺有點怪怪的。
Just discovered a series of YouTube movies and found it very interesting. Love their joyful acting and admire their efforts on making such a movie. But, it is a bit weird that the word “哎呀” has been translated into “shit” below.

也許西方人常用「shit」來表達抱怨，就像片段中那樣，但「哎呀」從來都不是髒話，而「shit」在英語中是一句髒話。這裡譯作「噢，得了吧！」的意思應該比較恰當。
Maybe westerners used to say “shit” to grumble about something. However, “shit” is a dirty word in English but “哎呀” is not a dirty word at all, neither in Chinese nor Cantonese. Use “Oh, come on!” here should be more appropriate.

同一短片後段的「哎呀」是驚嘆的聲音，也是此詞的本意：一個表達驚訝、不安、不滿的象聲詞。
The word “哎呀” represents a sound of surprise, uncomfortable, dissatisfied in the final segment of the movie clip. This is what “哎呀” truly means. It is an onomatopoeia.

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