“Talk down”,中文如何翻译比较贴切?

美国总统特朗普最近频频在公开场合发表关于美元的负面言论,并在全球四处进行武力挑衅,使得全球投资者们都捏了一把汗。对于特朗普反复强调太强的美元对美国有害的论调,CNN似乎有些看不过去,发表了一篇文章用来提醒这位总统:注意言行,不要越界。

该文的标题为:Trump breaks key rule for presidents: Don’t talk down the dollar(特朗普打破了美国总统的一条重要惯例:Don’t talk down the dollar)这里的talk down,意思是:通过口头言论,使得美元走低(贬值)。那如何翻译比较好呢?Will的美语课认为,比较贴切、简洁的译法可以是:”口头打压”、“贬低”、或者”唱衰”。各位读者,你是否有更好的译法呢?如果有,欢迎留言和Will分享哦。

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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20down

Play的几种用法:玩火、玩电脑、玩游戏、玩弄、自嗨,你都会吗?

Play这个单词作为动词相当灵活,当与不同的介词、名词进行组合时,可以表达丰富的含义。我们分别来看看play的几种在日常会话出现的用法:

玩火(play with fire),参考例句:If you play with fire, you get burned(玩火自焚)注意这里的play必须和介词with进行搭配。前两天,美国总统Donald Trump又在Twitter上炮轰他国,其tweet就用到了play with fire这个短语。

玩电脑,可以说play with a computer(在电脑上进行操作,或拿着电脑当玩具来玩,类似于play with toys),或者play on a computer(这里的play on,常用来表示在电脑这个平台上(而非其他平台如xbox等)玩游戏的意思)参考例句:The little kid is playing with a computer.(这小孩正玩着电脑呢。)

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玩游戏,其英文是:play a game。比如:They have been playing this video game for 3 hours straight. They’re totally hooked (on it). 注意如果说play games,则可以表达“耍花招”的意思,比如:I’ll be watching you. Don’t play games with me.

玩弄,指愚弄他人,或欺骗某人的情感。英文可以说:play someone. 参考例句:I don’t know if he’s playing me or if he’s taking his time and just doesn’t want to rush anything.(我不确定他到底是在玩我,还是他想慢慢来,不愿操之过急。)

自嗨,这里的“自嗨”,指对自己实施性刺激,以获得性快感的行为,也可以称为“自摸、自慰”。英文中的说法是:play with oneself。参考例句:She was super embarrassed that he caught her playing with herself.(被他发现自己在自慰后,她超不好意思)

Trump的著名口头禅”rigged”,是什么意思?

Rig这个词本身有“工具”、“用具”、“设备”的意思,参考其英文解释:Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose。然而rig这个词随着美国总统当选人(president-elect)Donald Trump在竞选期间的频繁使用而变得流行。

Trump最爱说的一句话是:“The system is rigged. ”,在这里,rig用作动词,表示:通过(不合法的)操纵使变得对一方有利,而rigged则是rig的过去分词。rigged在中文里可以翻译为:被(人为)操纵。参考Dictionary.com的对rigged的英文注释:to manipulate fraudulently。而UrbanDictionary也对rigged提供了类似的解释:When you obviously have the advantage but ultimately get fucked over by unreasonable circumstances. 最后,我们看看Trump的另一句话:”…And I’m telling you, November 8, we’d better be careful, because that election is going to be rigged.” 尽管频繁吐槽,Trump最终还是成功赢得大选,堪称逆袭的经典。

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Updates:

(1) 2018.4.23:补充一个英文例句:When you hear someone say “The stock market is rigged” or “Trading stocks is too risky”, you can be sure that you are in the presence of someone who has not put in the time and effort necessary to learn how the stock market really works.(引自《The Little Black Book of Stock Market Secrets》)

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