Today I'll be talking bout'

Difficult Chinese Words to translate

As you guys all know

something went viral in Taiwan two days ago

suddenly，people are talking about how important translation is

I've done an episode before

which is talking about

Chinese words that are hard to translate

So today

Let's go with the flow

and make episode two

In this episode，a lot of words

are from the comments given by everyone

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So today，I've also sorted out some Chines words

that are hard to translate

Let's check em' out one by one

How to translate 瞎妹?

So what kind of a person is a 瞎妹?

The first feature of 瞎妹 is that she doesn't know she's a 瞎妹

but all the people around her do

瞎妹 only cares about her appearance

and posts selfies frequently

or something that doesn't match the context

You'll likely to unfriend her after seeing those posts

If you wanna describe a person

who only has appearance but she's empty inside

You can use the English word，bimbo

And 瞎妹 always tries to get attention

on social media

as for this

you can use the adjective，attention-seeking

so combined those words

attention-seeking bimbo on social media

If you don't wanna say such a long description

you can simply use

attention whore

Shh，don't tell people that I taught you this

How to translate 便當？

便當 is a common food in Taiwan

It's got a main course, veges and rice

But，they don't have the habit of eating 便當 in foreign countries

so it's a lil' bit hard to translate

Some people would use the word lunch box

but it's not really precise

cause' lunch box its just the box

the container

It may be a metal one or plastic one

so you can't say that I’m going to eat a lunchbox

This is wrong

I think there're two translations that are acceptable

One is Bento，though it came from Japanese

But the concept of 便當 is the same in Japan and Taiwan

so I think it's a pretty acceptable one

The other one is boxed meal

It's a meal put inside a box

Here I wanna give you some words

The box from restaurants is called to-go box

If it's a paper bag

it's paper bag or doggie bag

How to translate 小屁孩

hmmm，do I know any 小屁孩?

( You are 小屁孩 alright? )

小屁孩 means that he is spoiled

not polite and smart

He doesn't have to be young

He may be an adult with those characteristics

can also be called a 小屁孩

Because family education kinda has an impact on it

so you can say spoiled brat

which is a spoiled kid

If you wanna emphasize the characteristics of nonsense

You can use the word，punk

But if it's a kid

You have to say little punk

Be careful with the pronounciation

Don't pronounce it as "little"，say "lil" instead

lil, right?

lil’ punk

lil’ punk!!!

If you think punk is too hard

There's a even more simple choice

just call him little shit

How to translate 撒嬌

This is a hard one

It has so many meanings in Chinese

But there isn't a word you can use for all the circumstances in English

Between children and parents

Boyfriends and girlfriends

pets and masters

all kinds of 撒嬌

You need to use different English words

If it's referring to acting cute

you can say act cute

If it's the sweet talk condition

You can say sweet talk

If someone did it with a purpose

You can use butter someone up

If it's between couples

is is actually regarded as flirt

and if it's sticking together

and holding each other，use cuddly

Yeah，just use the Chinese word instead

How to translate 學長、學姐、學弟、學妹

Okay，this is almost impossible to translate

due to cultural diffrences

I saw an article written by John Barthelette

He talks about

how to translate words like 學長、學姐

The summary of the article is that

In western cultures

they hate words that divide people into different classes

so lower classmen and uper classmen

are words you don't really use in practical

So besides freshmen, sophomore, junior, senior

There aren't any other expressions

They even use

first year, second year, third year, fourth year to replace the old expressions

But I think the word，senpai

is getting more and more popular in Western countries

you can google，senpai notice me

So...yeah，don't know how to translate it

How to translate 客氣

There are many scenarios

the most common one is 不客氣

So how to say 不客氣 in English

You're probably thinking bout' "you’re welcome" right?

Let me show you an expression that's on fleek

one simple word，anytime

Yo～～Check this out

“Hey thanks for helping me out”

“Anytime”

The person will fall in love with you immediately right?

Ok，let's get back

客氣 can also be used in「你不要跟我客氣」

In this expression

It means that you want the person to act more freely

The first one that cross my mind is "make yourself at home"

But that's what you usually say

when you invite people to your house

If you guys are outside

it'll be kinda weird

If you say that in a restaurant

This is not your home!!

So another expression is " no strings attached"

which means you don't need to pay me back so just act freely

Ok，we talked about so many Chinese words that are hard to translate

Did you guys get a lot of big platforms

There are still many Chinese words that's hard to translate

So if you are interested in a certain one

Leave a comment

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