Starting from June 12th, all three-star hotels in the eighth district of Beijing can get the English Translation of Chinese Menu from the Catering Management Office of the Tourism Bureau, and more than 2,300 Chinese dishes finally have their own fixed names. From now on, foreigners coming to Beijing will no longer be "on tenterhooks" about ordering Chinese food. However, the English translation of these Chinese dishes has gone through a difficult process from ridiculous to standardization and regularization. The English translation of Chinese food used to be ridiculous.

　　Chen Lin, a professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University, is a core member of the translation team of "Olympic Menu", and he participated in the translation of "Olympic Menu" all the time. When he and his colleagues saw the ironic English translations of many Chinese dishes, they felt a heavy sense of mission while laughing.

　　"The standardization of English translation of Chinese food began in 2006." Chen Lin said, "At that time, the Beijing Foreign Affairs Office and Tourism Bureau organized some old professors and started this work in cooperation with the translation room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We collected more than 6,000 kinds of China dishes, then reduced them to more than 2,600 kinds, and finally determined more than 2,300 kinds for translation. " Experts who have been engaged in foreign language teaching and research for many years, such as Chen Lin, couldn’t help laughing after seeing the original English translations of these Chinese dishes.

　　For example, "Mapo Tofu" is translated into "bean curd made by a pock-marked woman" (tofu made by a woman with freckles); "Husband and wife＇s lungslice" is translated into "hubband and wife’s lung slice"; "Broiler" is translated into "Chicken without sexual life" (chicken without sexual life), and these English translations are reported by the media as news.

　　"There are many others. For example,’ Braised lion’s head’ is literally translated. Like’ husband and wife lung slices’, who dares to order such a dish from a foreigner who doesn’t know?" Chen Lin said with a smile, "To this end, we have formulated seven principles for the translation of dish names, including trying to keep the cultural color contained in the dish names, expressing the raw materials, tastes and practices of the dishes, trying to keep the commonly known names as agreed, trying to be concise and to the point, and then dealing with special situations." Now, the above Chinese dishes finally have an official name in English. MapoTofu is transliterated as Mapo Tofu, Broiler Chicken is literally translated as Steamed Spring Chicken, and Braised Pork Balls in SoySauce is translated as Braised Pork Balls according to raw materials and production methods. Similarly, "Husband and wife lung slices" is translated into "Beef and Ox Tripe in Chili Sauce" (beef and tripe in Chili sauce).

　　Experts also argue in the process of translation.

　　Since it is a translation, there is bound to be an argument. "This is normal." Chen Lin said, "For example, some people translate it into delicious pork meatballs, and some people translate it into sour and sweet meatballs. After discussion, we finally think that the later translation is more appropriate, so the English translation that appears on the menu is the pinyin of" Gollum Meat "in front and the taste" ‘Sweet and Sour Pork with Fat‘ "in the back. "Chen Lin said that all the people involved in the Chinese-English translation of this dish name are equal, and anyone’s opinion may be rejected. "For example, one translation of’ shredded pork with fish flavor’ is’ pork strips with fish flavor’, but some people suggest that’ fish flavor’ doesn’t seem to have a fixed taste, which makes sense. Although I agree with the above translation, I followed everyone’s meaning and finally translated this dish into’ pork strips with sweet and sour taste’."

　　"The name of the dish can’t be too long. Our primary purpose is to let foreigners know the raw materials, tastes and practices. The China culture contained in the name of the dish can only be covered as much as possible. It is impossible to list long paragraphs on the menu to explain the origin of’ kung pao chicken’ or’ crossing the bridge rice noodles’. The spread of China culture and China food culture is indeed very important, but we hope that these will become the conversation materials at the dinner table. For example, through the introduction of tour guides, the mission of spreading food culture should be better. "

　　Therefore, on the menu, all the dishes with the word Gong Bao are prefixed with "KungPao", and the most common translation is "practice+raw materials+taste", and special circumstances need special treatment. "For example,’ Buddha jumps over the wall’ can’t be translated directly, so you can only use Pinyin, and indicate the materials and practices, so that foreigners can understand it at a glance." Chen Lin said.

　　The inexplicable translation of the name is more than the name of the dish.

　　The translation of "Olympic Menu" has aroused great concern, not only in China media, but also in many foreign media. For example, the Washington Post published a full-page report on the Chinese-English translation of the "Olympic Menu" on the front page. They can’t help sighing that they won’t be puzzled by the strange names of dishes when they arrive in China. In fact, it is not just the English translation of Chinese food that puzzles foreigners.

　　"Before translating the names of dishes, we have done many other translations, including signs and road signs in public places, and we have seen more jokes, such as’ Be careful of falling into the water’ being translated into’ falling into the water slowly’ and’ Don’t trample on the green land’ being translated into’ Greenland’, but this English word refers specifically to’ Greenland’." Chen Lin said.

　　Chen Lin also used the words of foreign friends to emphasize the importance of standardizing the translation of dish names. Some foreign friends told Chen Lin that it is better not to change some existing translations. For them, these translations are very interesting. In this case, they can communicate with their friends. They even suggested that a related museum should be established.

　　"When I was interviewed by foreign media, I said that there are historical reasons for this situation in China. Now, these efforts we have made for the Olympic Games are to provide convenience for them and also reflect the overall English level of our country, so it is very meaningful to do this work. " Chen Lin said.

Editor: Li Erqing

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Don’t ask about foreign land and hometown.

Where are people, where is Nian?

According to the data of railway administration,

This ugly year of the ox

More than 100 million people choose to "stay behind"

Celebrate the New Year on the spot and have a reunion.

every"original year person"the story of

It smells good!

01

"Clean year, leave some time to pay attention to yourself"

NingxinActress from mainland China, with representative works such as Eye of the Storm, Hot-blooded Companion, Smiling Beauty, etc. She is a popular contestant in Miss Chongqing contest in 2012, and also a typical Sichuan girl. She is straightforward and generous, and relatives and friends love to find her when they go to Beijing, calling her "Chongqing and Zigong’s receptionist in Beijing".

Ningxin likes excitement and likes Chinese New Year.

"In the year of my heart, there are beautiful frogs, sweet and sour ribs, a big table of red and spicy dishes, and a large family gathering together."Ning Xin said that in addition to Sichuan and Chongqing cuisine, their family’s Spring Festival must-have repertoire is to visit relatives and friends, and Chongqing-Zigong-Neijiang turns around, keeping up with the clockwork every day. It is necessary to string many doors and meet many people.

This year is different, because of work, Ningxin stayed in Haikou. During the post-epidemic period, in order to respond to the call of the country to "celebrate the New Year on the spot", she simply stayed in Haikou for the New Year.

Without special planning or preparation in advance, I ate a New Year’s Eve dinner package at the hotel. Although compared with previous years, the taste of the year is a little lighter, but it is plain and has a different flavor.

"The time spent playing mobile phones has been greatly shortened. I eat and sleep in the house and watch movies every day. When I am bored, I go out for a walk, look at the sea, stay for a long time, or think about my future plans.I like a lively year, and I also like a quiet year-to be quiet when it should be lively, to leave some time for myself, to pay attention to myself, and to let me see myself more clearly."NingXin said.

02

"With the’ comrades in arms’ group year, the human touch is the taste of the year."

Chen yuanqiShe is a nurse in the Department of Neurology, Kuanren Hospital in northern Chongqing. Her hometown is Luzhou, Sichuan. As a front-line medical staff, she knows better than ordinary people the meaning behind "celebrating the New Year on the spot".

Therefore, she decided to become a member of the "left-behind" army.

Although parents are distressed that the girl is alone in a foreign land, long live understanding in the face of the epidemic.

The hospital hoarded a lot of materials (delicious food) in advance, and also arranged some red decorations in advance, such as a small puppet in the shape of a cow, a red fruit flower arrangement and so on.

On the first day of junior high school, colleagues in the department sat together to make jiaozi and glutinous rice balls, and sent some hot jiaozi to patients and their families. Everyone was so moved that they thanked them again and again. "It’s so warm of you!"

Chen Yuanqi said that the year of Chongqing in 2021 is busy and warm.

"After the intense anti-epidemic and epidemic prevention war, the medical staff in our department are not only colleagues, but also comrades-in-arms and relatives. Although I can’t go home for the New Year, I’m not alone with everyone. It turns out that this is the meaning of the Spring Festival-where people are and where the year is. The human touch is the taste of the year. "

03

"The ceremonial feeling of the Spring Festival, a fireworks show worth 200 million yuan"

OliviaIt’s a western pastry chef. The reporter collected materials from the readers of the new women’s newspaper, and Olivia volunteered to share her story of "celebrating the New Year on the spot" in Xiamen.

Xiamen during the Spring Festival, in the words of writer Haruki Murakami, is that there is not a cloud in the sky and the wind is warm, which is an impeccable sunny day. The vast rape blossoms in Xiangshan and the cherry blossoms in Manshan are the most beautiful spring scenery.

Olivia said that in the past, during the Spring Festival in Chongqing, flannel thick cotton trousers were always unkempt-no fashionable white-collar worker could escape the fate of becoming a "village flower" every second. There is an advantage in Xiamen, a long skirt and a wave by the sea, showing the Hawaiian style.

"A person can’t brush his circle of friends when he is in the field for the New Year. He feels that happiness and carnival belong to others. But the first day of the New Year is the happiest, because I made an appointment with my friends to see the island road.A fireworks show worth 200 million yuan. "Fireworks were set off in Jinmen, Xiamen for half an hour. Olivia always wanted to shoot a romantic scene of waving fairy wand at the seaside, but the sea breeze and waves refused, and finally only took a video of sand sculpture wishing on fairy wand.

Fireworks for half an hour, traffic jams in the middle of the night, the grand occasion is comparable to the annual New Year’s Eve in Jie Fangbei, Chongqing, and this fireworks party finally ends with the operation of hotels and homestays around the island.

"I miss Chongqing’s grilled fish and hot pot skewers, miss the lights of Hongyadong, miss the excitement of Guanyin Bridge, and miss the home-cooked meals made by my parents. But when we grow up and work, we often can’t do whatever we want. But,It doesn’t matter if you don’t like the food, the dialect you don’t understand, or the climate with strong ultraviolet rays, because as long as you are brave enough, you will always wait for a beautiful fireworks feast."Olivia said.

Today is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

Spring is beautiful, the wind is soft and the sun is warm.

Some people are busy preparing for spring ploughing and driving out poverty.

Some people run out of holiday balance.

The workload is on the way.

I hope my friends will work hard.

Get rich in the year of the ox

All the wishes you want come true ~

Text _ Chief reporter Gong Zhengxing

Figure _ Provided by respondents

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