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<< review queue entry 57896 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> ii One of those disjunctive definitions that tries so pathetically to be different from what ACE and everyone else since says: "to flatter; to compliment" (ABC, NC, NA, CCD) Noun usage is not uncommon. In fact, most examples in TP are either noun usage or 不敢恭維. Noun usage: 答：我沒什麼機會得到讀者的回饋，唯一的一次是最近到舊金山的旅途中，一位讀者碰巧知道我是譯者，跟我說，他和妻子每天晚上都爭著看這本書。對我而言，最大的恭維來自張大春本人，當我完成初稿寫信給他，他回信跟我說：哇！這簡直也是你的書。對一個譯者而言，這是我聽過最鼓舞、最感動的話。 A. I haven't had much of an opportunity to hear comments directly from readers. The sole exception was during a recent trip to San Francisco. I met someone who, upon discovering I was the translator of Wild Kids, declared: "My wife and I have been fighting over who gets to read it every night!" But for me, the greatest compliment came from Chang Ta-chun himself. Upon completing the initial translation of My Kid Sister I wrote to Chang to tell him and he responded saying: "Now it's your book too." As a translator, that is probably the most positive, reinforcing and touching remark I could ever hope for. 「自敘帖」的內容是記錄別人對其書法的恭維、稱讚， Without a moment's hesitation, Li showed him Huai Su's "Self-Reflections," a collection of various people's praise for the author. 同樣的迷思也反映在「漂亮女孩才有人騷擾」的觀念中，性騷擾從一種懷著惡意的性犯罪，竟被輕描淡寫成男性對女性的恭維。 A similar myth of blaming the victim is reflected in the idea that "only attractive women need worry about sexual harassment." This takes the serious and degrading crime of sexual harassment and plays it down so that it even becomes a form of flattery. [Ling once met an Internet acquaintance who took off without even finishing his coffee. His complaint? She was "too pretty."] 「我一點都沒受傷，反而有點開心，那是一種恭維啦，」 "I didn't mind a bit. In fact, I was a bit pleased, because in a way he was actually paying me a compliment." ----------------------------- Verb: 四年之後陳氏在第二封信又如此恭維金庸「今世猶只見此一人而已」。 Four years later, Chen would write Jin Yong a second letter, praising him as "the sole figure of note" in contemporary Chinese literature. ------------------------------ Expression ~ 不敢恭維: 「台灣電視的新聞品味，實在讓許多老外不敢恭維，」 "Many foreigners really can't believe what gets shown on the news in Taiwan," 除了用藥習慣、藥名翻譯的差異外，醫師的服務態度也令人不敢恭維。 In addition to the differences in prescribing habits and in the translation of medicinal names, the service mentality of the doctors left quite a bit to be desired. 旅美作家韓秀在中國大陸出生長大，但她對簡體字實在不敢恭維， Han Xiu, a writer who lives in the US, was born and raised in mainland China, but she has nothing good to say about simplified characters 「這兩位先生的辦事，真不敢恭維。」 "Well, I admit I don't have anything flattering to say about their administrative ability." 答：正體字從外形來說，非常具有美感。有志漢學的人，應當由此下手，「由繁入簡易，由簡入繁難」，更何況，不學正體字如何閱讀中國古書？同時，老實說，有些簡體字實在簡得令人不敢恭維，如無上下文，根本看不出原意。基本上，我建議學生兩種都必須會。 A: In terms of their appearance, the traditional complex forms of characters have great beauty. Someone intending to study sinology should start with them, for it is easier to move from complex to simplified characters than vice versa. Furthermore, if you don't study the traditional characters, how are you going to read ancient Chinese texts? Also, to be frank, some characters really have been simplified in ways one can't find a good word to say about, and if you see them out of context, you'd never guess what the original character was. I always encourage my students to learn both. |
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- 恭維 恭维 [gong1 wei5] /to flatter or give a compliment/ + 恭維 恭维 [gong1 wei5] /to praise/to speak highly of/compliment/praise/ # adding on Rich's suggestion + 不敢恭維 不敢恭维 [bu4 gan3 gong1 wei5] /to be underwhelmed/to be less than impressed/ |