主播: 翩翩(中国)+梅莉(法国)音乐:La plus belle pour aller danser想必大家都已经体验了微信的新功能(new feature)——“拍一拍”。今天,翩翩就和梅莉用英文聊一聊“拍一拍”。1.微信新功能:“拍一拍” 1.You double tap someone’s profile picture. 双击对方的头像。 2.It will shake the other person’s profile picture . 对方的头像会震动。 3.Then a message will show up in the conversation as “You nudged xxx” . 对话框会出现“你拍了拍XXX”信息。需要将微信升级到最新版本(the latest version)。除了拍别人,你还可以“自拍”(nudge yourself)。We can simply nudge them on WeChat. (以后,微信聊天直接“拍一拍”,不必再发“在吗”) 2.微信团队怎么翻译“拍一拍”?“nudge”: to push somebody gently轻轻地推某人,像小时候上课时,同桌会碰你一下,提醒“老师叫你呢!”“拍一拍”只是来提醒某人,而非真正的pat 或 beat。因此,微信团队使用“nudge”这个词非常传神,并且合适(fitting)。 3.微信翻译中的“英文小秘密”翩翩的手机屏幕中,会出现以下情况:(1) 如果翩翩拍了一下梅莉,会出现“you nudged 梅莉”的文字。(2)如果翩翩拍了一下自己,会出现“you nudged yourself”的文字。(3) 如果梅莉拍了一下梅莉,那么屏幕上会显示“梅莉 nudged themselves”的文字。梅莉是一个人,为什么用 themselves(他们自己)?原因很简单:因为微信不知道梅莉is a man or a woman,所以使用“they”来指代。*英文语法冷知识: 当你不知道一个人的性别时,可以用they、them、themselves 来指代。这叫做:单数they!就像是中文网上,用“TA”来直接代替“她”或“他”。At the end of 2015, this "singular they" was also selected as one of the ten "Word of the Year" of Oxford Dictionaries.2015年年底,“单数they”还曾入选为牛津词典(Oxford Dictionaries)的十大“年度词汇”(Word of the Year)之一。Singular they 很常用啊:(1)If anyone doesn’t like it, they can leave.(要是有人不喜欢,TA可以离开。)(2) When a friend upsets you, do you tell them?(朋友让你不开心的时候,你会告诉TA吗?)(3)Someone has left their coat behind.(有人把TA的外套落下了。)由此可见,This rule is actually really helpful,可以帮助我们cut down on the words。翻译下面这个句子:一个人不理发的时候,TA的头发就会变长。When somebody does not get a haircut, his or her hair grows long.有了singular they,下面这个句子就可以简化为:→When somebody does not get a haircut, their hair grows long.所以这就解释了,微信中,对方拍了拍自己,会翻译为“XXX nudged themselves”。Good job,WeChat!Please let us know:你有没有玩“拍一拍”呢?你又有哪些新发现吗?
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