双语 | 一张板凳用英语怎么说——“abandon”
2022/09/23
《脱口秀大会5》火热开播,让我看看是谁的快乐又回来啦!
每季脱口秀,除了熟悉的脱口秀演员回归舞台,还有永不缺席的谐音梗卷土重来。
谐音梗究竟有多上头,这届网友很有发言权。
“烂梗”无国界,英语母语者也喜欢用谐音开玩笑,这种用法通常被称作双关(pun)。根据牛津词典的定义,双关语是一种“文字游戏”(a play on words),利用词的多义和同音条件,有意使语句具有双重意义,是言在此而意在彼的修辞方式。这种修辞很容易达到幽默效果。
The use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more meanings or different associations, or of two or more words of the same or nearly the same sound with different meanings, so as to produce a humorous effect.
就像英语中常见的“dad jokes”(俗称老爹笑话),就常常利用双关手法,在一句话或一问一答中展现出令人啼笑皆非的冷幽默。
A dad joke is a short joke, typically a pun, presented as a one-liner or a question and answer, but not a narrative. Generally inoffensive, dad jokes are stereotypically told by fathers among family, either with sincere humorous intent, or to intentionally provoke a negative reaction to its overly-simplistic humor.
不信让我们来一起看看下面这些dad jokes,你能get到都是什么意思吗?
01
-I got hit in the head with a can of soda yesterday.
-Luckily it was a soft drink.
soda是一种软饮料(soft drink),而因为这种饮料很soft,所以即使被打也不会觉得疼。
02
I have a few jokes about unemployed people, but none of them work.
work在这里一语双关,既指“工作”也指“奏效、成功”。
03
What do you call a bee that can’t make up its mind? A maybe.
maybe表示犹豫不确定,且其中的be正好和bee同音
看完这些dad jokes,你是不是信心大增,觉得“谐音梗太简单了!我也可以来一段五分钟的脱口秀!”
但是,在咱们开始讲开放麦之前,先来了解一下英语语境中到底什么是脱口秀吧!
“脱口秀”一词音译自英文“talk show”。剑桥词典中对talk show的定义为:
A radio or television programme on which famous guests are asked questions about themselves, or members of the public discuss a particular subject.
不难看出,talk show其实是一种电视广播谈话节目,比如《鲁豫有约》《柯南秀》等,而热播的《脱口秀大会》中所呈现出来的喜剧表演形式更像一种单口相声,在英语中被称为 stand-up comedy(站立喜剧),其演员则叫stand-up comedian。
你以为的脱口秀
实际上的脱口秀
《脱口秀大会》只是借用了“脱口秀”这个大众已经熟知的名字,实际却并不是严格意义上的脱口秀节目。
细心的朋友们可能已经发现了,《脱口秀大会5》的英文名称并没有翻译为talk show,也没有直接简单地翻译为 stand-up comedy,而是结合词义和节目内容,进行了艺术加工,译为Rock&Roast。
“Roast”一词本身有许多定义。它可以指烘烤,也可以表示吐槽。在美国的知名脱口秀《喜剧中心吐槽大会》(Comedy Central Roast)节目中,吐槽者叫roaster,被吐槽者叫做roastee。另外,“rock” 在英文中可以作为一个感叹词,与“roast”搭配押头韵,读起来朗朗上口,将现场热烈的氛围巧妙地传递了出来。
好啦,今天的知识点你都掌握了吗?如果没有的话也没关系,做不了脱口秀大王,那就做快乐大王~
不过瘾的话,还有更多dad jokes,等你挑战哦!
What’s the most groundbreaking invention of all time? The shovel.
Did you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He’s all right now.
Never trust an atom, they make up everything!
I can’t believe I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off!
Becoming a vegetarian is a big missed steak.