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When translating a pun
Thread poster: Ivan Niu
Fargoer
Fargoer
Canada
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Phil 这个真的很妙 Feb 6, 2016

Phil Hand wrote:

所以说,后面的odd是指odd job吗?这整段有点怪,因为没有 moonlight job 这一说,moonlighting 是动词才对。反正既然是这个意思,我觉得可以考虑用小工或零工来重现英文的文字游戏。
说它是小工其实是小看它了。人家称之为零工,但它的价值远大于零。


奇怪,我们叫“炒更”,他们却叫“零”活儿。白干?!


[修改时间: 2016-02-06 22:20 GMT]


 
Jinhang Wang
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Another way of translating that sentence which, hopefully, could solve the problem of 竟 Feb 13, 2016

coolfool wrote:

On what grounds does 竟, or 居然, derive from? Perhaps you guys, I figure, make them up, pure and simple, from the thin air?

[修改时间: 2016-01-29 02:30 GMT]



After rethinking, I propose a different translation of that sentence, which, in my opinion, is more faithful to the original sentence in not only semantics, but also syntax: 把像那样的一个工作叫奇零工是奇怪的。 In this version, the character 奇 appears twice, but means differently, hence constituting a pun, so to speak.

[Edited at 2016-02-13 13:16 GMT]


 
edgarzhuochen
edgarzhuochen
China
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有没有上下文呢? Feb 27, 2016

语境还是很重要的。

 
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