Jiayou Xinxilan: Olympic Chinese to Kiwis
※本篇為英文文章翻譯。出處請見內文。
※不管是新西蘭還是紐西蘭都是指 New Zealand。
Jiayou Xinxilan: Olympic Chinese to Kiwis
新西蘭加油：給紐西蘭人的奧運中文
As Olympic television watchers plonk themselves down for a megafeast of sport, it could be useful to know a little Chinese.
當奧運電視觀眾坐著觀賞各種運動時，這有助於瞭解一些中文。
So that when the Bird's Nest erupts into "Jiayou! jiayou!" it's just simply a case of the sell out crowd urging the athletes to "go, go..."
因此當鳥巢傳出如雷貫耳的「Jiayou! Jiayou! (加油！加油！)」時，這其實可以簡單解釋為人山人海的觀眾向運動員高喊：「go, go...」。
Its might even be a case of them calling that out and adding "Xinxilan" to it ? "go New Zealand".
甚至還可以在高喊這些話後加上「Xinxilan (新西蘭)」，也就是「紐西蘭加油 (go New Zealand)」的意思。
Auckland University's Confucius Institute has today produced a guide to enhance the experience of watching the Chinese Olympics.
奧克蘭大學的孔子學院於今日出版導覽手冊以�畤暮郡巴翳股�運的體驗。
This includes the Chinese characters New Zealand itself which is made up of three characters, separately spelling out "new west orchid".
裡頭也包含 New Zealand 的中文字，是由三個中文字組成。個別翻譯這些文字就是「new west orchid (新西蘭)」。
A New Zealander is a Xinxilan ren.
紐西蘭人就是 Xinxilan ren。
In Chinese the translation of the Olympic Games is a long word; Aolinpike yundonghui, literally meaning Olympic sports meeting.
Ollymic Games 的中文翻譯很長：Aolinpike yundonghui，文字意思就是奧林匹克運動會。
The games are in Beijing and its character has been developed into a dancing human figure as part of the games' mascot.
本次奧運在北京舉行，它的圖騰就像一個跳舞的人，被視為奧運吉祥物。
Jiayou Xinxilan: Olympic Chinese for Kiwis
(2008/08/08, By MICHAEL FIELD - Fairfax Media)
悠砂：
看到 Bird's Nest 差點要翻成燕窩XD 至於水立方則是 Water Cube。
日文中鳥巢寫成バードネスト（鳥の巣・とりのす），水立方是ウォーターキューブ（水立方・すいりっぽう）。
不曉得 Kiwis 會比較喜歡 Xinxilan 還是 Niuxilan？
（新西蘭是中國的翻譯；好像新加坡、香港也和我們一樣翻成紐西蘭。）
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