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增進觀看中文奧運的體驗。

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。）