沃尔得电台——What is a colorful wolf?

 沃尔得电台——What is a colorful wolf?

 

沃尔得电台——What is a colorful wolf?

A:欢迎收听沃尔得电台，我是秀秀。

B: I’m Ukachi. Do you know what is “色狼”?

A：为什么这么问啊，有人说你是色狼吗？

B：No, But yesterday, when I was chatting with a friend about relationships and romance(浪漫，感情)in Chinese, my friend suddenly came up with a question in Chinese,“你的那位朋友不会是色狼吧？”I didn’t understand that so I asked, “What does ‘色狼’mean?” She said, “‘色狼’is a colorful wolf.”

A: Oh, that’s the literal translation(直译)from Chinese. By “色狼”we mean the man who is not serious with woman in affection(感情)。如果我发现你色眯眯的盯着一个女生看，我就可以说你是大色狼。

B: Wow, I see.不过我可不是色狼哦。

A：How do you say that in English?

B: I think it should be “lecher”, or “womanizer” in English.

A:哦，那看来我也得注意一下不能把色狼说成是colorful wolf, 不然太丢脸了。

B: I know you Chinese care a lot about the face!

A: That’s right.

B: But you know what, sometimes when we translate that into English it can sound pretty awkward.

A: 哦？

B: Once my girlfriend got mad with me (生我的气), and yelled “I give you face ,you don’t want a face, you lose your face, I turn my face!”

A: Wow, is that a tongue twister? Let me see, I think it means “我给你脸，你不要脸，你丢脸，我翻脸！”

B: But I was really puzzled by that “face sentence” so I started at her, with a big question mark on my face.

A: How did she response?

B: Well, she couldn’t help bursting into laughter(放声大笑).

A：Did you tell her how say that later?

B: Yes, a better way would be. “I’m giving you a chance to redeem yourself and yet you won’t take it. You shame yourself and you anger me.”