中餐馆菜单上吓人的错误,让来自世界各地的外国人觉得好笑。谁会忘记吃过“火烤狮子的头”(burnt lion's head,即红烧狮子头)这道菜?在网上快速搜索一下,可以看到有关“麻辣黄炸腹部丝绸”(benumbed hot Huang fries belly silk,实为“麻辣韭黄炒肚丝”)和“香味使牛仔的骨头爆炸”(fragrance explodes the cowboy bone)等“佳肴“的报道。我个人最爱吃的是“铁板烧”,它被直译成iron flooring cremation(正确的译法应该是baked on an iron griddle)。
部分菜名的规范译法:
麻婆豆腐
Mapo Tofu (stir-fried tofu in hot sauce)
旧译:Pock-marked old woman's bean curd(满脸麻子的老太婆的豆腐)
拌双耳
Tossed black and white fungus
旧译:Two ears tossed together(两只耳朵搅拌在一起)
夫妻肺片
Beef and ox tripe in chili sauce
旧译:"Man-and-wife" lung slices(丈夫和妻子的肺切片)
醉鸡
Liquor-soaked chicken
旧译:Drunken chicken(喝醉的鸡)
怪味猪手
Braised spicy pig feet
旧译:Strange-flavour pig feet(味道奇怪的猪脚)
红烧狮子头
Stewed pork ball in brown sauce
旧译:Red-braised lion's heads(烧红了的狮子头)
鱼香肉丝
Yu-Hsiang shredded pork
旧译:Fish-fragrant pork slivers(鱼香味的猪肉丝)
蚂蚁上树
Sauteed vermicelli with spicy minced
旧译:ants climbing a tree(蚂蚁们在爬树)
口水鸡
Steamed chicken with chili sauce
旧译:saliva chicken(口水浸泡的鸡)
翡翠虾仁
Sauteed shrimps with broccoli
旧译:Jadeite shrimps(翡翠虾)
乡村大丰收
Raw vegetables combination
旧译:A bumper harvest, village-style(丰收,乡村口味)
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(来源:新浪教育 编辑:Julie)