又中又英｜“Doesn’t strike me as” - Michael Chugani 褚簡寧
Michael Chugani 褚簡寧
2022-02-10 00:00
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Did Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor really use a profanity at a press conference last week? When a Hong Kong friend sent me a short clip of her seemingly using a profanity I thought it was fake but other friends told me it was real. I watched it many times and it really did sound like she had used a Cantonese profanity. The clip of her apparently using a profanity went viral on the internet. Many people agree the chief executive is arrogant and often dresses down top officials during meetings but she doesn’t strike me as someone who would use foul language.
The word “profanity” means a swear word or bad language. Foul language also means bad language. If something goes viral on the internet it means it spreads very quickly. To dress down means to wear informal clothes. People who usually wear suits to go to work often dress down or wear informal clothes if they have to work on Saturdays. But to dress down can also mean to angrily scold someone. The expression “doesn’t strike me as” is used when you don’t think of someone in a particular way. I never thought of the chief executive as someone who would use bad language.
The Cantonese profanity the chief executive seemingly used is the same as the English swear word “f..k”. She used it when she became annoyed at mixing up some points she was explaining during the press conference. It is not unusual for top leaders to use swear words. US President Joe Biden did it last week when he didn’t know his mic was still on after a press conference. He said something very rude about a Fox News reporter who often asks him difficult questions. The profanity the chief executive used is common in Hong Kong but is newsworthy when a political leader uses it. Biden apologized to the reporter but the chief executive has remained silent about her apparent use of a swear word.
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林鄭月娥上星期在記者會上，到底有沒有真的說了個粗口字（profanity）？當一位香港朋友傳來她似乎說了粗口（profanity）的短片時，我還以為是假的，但其他朋友卻告訴我那是千真萬確。我翻看了短片許多遍，聽起來她好像真的說了個廣東話粗口（profanity）。她明顯地爆粗（profanity）的短片在網上瘋傳（went viral）。許多人認為特首傲慢自負，常在會議期間訓斥（dresses down）高官，但她從沒有讓我覺得她像（doesn’t strike me as）一個會說粗言穢語（foul language）的人。
Profanity是指髒話， foul language同樣是指粗言穢語。若某事在網絡 goes viral，即是指它在網上瘋傳或爆紅。To dress down是指穿便裝；平日要穿套裝上班的人，若要在星期六上班，往往會 dress down，穿輕便的裝束去上班。但 to dress down也可以解作訓斥、數落某人。習語“doesn’t strike me as”是指你一直沒有想到某人會怎樣怎樣，我就從未想過特首是個會說髒話的人。
特首疑似說的髒話（profanity），就跟英語的髒話“f..k”是一樣的。在記者會上，她惱怒於自己混淆了想要解釋的幾點，而說了那個字。政府首腦說髒話不算稀奇，美國總統祖‧拜登上星期就爆了粗，當時記者會完結，他卻不知道自己的咪高峰還未關上。他就着一個常問他刁鑽問題的霍士新聞記者，說了一些非常無禮的話。特首所用的粗口（profanity）字眼在香港其實非常普遍，不過當一個政治領袖說的時候，仍然很有新聞價值。拜登最終向該名記者道歉，但特首明顯地說了個粗口字，卻始終默不作聲。
中譯：七刻
Michael Chugani 褚簡寧
The word “profanity” means a swear word or bad language. Foul language also means bad language. If something goes viral on the internet it means it spreads very quickly. To dress down means to wear informal clothes. People who usually wear suits to go to work often dress down or wear informal clothes if they have to work on Saturdays. But to dress down can also mean to angrily scold someone. The expression “doesn’t strike me as” is used when you don’t think of someone in a particular way. I never thought of the chief executive as someone who would use bad language.
The Cantonese profanity the chief executive seemingly used is the same as the English swear word “f..k”. She used it when she became annoyed at mixing up some points she was explaining during the press conference. It is not unusual for top leaders to use swear words. US President Joe Biden did it last week when he didn’t know his mic was still on after a press conference. He said something very rude about a Fox News reporter who often asks him difficult questions. The profanity the chief executive used is common in Hong Kong but is newsworthy when a political leader uses it. Biden apologized to the reporter but the chief executive has remained silent about her apparent use of a swear word.
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林鄭月娥上星期在記者會上，到底有沒有真的說了個粗口字（profanity）？當一位香港朋友傳來她似乎說了粗口（profanity）的短片時，我還以為是假的，但其他朋友卻告訴我那是千真萬確。我翻看了短片許多遍，聽起來她好像真的說了個廣東話粗口（profanity）。她明顯地爆粗（profanity）的短片在網上瘋傳（went viral）。許多人認為特首傲慢自負，常在會議期間訓斥（dresses down）高官，但她從沒有讓我覺得她像（doesn’t strike me as）一個會說粗言穢語（foul language）的人。
Profanity是指髒話， foul language同樣是指粗言穢語。若某事在網絡 goes viral，即是指它在網上瘋傳或爆紅。To dress down是指穿便裝；平日要穿套裝上班的人，若要在星期六上班，往往會 dress down，穿輕便的裝束去上班。但 to dress down也可以解作訓斥、數落某人。習語“doesn’t strike me as”是指你一直沒有想到某人會怎樣怎樣，我就從未想過特首是個會說髒話的人。
特首疑似說的髒話（profanity），就跟英語的髒話“f..k”是一樣的。在記者會上，她惱怒於自己混淆了想要解釋的幾點，而說了那個字。政府首腦說髒話不算稀奇，美國總統祖‧拜登上星期就爆了粗，當時記者會完結，他卻不知道自己的咪高峰還未關上。他就着一個常問他刁鑽問題的霍士新聞記者，說了一些非常無禮的話。特首所用的粗口（profanity）字眼在香港其實非常普遍，不過當一個政治領袖說的時候，仍然很有新聞價值。拜登最終向該名記者道歉，但特首明顯地說了個粗口字，卻始終默不作聲。
中譯：七刻
Michael Chugani 褚簡寧
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