Feb 20, 2005 13:59
19 yrs ago
Chinese term
惉搒暡巕
Non-PRO
Chinese to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
This is the title of a popular book created on-line in China. The author is known as 怺爱嬥莲 (Shen Ai Jin Lian). I know that:
1. "Fenzi" is current Chengdu dialect generally meaning "pretty girl(s)".
What I want to know is: Can you help me come up with a translation for Chengdu fenzi which somehow captures the use of "fen," that is, powder, rouge, basically "make-up"? It would be easy enough to translate as "pretty girl," "beauty," " etc., but I'm looking for something more slang, more original and which somehow suggests an association with the original Chinese character.
1. "Fenzi" is current Chengdu dialect generally meaning "pretty girl(s)".
What I want to know is: Can you help me come up with a translation for Chengdu fenzi which somehow captures the use of "fen," that is, powder, rouge, basically "make-up"? It would be easy enough to translate as "pretty girl," "beauty," " etc., but I'm looking for something more slang, more original and which somehow suggests an association with the original Chinese character.
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Denyce Seow
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Denyce Seow
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Works in: Chinese to English
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Chinese term (edited):
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粉子即美女，是用粉红、粉蓝等温馨甜美的颜色来形容 ...
www.jingqi.com/book/7AEC98CC/ 4172/4A6E/937B/8670E6B8BD4E.html
How about "Chengdu Pink-a-dollies", "Chengdu Pinkerellas" (not really original) or "Chengdu Dollies" (dolls usually have make-up, don't they)?
I can only bounce you some ideas here. Hope they help a little. Good luck!
www.jingqi.com/book/7AEC98CC/ 4172/4A6E/937B/8670E6B8BD4E.html
How about "Chengdu Pink-a-dollies", "Chengdu Pinkerellas" (not really original) or "Chengdu Dollies" (dolls usually have make-up, don't they)?
I can only bounce you some ideas here. Hope they help a little. Good luck!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Not all that thrilled with "dolls," but it does better meet my criteria of tying the word to that for make-up."
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Chinese term (edited):
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Just a suggestion.
I am not a Chinese and have never been in Chengdu, but I guess 暡巕 doesn't mean "powder, rouge, make-up or anything the like."
暡巕 could mean that the girl has a skin so smooth like powdered, something like the peel of a "peach."
So, I would translate 惉搒暡巕 as "a (peachy) chick from/of Chengdu" or simply "a peach from Chengdu."
Just a suggestion, subject to disagreements.
暡巕 could mean that the girl has a skin so smooth like powdered, something like the peel of a "peach."
So, I would translate 惉搒暡巕 as "a (peachy) chick from/of Chengdu" or simply "a peach from Chengdu."
Just a suggestion, subject to disagreements.
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