热词“杠精”英译漫谈

On the English Translation of the Buzzword“Gangjing”

“杠精”是指抬杠成瘾的一类群体。英语中也有语义比较等值的用语,须仔细甄别分析。其中,argumentative people是中规中矩的翻译,contrarian系英语俚语,都可以是“杠精”的对应表达。Troll指网络“喷子”,在语义上与“杠精”不甚吻合。

“Gangjing”refers to a group of people who are addicted to arguing for the sake of arguing.There are also equivalent terms in English,which need to be carefully screened and analyzed.Among them,argumentative people is a well-regulated translation,and contrarian is an English slang,both of which can be the corresponding expression of“gangjing”.Troll refers to Internet“troll”,which is not very semantically consistent with“gangjing”.