中文热词通常反映社会变化和文化，有些在外国媒体上愈来愈流行。例如，土豪和大妈都是老词，但已获取了新的意义。土豪以前指欺压佃户和仆人的乡村地主，现在用于指花钱如流水或喜欢炫耀财富的人，也就是说，土豪有钱，但是没有品位。大妈是对中年妇女的称呼，但是现在特指不久前金价大跌时大量购买黄金的中国妇女。土豪和大妈可能会被收入新版的牛津（Oxford）英语词典，至今约有120个中文词语加进了牛津英语词典，成了英语语言的一部分。

 

The Chinese hot words usually reflect the social changes and culture, some of which are increasingly popular with foreign media. For example, tuhao and dama are old words, but they are given new meanings.

 

Tuhao used to mean the rural landlords oppressing the tenant farmers and servants, but now they relate to individuals who lavish and flash money about. In other words, tuhao are wealthy but tasteless. Dama referred to middle-aged women. Instead, it particularly means Chinese women who purchased bulk gold shortly before the gold price decreased.

 

Tuhao and dama may be included in a new-edition Oxford dictionary. Until now, about 120 Chinese words have been added into it and they also have become a part of English language.

 

土豪的各版本翻译

 

@建昆老师 编撰自网络

 

2014年6月的六级试卷中，“土豪”“大妈”惊现江湖。土豪这个词霸气华丽，针对它的翻译也是一箩筐。首先，很多机智的考生，使用拼音来翻译“土豪”和“大妈”，是可以接受的。

 

以下翻译，来自网络，仅供参考。我倾向于使用第二个。

 

1. newly rich：新富；暴发户

 

2. upstart：柯林斯高阶词典的解释是You can refer to someone as an upstart when they behave as if they are important, but you think that they are too new in a place or job to be treated as important.翻译成中文就是暴发户、新贵的意思，还可以指傲慢自负的人，这个词还有形容词词性，翻译为暴富的；自命不凡的；傲慢无礼的。

 

3. provincial tycoon：provincial adj.省的，地方的意思，也引申为乡下的、粗野的、鄙俗的意思；tycoon大亨的意思。地方上的大亨！这是在地域上定义土豪！

 

4. vulgar tycoon：If you describe something as vulgar, you think it is in bad taste or of poor artistic quality. vulgar是指粗俗的；庸俗的；俗气的；不雅的。提供这一译文的朋友是多么憎恶仇视土豪啊！

 

5. rural rich：rural adj.意思是乡下的，农村的，与之相对的是城市（urban），看来土豪永远摆脱不了浓重的地方气息……

 

6. Beverly Hillbillies：很洋气的翻译。Beverly Hillbillies是一部很搞笑的喜剧电影片名，音译为《贝弗利山乡巴佬》，Beverly Hills是好莱坞富豪云集的比华利山庄，Hillbillies是“土包子”的意思，合在一起就是聚集在豪华山庄的土包子们！

 

7. rich rednecks：redneck是“红脖子”的意思，在美国南方，没文化的老土常被人称为redneck，再加上有钱（rich），大概也就是土豪了吧！