前言
最近我在 https://wiby.org 翻看老网站的时候遇到了 grin.hu 这个网站。看COPYRIGHT,似乎是从90s一直运营到现在的网站了。但是为什么它没有关门大吉呢?我详细了解了一下背后的站长——匈牙利开发者 Péter Gervai。Péter Gervai 是匈牙利维基百科(Hungarian Wikipedia)的创始人之一、一位长期活跃在互联网文化、技术工程、BBS 社区早期生态的人。
这个网站就是他的早期作品。其中,就有这么一篇陈年老文。全文其实就是在讲英语语法,关于“fuck”。
这是原文的URL:https://grin.hu/funtxt/fido/en/fuck.html
有兴趣的朋友可以自行去看一看。还有一篇《Cybersex》我翻译到一半直接笑喷了,索性换一篇比较严肃的文章进行翻译(本文),虽然说这篇文章也有能让人忍俊不禁的笑点。
总之,请欣赏,有问题请在评论区指出,感谢。
译文
FUCK
也许“fuck”这个是现代英语中最有趣、最多彩的词之一了。它非常神奇——只需要靠说它的语气,就可以描述痛苦、快乐、爱恨情仇。在英语中,"fuck"属于许多语法的范畴之内,它可以用作动词、名词……
它可以是一个表动作的动词:“john really gives a fuck”(约翰真的很在乎这件事);也可以是表被动的动词:“Mary really doesn't give a fuck”(玛丽根本不关心这茬);更可以是一个副词:“Mary is fucking interesting in John”(玛丽对约翰真的很感兴趣)。它也可以被用作形容词:“Mary is fucking beautiful”(玛丽非常漂亮),或者一个叹词:“Fuck!I'm late for my date with Mary”(靠!今天跟玛丽的约会我迟到了)。
它甚至可以用作连词:“Mary is easy, fuck she's also stupid”(玛丽很随和从容,然而她也很愚蠢)。
如你所见,几乎没有单词能像“fuck”一样有如此多的功能。
除去它的有关性描述的内涵,这个不可思议的词还可以用在许多场合:
1. 打招呼 "How the fuck are ya?"(最近怎么样啊?)
2. 被欺诈 "I got fucked by the car dealer."(我被车贩子坑了。)
3. 无可奈何 "Oh, fuck it!"(我真服了。)
4. 困境 "I guess I'm fucked now."(我估摸着我要完蛋了。)
5. 攻击别人 "FUCK YOU!"(我O你O!)
6. 厌恶 "Fuck me."(见了鬼了。)
7. 困惑 "What the fuck.......?"(怎么一回事……?)
8. 窘境 "I don't understand this fucking business!"(我真不明白为什么要搞这种买卖)
9. 失望 "Fucked again..."(又来了……)
10. 开心 "I fucking couldn't be happier."(我现在超级开心!)
11. 不开心 "What the fuck is going on here?"(这里发生啥了?)
12. 迷路 "Where the fuck are we."(我们现在到底在哪?)
13. 不信任 "UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE!"(根本不可信任!)
14. 报复别人 "Up your fucking ass!"(滚!)
15. 拒绝 "I didn't fucking do it."(我是不可能做这事的。)
16. 疑惑 "I know fuck all about it."(我咋可能知道这事?)
17. 问好 "How the fuck are ya?"(最近过的咋样啊?)
18. 质疑 "Who the fuck are you?"(你谁?)
19. 恐慌 "Let's get the fuck out of here."(我们现在就出去!)
20. 指向 "Fuck off."(滚开)
21. 难以置信 "How the fuck did you do that?"(你怎么做出这事的?)
它可以被用来骂人——"He's a fucking asshole."(他是个混蛋。)
也可以告诉别人时间——"It's five fucking thirty."(现在是五点三十。)
当然也可以用在商业——"How did I wind up with this fucking job?"(我怎么得到这份该死的工作的?)
还可以是更强烈的骂人——"Motherfucker."(混蛋。)
也可以是政治性的——"Fuck Dan Quayle!"(该死的丹奎尔!)
【注:丹·奎尔(Dan Quayle,1947年2月4日—),美国政治家,出生于印第安纳州印第安纳波利斯,1977年至1981年任联邦众议员,1981年至1989年任联邦参议员,1989年至1993年任美国副总统,现任博龙资产管理有限公司旗下主管。】
很多名人都用过这词,如下:
"What the fuck was that?" Mayor of Hiroshima
"Where did all these fucking Indians come from?"
General Custer
"Where the fuck is all this water coming from?"
Captain of the Titanic
"Thats not a real fucking gun." John Lennon
"Who's gonna fucking find out?" Richard Nixon
"Heads are going to fucking roll." Anne Boleyn
"Let the fucking woman drive." Commander of Space Shuttle
"Challenger"
"What fucking map?" Mark Thatcher
"Any fucking idiot could understand that." Albert Einstein
"How the fuck did you work that out?" Pythagoras
"You want what on the fucking ceiling?" Michaelangelo
"Fuck a duck." Walt Disney
"Why?- Because its fucking there!" Edmund Hilary
"I don't suppose its gonna fucking rain?" Joan of Arc
"Scattered fucking showers my ass." Noah
"I need this parade like I need a fucking hole in my head."
John F. Kennedy
原文
FUCK
Perhaps one of the most interesting and colorful words in the English language today is the word "fuck". It is the one magical word which, just by its sound, can describe pain, pleasure, love, and hate. In language, "fuck" falls into many grammatical categories. It can be used as a verb, noun...
It can be an action verb (John really gives a fuck), a passive verb (Mary really doesn't give a fuck), an adverb (Mary is fucking interested in John), o as a noun (Mary is a terrific fuck). It can also be used as an adjective (Mar is fucking beautiful) or an interjection (Fuck! I'm late for my date with Mary.)
It can even be used as a conjunction (Mary is easy, fuck she's also stupid).
As you can see, there are very few words with the overall versatility of the word "fuck".
Aside from its sexual connotations, this incredible word can be used to many situations:
1. Greetings "How the fuck are ya?"
2. Fraud "I got fucked by the car dealer."
3. Resignation "Oh, fuck it!"
4. Trouble "I guess I'm fucked now."
5. Aggression "FUCK YOU!"
6. Disgust "Fuck me."
7. Confusion "What the fuck.......?"
8. Difficulty "I don't understand this fucking business!"
9. Despair "Fucked again..."
10. Pleasure "I fucking couldn't be happier."
11. Displeasure "What the fuck is going on here?"
12. Lost "Where the fuck are we."
13. Disbelief "UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE!"
14. Retaliation "Up your fucking ass!"
15. Denial "I didn't fucking do it."
16. Perplexity "I know fuck all about it."
17. Apathy "Who really gives a fuck, anyhow?"
18. Greetings "How the fuck are ya?"
19. Suspicion "Who the fuck are you?"
20. Panic "Let's get the fuck out of here."
21. Directions "Fuck off."
22. Disbelief "How the fuck did you do that?"
It can be used in an anatomical description- "He's a fucking asshole."
It can be used to tell time- "It's five fucking thirty."
It can be used in business- "How did I wind up with this fucking job?"
It can be maternal- "Motherfucker."
It can be political- "Fuck Dan Quayle!"
It has also been used by many notable people throughout history:
"What the fuck was that?" Mayor of Hiroshima
"Where did all these fucking Indians come from?"
General Custer
"Where the fuck is all this water coming from?"
Captain of the Titanic
"Thats not a real fucking gun." John Lennon
"Who's gonna fucking find out?" Richard Nixon
"Heads are going to fucking roll." Anne Boleyn
"Let the fucking woman drive." Commander of Space Shuttle
"Challenger"
"What fucking map?" Mark Thatcher
"Any fucking idiot could understand that." Albert Einstein
"How the fuck did you work that out?" Pythagoras
"You want what on the fucking ceiling?" Michaelangelo
"Fuck a duck." Walt Disney
"Why?- Because its fucking there!" Edmund Hilary
"I don't suppose its gonna fucking rain?" Joan of Arc
"Scattered fucking showers my ass." Noah
"I need this parade like I need a fucking hole in my head."
John F. Kennedy