我 demand 中文 demand 的同義詞!

[Luby Liao]

使英文成為台灣人生活的一部份 / Make English a part of Taiwanese

我 demand 中文 demand 的同義詞!

Demand 比 ask, beg 來得強. 翻成 要求  便失去它強烈的本意. 

我舉一個例子來說明 demand 這個字的重要性.

Taiwanese should demand a just judicial system 翻成
台灣人應該要求司法公正 是不恰當的. 

跟誰要求?  跟政府要求嗎?  然而政府不是人民的公僕嗎, 怎麼主人反倒要向僕人要求?

Google Translate 給了八個可能的翻譯:

1. 需求
2. 要求
3. 需要
4. 索取
5. 索
6. 要
7. 討
8. 責

上個的例子顯示這八個翻譯都不理想.  我建議

• 不要把 demand 翻成要求
• 暫時把 demand 翻成 敵蠻 (demand), 例如 我們敵蠻 (demand) 司法公正, until an equivalent term is created.  

[Taiwan_Echo]

敵蠻 doesn't sound right. It looks like you are against something, which might give opposite impression.

Thought of : 嚴求、堅求

But with a "求" in there, they seem to carry a meaning of "begging". But I think they are better than 敵蠻.

2011/7/2 Luby Liao <luby...@gmail.com>

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