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最近，新浪微博上一个叫“扶苏公子”的网友发起了一个讨论。大意是：两个字的词语，你觉得最有中国味道的，是什么？我想到的是“江南”。小时候跟着外婆住，附近的几个村庄都有小河穿流而过。所以我很喜欢江南水乡。

大学时，第一次坐火车就是去著名的江南水乡：周庄和西塘。唐代诗人白居易有一首词《忆江南》：
江南好，风景旧曾谙。日出江花红胜火，春来江水绿如蓝。能不忆江南？

当然，现在著名的几个江南水乡都被开发出来，成了旅游景点了，游客越来越多。特别是接下来七、八月的暑假，人山人海，不建议大家假期去这些地方。

也有人说，最有中国味道的词语是“恭喜”，因为中国人在过年的时候都会说“恭喜发财”。还有人说是“长安”，长安就是现在的西安，在唐朝的时候，长安非常繁荣。我的一个朋友说是“红颜”，红颜指的是年轻漂亮的女子。我们说：红颜知己。如果你是男性，你有一个女性好友，她十分理解你的想法，就可以说她是你的红颜知己。

有人说最有中国味道的词语是“拆迁”或者“强拆”，因为很多国家都不会发生这样的事情。类似的还有“城管”。
上面提到的人们都把味道理解成了感觉，但是还有一部分人不是这么理解的。

有的人说最有中国味道的词语是“北京”，或者有人说是“雾霾”，其实他们想表达的意思都差不多，雾霾中的北京空气里面或许真的有“味道”。

无论是“拆迁”、“城管”，还是“雾霾”，这些都体现了网友们对中国现实的关注。这也是网络时代有趣的地方，有时候认认真真地讨论一个问题，随着加入的人越来越多，就渐渐变成了“吐槽大会”。大家就会借这个话题表达自己想表达的东西。

那么你呢？你觉得最有中国味道的词语是什么？

最近，新浪微博上一個叫“扶蘇公子”的網友發起了一個討論。大意是：兩個字的詞語，你覺得最有中國味道的，是什麼？我想到的是“江南”。小時候跟著外婆住，附近的幾個村莊都有小河穿流而過。所以我很喜歡江南水鄉。

大學時，第一次坐火車就是去著名的江南水鄉：周莊和西塘。唐代詩人白居易有一首詞《憶江南》：
江南好，風景舊曾諳。日出江花紅勝火，春來江水綠如藍。能不憶江南？

當然，現在著名的幾個江南水鄉都被開發出來，成了旅遊景點了，遊客越來越多。特別是接下來七、八月的暑假，人山人海，不建議大家假期去這些地方。

也有人說，最有中國味道的詞語是“恭喜”，因為中國人在過年的時候都會說“恭喜發財”。還有人說是“長安”，長安就是現在的西安，在唐朝的時候，長安非常繁榮。我的一個朋友說是“紅顏”，紅顏指的是年輕漂亮的女子。我們說：紅顏知己。如果你是男性，你有一個女性好友，她十分理解你的想法，就可以說她是你的紅顏知己。

有人說最有中國味道的詞語是“拆遷”或者“強拆”，因為很多國家都不會發生這樣的事情。類似的還有“城管”。
上面提到的人們都把味道理解成了感覺，但是還有一部分人不是這麼理解的。

有的人說最有中國味道的詞語是“北京”，或者有人說是“霧霾”，其實他們想表達的意思都差不多，霧霾中的北京空氣裡面或許真的有“味道”。

無論是“拆遷”、“城管”，還是“霧霾”，這些都體現了網友們對中國現實的關注。這也是網絡時代有趣的地方，有時候認認真真地討論一個問題，隨著加入的人越來越多，就漸漸變成了“吐槽大會”。大家就會藉這個話題表達自己想表達的東西。

那麼你呢？你覺得最有中國味道的詞語是什麼？

Zuìjìn, xīnlàng wēi bó shàng yīgè jiào “fú sū gōngzǐ” de wǎngyǒu fāqǐle yīgè tǎolùn. Dàyì shì: Liǎng gè zì de cíyǔ, nǐ juédé zuì yǒu zhòng guó wèidào de, shì shénme? Wǒ xiǎngdào de shì “jiāngnán”. Xiǎoshíhòu gēnzhe wàipó zhù, fùjìn de jǐ gè cūnzhuāng dōu yǒu xiǎohé chuān liú érguò. Suǒyǐ wǒ hěn xǐhuān jiāngnán shuǐxiāng.

Dàxué shí, dì yī cì zuò huǒchē jiùshì qù zhùmíng de jiāngnán shuǐxiāng: Zhōuzhuāng hé xītáng. Táng dài shīrén báijūyì yǒuyī shǒu cí “yì jiāngnán”:
Jiāngnán hǎo, fēngjǐng jiù céng ān. Rì chū jiāng huāhóng shèng huǒ, chūnlái jiāngshuǐ lǜ rú lán. Néng bù yì jiāngnán?

Dāngrán, xiànzài zhùmíng de jǐ gè jiāngnán shuǐxiāng dōu bèi kāifā chūlái, chéngle lǚyóu jǐngdiǎnle, yóukè yuè lái yuè duō. Tèbié shì jiē xiàlái qī, bā yuè de shǔjià, rénshānrénhǎi, bù jiànyì dàjiā jiàqī qù zhèxiē dìfāng.

Yěyǒurén shuō, zuì yǒu zhòng guó wèidào de cíyǔ shì “gōngxǐ”, yīn wéi zhōngguó rén zài guònián de shíhòu dūhuì shuō “gōngxǐ fācái”. Hái yǒurén shuō shì “cháng’ān”, cháng’ān jiùshì xiànzài de xī’ān, zài táng cháo de shíhòu, cháng’ān fēicháng fánróng. Wǒ de yīgè péngyǒu shuō shì “hóngyán”, hóngyán zhǐ de shì niánqīng piàoliang de nǚzǐ. Wǒmen shuō: Hóngyán zhījǐ. Rúguǒ nǐ shì nánxìng, nǐ yǒu yīgè nǚxìng hǎoyǒu, tā shí fèn lǐjiě nǐ de xiǎngfǎ, jiù kěyǐ shuō tā shì nǐ de hóngyán zhījǐ.

Yǒurén shuō zuì yǒu zhòng guó wèidào de cíyǔ shì “chāiqiān” huòzhě “qiángchāi”, yīnwèi hěnduō guójiā dōu bù huì fāshēng zhèyàng de shìqíng. Lèisì de hái yǒu “chéngguǎn”.
Shàngmiàn tí dào de rénmen dōu bǎ wèidào lǐjiě chéngle gǎnjué, dànshì hái yǒu yībùfèn rén bùshì zhème lǐjiě de.

Yǒu de rén shuō zuì yǒu zhòng guó wèidào de cíyǔ shì “běijīng”, huòzhě yǒu rén shuō shì “wù mái”, qíshí tāmen xiǎng biǎodá de yìsi dōu chàbùduō, wù mái zhōng de běijīng kōngqì lǐmiàn huòxǔ zhēn de yǒu “wèidào”.

Wúlùn shì “chāiqiān”,“chéngguǎn”, háishì “wù mái”, zhèxiē dōu tǐxiànle wǎngyǒumen duì zhōngguó xiànshí de guānzhù. Zhè yěshì wǎngluò shídài yǒuqù dì dìfāng, yǒu shíhòu rèn rènzhēn zhēn dì tǎolùn yīgè wèntí, suízhe jiārù de rén yuè lái yuè duō, jiù jiànjiàn biàn chéngle “tǔcáo dàhuì”. Dàjiā jiù huì jiè zhège huàtí biǎodá zìjǐ xiǎng biǎodá de dōngxī.

Nàme nǐ ne? Nǐ juédé zuì yǒu zhòng guó wèidào de cíyǔ shì shénme?

Recently on Sinlang Weibo, a netizen called Fusu Gongzi(1) initiated a discussion. The gist of it is as follows: which two character words have the most Chinese flavour? What came to my mind is Jiangnan. When I was young I lived with my grandmother. The neighbouring villages all had streams flowing through them so I really like the region of rivers and lakes in Jiangnan.

While I was at university the first time I ever caught a train was to go to the famous water-land areas of Jiangnan – Zhouzhuang and Xitang. The Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi has a poem Dreaming of Jiangnan.

Dreaming of the Southern Shore
Bai Juyi
Fair Southern shore,
With scenes I adore.
At sunrise riverside flowers redder than fire,
In spring green waves grow as blue as sapphire,
Which I can’t but admire.
(Translated by Xu Yuanchong)

Of course now, several of the famous areas of Jiangnan have seen development and have become scenic attractions for travellers so more and more tourists can be seen there. Especially in the summer holidays, after July and August, there are hordes of people so I don’t recommend anyone going there on holiday.

Also someone has said that the word with the most Chinese flavour is ‘gongxi’ (2) because Chinese always say ‘gongxi facai’ (3) at New Year. Others say it is ‘chang’an’. Chang’an is present day ‘Xi’an’. During the Tang Dynasty, Chang’an really flourished. One friend of mine says that it is ‘hongyan’ (4); ‘hongyan’ refers to young and beautiful girls. We have the expression: ‘hongyanzhiji’ (5). If you are male and have a really good female friend who completely understands your way of thinking then you can say she is your ‘hongyanzhiji’.

Some people say the word with the most Chinese flavour is ‘qiangchai’ (6), because in many countries this would not happen. A word in the same vein is ‘chengguan’(7). Those mentioned above take ‘flavour’ to mean ‘feeling’ but there are some people that don’t understand it in this way.

Some people say the word with the most Chinese flavour is ‘Beijing’ or others say it is ‘wumai’ (8). In fact the meaning they convey is about the same. The Beijing air in ‘wumai’ really does have ‘flavour’.

Whether ‘chaiqian’ (9), ‘chengguan’ or ‘wumai’, these all embody the interest that these netizens have for Chinese reality. This is an interesting aspect of the Internet age, sometimes a problem is discussed seriously but as the number of people entering the discussion becomes more and more it gradually turns into a meeting convened to ridicule the subject matter. So everyone can use this question to express whatever they wish to express.

So what about you? What do you think the word with the most Chinese flavour is?

1. People create a fake name for themselves on social media, so we can just use “Fusu Gongzi”. 扶苏公子 is also a person from Qin Dynasty.
2. congratulations – also used in New Year’s wishes
3. the most common New Year’s greeting.
4. the colour red
5. zhiji = a bosom friend
6. this refers to the forcible tearing down of houses
7. municiple police officers, often in charge of carrying out the above
8. ‘wumai’ is a relatively recent word used to describe the particular type of fog/smog/haze afflicting many Chinese cities
9. to pull down an old house and move its occupants elsewhere

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“恶搞”，最开始的意思是恶意的搞笑。现在的意思，是改变原来作品的风格，使它变得搞笑或者具有讽刺效果。

前不久，在东方卫视的一个节目中，喜剧演员贾玲对中国民族女英雄花木兰进行恶搞，把她的形象变成一个爱吃烧鸡、没有志向，而且很胆小怕死的傻大姐。节目播出以后，引来很多骂声。很多观众认为，这个节目歪曲了木兰的形象，也破坏了中华民族的文化，贾玲和节目工作人员都应该为这个错误道歉。终于，贾玲在微博上道了歉，表示自己的节目“不合适，违反了大众的审美”。但同时，她的道歉又引起了另一部分人的不满。他们认为，喜剧这门艺术就应该允许恶搞。恶搞体现了娱乐精神，贾玲不应该道歉。

或许，贾玲这件事还算小。“恶搞”引起的大事件其实还真不少。大家都不会忘记，2015年1月7号发生在法国巴黎的悲剧。恐怖分子袭击了法国漫画杂志《查理周刊》的总部，杀死了很多杂志工作人员。原因则是《查理周刊》恶搞了伊斯兰教先知穆罕默德。

正所谓，公说公有理，婆说婆有理。恶搞的尺度到底应该在哪里？恶搞到底需不需要底线？对此，你怎么看？

“惡搞”，最開始的意思是惡意的搞笑。現在的意思，是改變原來作品的風格，使它變得搞笑或者俱有諷刺效果。

前不久，在東方衛視的一個節目中，喜劇演員賈玲對中國民族女英雄花木蘭進行惡搞，把她的形像變成一個愛吃燒雞、沒有志向，而且很膽小怕死的傻大姐。節目播出以後，引來很多罵聲。很多觀眾認為，這個節目歪曲了木蘭的形象，也破壞了中華民族的文化，賈玲和節目工作人員都應該為這個錯誤道歉。終於，賈玲在微博上道了歉，表示自己的節目“不合適，違反了大眾的審美”。但同時，她的道歉又引起了另一部分人的不滿。他們認為，喜劇這門藝術就應該允許惡搞。惡搞體現了娛樂精神，賈玲不應該道歉。

或許，賈玲這件事還算小。 “惡搞”引起的大事件其實還真不少。大家都不會忘記，2015年1月7號發生在法國巴黎的悲劇。恐怖分子襲擊了法國漫畫雜誌《查理周刊》的總部，殺死了很多雜誌工作人員。原因則是《查理周刊》惡搞了伊斯蘭教先知穆罕默德。

正所謂，公說公有理，婆說婆有理。惡搞的尺度到底應該在哪裡？惡搞到底需不需要底線？對此，你怎麼看？

“Ègǎo”, zuì kāishǐ de yìsi shì èyì de gǎoxiào. Xiànzài de yìsi, shì gǎibiàn yuánlái zuòpǐn de fēnggé, shǐ tā biàn dé gǎoxiào huòzhě jùyǒu fèngcì xiàoguǒ.

Qián bùjiǔ, zài dōngfāng wèishì de yīgè jiémù zhōng, xǐjù yǎnyuán jiǎ líng duì zhōngguó mínzú nǚ yīngxióng huā mùlán jìnxíng ègǎo, bǎ tā de xíngxiàng biàn chéng yīgè ài chī shāo jī, méiyǒu zhìxiàng, érqiě hěn dǎn xiǎo pà sǐ de shǎ dàjiě. Jiémù bō chū yǐhòu, yǐn lái hěnduō mà shēng. Hěnduō guānzhòng rènwéi, zhège jiémù wāiqūle mùlán de xíngxiàng, yě pòhuàile zhōnghuá mínzú de wénhuà, jiǎ líng hé jiémù gōngzuò rényuán dōu yīnggāi wèi zhège cuòwù dàoqiàn. Zhōngyú, jiǎ líng zài wēi bó shàng dàole qiàn, biǎoshì zìjǐ de jiémù “bù héshì, wéifǎnle dàzhòng de shěnměi”. Dàn tóngshí, tā de dàoqiàn yòu yǐnqǐle lìng yībùfèn rén de bùmǎn. Tāmen rènwéi, xǐjù zhè mén yìshù jiù yīnggāi yǔnxǔ ègǎo. Ègǎo tǐxiànle yúlè jīngshén, jiǎ líng bù yìng gāi dàoqiàn.

Huòxǔ, jiǎ líng zhè jiàn shì hái suàn xiǎo.“Ègǎo” yǐnqǐ de dà shìjiàn qíshí hái zhēn bù shǎo. Dàjiā dōu bù huì wàngjì,2015 nián 1 yuè 7 hào fāshēng zài fàguó bālí de bēijù. Kǒngbù fèn zi xíjíle fàguó mànhuà zázhì “chálǐ zhōukān” de zǒngbù, shā sǐle hěnduō zázhì gōngzuò rényuán. Yuányīn zé shì “chálǐ zhōukān” ègǎole yīsīlán jiào xiānzhī mùhǎnmòdé.

Zhèng suǒwèi, gōng shuō gōng yǒulǐ, pó shuō pó yǒulǐ. Ègǎo de chǐdù dàodǐ yīnggāi zài nǎlǐ? Ègǎo dàodǐ xū bù xūyào dǐxiàn? Duì cǐ, nǐ zěnme kàn?

The original meaning of ‘egao’ was a malicious poking of fun. The current meaning is to change the original style of a work to turn it into something with a witty or satirical effect.

Not long ago, on a program on Dragon TV’, the comedian Jia Ling performed an ‘egao’ (1) against the Chinese national hero – Hua Mulan. She turned her character into that of a silly girl that liked to eat fried chicken, had no ambition, and on top of that was cowardly and afraid to die. After the program was broadcast, it received much condemnation. Many viewers thought that the program misrepresented Hua Mulan’s image, damaged Chinese culture and they thought that Jia Ling and those working on the program should apologize for this mistake. In the end Jia Ling apologized on weibo, stating her program was “inappropriate, and had violated the aesthetic sense of the public”. But, at the same time her apology also led to dissatisfaction among a different group of people which believes (5) that the artform of comedy should permit ‘egao’. ‘Egao’ embodies the vitality of entertainment and Jia Ling should not have to (7) apologize.

This incident with Jia Ling can perhaps be regarded as minor. But actually there is an incident caused by ‘egao’ which is by no means small. No one is likely to forget the tragedy which occurred in Paris on the 7th of January, 2015. Terrorists attacked the head office of the French magazine (6) Charlie Hebdo killing (8) many of the magazine’s staff members. The reason was Charlie Hebdo’s ‘egao’ (9) on Islam’s prophet Mohammad.

Just as they say (10), both parties claim to be in the right. When all is said and done, what is the yardstick of ‘egao’? What’s your view on this?

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1. Yes, really awkward and judging by the second last paragraph ‘egao’ could be translated by ‘satire’ which would also be a verb and really handy for the translation of this sentence. I’ve kept ‘egao’ because there is another word for ‘satire’… and the main purpose of the translation is to help anyone having trouble with the Chinese.

2. 中国民族女英雄: I had trouble with this as I initially read it as 中国民族 – 女英雄. It turns out that it’s more like 中国-民族女英雄, with 民族英雄 going together.

3. 傻大姐: I suppose everyone has got the feel for 大姐… but 傻大姐 also seem to go together with its own tinge of meaning.

4. 中华民族: I’ve translated this just with ‘Chinese’. Anything else becomes too awkward. ‘Chinese national’ seems to go with ‘pride’.

5. I just have to comment on this. I can’t decide whether it should be ‘who’ or ‘which’… I know that often the plural is used here more and more. Indeed if I used ‘who’ I think I’d have to use the plural, even though it’s a singular noun – ‘group’.

6. 漫画杂志: I can’t bring myself to write ‘cartoon magazine’… ‘Comic’? Hardly!

7. 不应该: Interesting one. At first it looks like ‘should not apologise’ will do. But I suspect that would be 应该不. This seems similar to the problem of ‘I must do that’, ‘I must not do that’ and ‘I do not must do that’…

8. I think it’s worth taking note of the original here. I suspect that my translation is pretty accurate yet I don’t think this construction with ‘… ing’ is taught in many grammar books from the PRC. I for one will try to make use of this Chinese construction. It looks really easy but so often we see a complicated English construction and try to turn it into something really complicated in Chinese. In this case the Chinese equivalent is pretty straight-forward.

9. Yes, ‘satire’ fits but I left ‘egao’ for consistency.

10. 正所谓: this seems to be used to introduce a saying or ‘chengyu’. As the English isn’t actually a proverb, the translation into English of 正所谓 doesn’t really make sense.

11. 到底: is this the word that I said last essay will just about always occur if you’re making an argument well?

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前阵子，新浪微博上有一个名叫王源宗的自由摄影师发了一条微博，说他拍摄的西藏风景录像被中央电视台盗用了。他打电话联系电视台，但是对方却以各种理由推卸责任，甚至不承认盗用的事实。后来，他只好把电话录音放到了网上，很多人关注和转发，大家都表示支持他维护自己的权利。最后，电视台栏目组向他道了歉，并支付了一笔费用。

这样的结局已经很难得，大部分人即使把事情发布在网络上也很难得到很多人的关注，因为这种事情太常见了。阅读过他的微博之后，我了解到，这不是他第一次被别人盗用素材了。而且在此之前他尝试维权都很少成功。在中国，知识产权的保护意识还很薄弱。不只是照片、录像，原创的音乐和书籍被盗用也很常见。你可以在网络上下载到免费的音乐，免费的图片，甚至书籍，你写的文章可能被别人直接拿去用，对方可能不会注明出处和作者，这样的事情屡见不鲜。

很多年前，有一起关于知识产权的案子很有名。郭敬明在2003年出版的小说《梦里花落知多少》抄袭了作家庄羽的《圈里圈外》。最终法院判定抄袭的罪名成立，但是郭敬明始终没有道歉。这么多年了，事情就这么过去了。郭敬明后来还写了几本书，还当了导演，拍了电影《小时代》。他成名之后，就很少有人再提起这些事情了。不过在我看来，抄袭就是抄袭，他再出名也不能掩盖他抄袭的事实。而且，他抄了不止一本书。后来他出版了一本《幻城》也被读者认出来是抄袭了别人的作品。有些讽刺的是，听说最近这部小说也要拍成电视剧了。

有时候，我觉得这些发生在中国的事情，我作为一个中国人也很难理解。很多人可能会认为遇到这样的事情可以通过法律途径解决。现实是，很多人被抄袭了，花费了很多心血去维权，最后也没有什么用，什么也得不到。希望随着中国经济的发展，法律也能逐步健全，这样的事情不再发生。

前陣子，新浪微博上有一個名叫王源宗的自由攝影師發了一條微博，說他拍攝的西藏風景錄像被中央電視台盜用了。他打電話聯繫電視台，但是對方卻以各種理由推卸責任，甚至不承認盜用的事實。後來，他只好把電話錄音放到了網上，很多人關注和轉發，大家都表示支持他維護自己的權利。最後，電視台欄目組向他道了歉，並支付了一筆費用。

這樣的結局已經很難得，大部分人即使把事情發佈在網絡上也很難得到很多人的關注，因為這種事情太常見了。閱讀過他的微博之後，我了解到，這不是他第一次被別人盜用素材了。而且在此之前他嘗試維權都很少成功。在中國，知識產權的保護意識還很薄弱。不只是照片、錄像，原創的音樂和書籍被盜用也很常見。你可以在網絡上下載到免費的音樂，免費的圖片，甚至書籍，你寫的文章可能被別人直接拿去用，對方可能不會註明出處和作者，這樣的事情屢見不鮮。

很多年前，有一起關於知識產權的案子很有名。郭敬明在2003年出版的小說《夢里花落知多少》抄襲了作家莊羽的《圈里圈外》。最終法院判定抄襲的罪名成立，但是郭敬明始終沒有道歉。這麼多年了，事情就這麼過去了。郭敬明後來還寫了幾本書，還當了導演，拍了電影《小時代》。他成名之後，就很少有人再提起這些事情了。不過在我看來，抄襲就是抄襲，他再出名也不能掩蓋他抄襲的事實。而且，他抄了不止一本書。後來他出版了一本《幻城》也被讀者認出來是抄襲了別人的作品。有些諷刺的是，聽說最近這部小說也要拍成電視劇了。

有時候，我覺得這些發生在中國的事情，我作為一個中國人也很難理解。很多人可能會認為遇到這樣的事情可以通過法律途徑解決。現實是，很多人被抄襲了，花費了很多心血去維權，最後也沒有什麼用，什麼也得不到。希望隨著中國經濟的發展，法律也能逐步健全，這樣的事情不再發生。

Qián zhènzi, xīnlàng wēi bó shàng yǒu yīgè míng jiào wángyuánzōng de zìyóu shèyǐng shī fāle yītiáo wēi bó, shuō tā pāishè de xī cáng fēngjǐng lùxiàng bèi zhōngyāng diànshìtái dàoyòngle. Tā dǎ diànhuà liánxì diànshìtái, dànshì duìfāng què yǐ gè zhǒng lǐyóu tuīxiè zérèn, shènzhì bù chéngrèn dàoyòng de shìshí. Hòulái, tā zhǐhǎo bǎ diànhuà lùyīn fàng dàole wǎngshàng, hěnduō rén guānzhù hé zhuǎnfā, dàjiā dōu biǎoshì zhīchí tā wéihù zìjǐ de quánlì. Zuìhòu, diànshìtái lánmù zǔ xiàng tā dàole qiàn, bìng zhīfùle yī bǐ fèiyòng.

Zhèyàng de jiéjú yǐjīng hěn nándé, dà bùfèn rén jíshǐ bǎ shìqíng fābù zài wǎngluò shàng yě hěn nán dédào hěnduō rén de guānzhù, yīnwèi zhè zhǒng shìqíng tài chángjiànle. Yuèdúguò tā de wéi bó zhīhòu, wǒ liǎojiě dào, zhè bùshì tā dì yī cì bèi biérén dàoyòng sùcáile. Érqiě zài cǐ zhīqián tā chángshì wéiquán dōu hěn shǎo chénggōng. Zài zhōngguó, zhīshì chǎnquán de bǎohù yìshí hái hěn bóruò. Bùzhǐshì zhàopiàn, lùxiàng, yuánchuàng de yīnyuè hé shūjí bèi dàoyòng yě hěn chángjiàn. Nǐ kěyǐ zài wǎngluò shàng xiàzài dào miǎnfèi de yīnyuè, miǎnfèi de túpiàn, shènzhì shūjí, nǐ xiě de wénzhāng kěnéng bèi biérén zhíjiē ná qù yòng, duìfāng kěnéng bù huì zhù míng chūchù hé zuòzhě, zhèyàng de shìqíng lǚjiànbùxiān.

Hěnduō nián qián, yǒu yīqǐ guānyú zhīshì chǎnquán de ànzi hěn yǒumíng. Guōjìngmíng zài 2003 nián chūbǎn de xiǎoshuō “mèng lǐ huā luò zhī duōshǎo” chāoxíle zuòjiā zhuāng yǔ de “quān lǐ quān wài”. Zuìzhōng fǎyuàn pàndìng chāoxí de zuìmíng chénglì, dànshì guōjìngmíng shǐzhōng méiyǒu dàoqiàn. Zhème duōniánle, shìqíng jiù zhème guòqùle. Guōjìngmíng hòulái hái xiěle jǐ běn shū, hái dāngle dǎoyǎn, pāile diànyǐng “xiǎo shídài”. Tā chéngmíng zhīhòu, jiù hěn shǎo yǒurén zài tíqǐ zhèxiē shìqíngle. Bùguò zài wǒ kàn lái, chāoxí jiùshì chāoxí, tā zài chūmíng yě bùnéng yǎngài tā chāoxí de shìshí. Érqiě, tā chāo le bù zhǐ yī běn shū. Hòulái tā chūbǎnle yī běn “huànchéng” yě bèi dúzhě rèn chūlái shì chāoxíle biérén de zuòpǐn. Yǒuxiē fèngcì de shì, tīng shuō zuìjìn zhè bù xiǎoshuō yě yào pāi chéng diànshìjùle.

Yǒu shíhòu, wǒ juédé zhèxiē fāshēng zài zhōngguó de shìqíng, wǒ zuòwéi yīgè zhōngguó rén yě hěn nán lǐjiě. Hěnduō rén kěnéng huì rènwéi yù dào zhèyàng de shìqíng kěyǐ tōngguò fǎlǜ tújìng jiějué. Xiànshí shì, hěnduō rén bèi chāoxíle, huāfèile hěnduō xīnxuè qù wéiquán, zuìhòu yě méiyǒu shenme yòng, shénme yě dé bù dào. Xīwàng suízhe zhōngguó jīngjì de fāzhǎn, fǎlǜ yě néng zhúbù jiànquán, zhèyàng de shìqíng bù zài fāshēng.

A while back, on Sina Weibo, a freelance photographer called Wang Yuanzong, sent a Weibo message saying that a film that he’d made of Tibetan scenery had been pirated by CCTV. He contacted the tv station by phone but the person at the other end of the line used every argument to avoid taking responsibility and wouldn’t even admit to the ‘douyong’ (2). Afterwards he was forced to (1) release his recording of the phone call onto the internet and many people took an interest in it and resent the message. Everyone supported him in defending his rights. Finally the television station apologised and paid him a sum of money in compensation.

This sort of outcome is quite rare. Even if a lot of people send messages about this sort of thing in the internet it’s still hard for this to capture everyone’s attention because this sort of thing has become too common. After reading his microblog I found out that this is not the first time that someone had ‘douyong’ed his material. And also previously he had had little success in defending his legal rights. In China awareness of the protection of intellectual property rights is very weak. One often sees not only photos but videos, original music and books being ‘douyang’ed. On the internet you can download music for free, pictures for free and even books for free; the essay you’ve written has possibly been directly taken and used and the user quite possibly will not give any clear indication of the source and author. This sort of thing is nothing new.

Many years ago there was a (3) famous case concerning intellectual property rights. The novel by Guo Jingming published in 2003 ‘梦里花落知多少’ (4) was a plagiarism of ‘圈里圈外’ by Zhuang Yu. Finally the court determined that the charge of plagiarism was upheld but Guo Jingming never at any time apologised. And so with all these years the incident has just died away. Afterwards, Guo Jingming still wrote several books, even directed and made the movie ‘小时代i’. After he became famous very few people mentioned this matter again. But in my opinion plagiarism is plagiarism. Having later on become famous doesn’t cover up the fact that he did plagiarise. What’s more, he didn’t stop at plagiarising one book. Later on he published a book ‘幻城’ which was recognised by readers as a plagiarised work of someone else. There have been jokes to the nature of ‘have you heard that they want to make of film of this book.’

Sometimes I think that even I as a Chinese person cannot understand these things that occur in China. (5) It’s possible that many people believe that on encountering things such as this they can but solved using judicial means. But the reality is that many have been plagiarised and have spent a lot of effort to protect thier legal rights but in the end it was no use and didn’t achieve anyting. I hope that along with China’s economic progress, the law can also progressively be strengthened and that such things won’t happen again.

(1) 只好: I find it strange that this doesn’t seem to be taught early in grammar books. For anyone not familar with it it’s worth consulting a good dictionary. Above all, if not aware one won’t realise that it means more than it’s literal meaning.
(2) 盗用: I’m just going to use the Chinese word here. The meaning’s pretty obvious and it’s a great example of the way Chinese can so easily combine a couple of characters to form a new word, the meaning of which might be obvious but really difficult to translate.
(3) 有一起关于: note that 起 here is a measure word. It’s worth remembering that every now and again if you have trouble making sense of a sentence… it might contain a measure word that you’ve not recognised.
(4) I’ve decided to give up translating titles. If there’s an English name it can easily be googled. If there isn’t then it’s often too difficult to translate. And in terms of making sense of an essay it makes no difference.
(5) 我觉得这些发生在中国的事情，我作为一个…: tricky as there’s no ‘that’ to signal the subordinate clause, it has the Chinese relative clause structure which also has no specific word for ‘which/who’ and the subject of the relative clase is the object of the clase that follow it.

Robert Budzul (robert@budzul.com)
Zak Gray (zak_lives@hotmail.com)

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