2015第一篇

(標題與內容無關)

最近這首有點紅，我一開始在Ｂ板上看到，後來朋友們漸漸在臉書上轉貼了。

不過我想說的不是這首，是閃靈他們本人。閃靈在歐洲（聽說美國好像也是哦）知名度真的頗高，很多重金屬音樂祭都會邀，還看過德國閃靈超級粉絲站搖滾曲超嗨的照片。我自己是比較沒關注他們，但我知道turisas好像跟他們算有點認識，畢竟Olli還當過他們表演小提琴佳賓，在推特上也是互相追縱這樣。

然後最近看Mathi的推，他寫說在治感冒，搭配的照片竟然是川貝枇杷膏！看到整個繁體的說明超好笑，他說希望他說明順序有看對，但那不是順序啊ＸＤＤＤ 只是試用狀況，哎希望他感冒還是快點好然後川貝真的有用...

Marimekko與其它。

其一，今天學到的芬蘭文mekko是裙子，馬上聯想marimekko以為是什麼compound word，殊不知，mari好像沒什麼意思所以就是mari裙。
下次回赫爾辛基要多買點marimekko紙巾補貨。

其二，找工作時覺得汐止、淡水之類的公司好遠，台中什麼的更不用說了。但超過一個遠度後的新加坡、杜拜就沒感覺了，就算去芬蘭也是剛好而已。

其三，我討厭因為是女生然後得到多一點幫助尤其職場，但矛盾在於有時太麻煩了還是運用一下，用完再體會深深的罪惡（還是謝謝不厭其煩教我的人）。

最近

結束上次口譯工作後，當然還是乖乖加入求職者行列。

覺得job-hunting壓力很大欸，我每次都想到JT說明會提到的，找工作跟結婚一樣，要找最適合而不是最好的。

要考慮的事很多，最重要的應該是無論如何都不要忘了夢想，回到最喜歡的歐洲。芬蘭文、德文、日文、英文，希望可以一直學下去。

然後希望星期一順利，好好的跟＿＿一起相處下去

口譯，大腦快轉中

口譯時，人腦如何運轉呢？
真正開始做筆譯後，覺得口譯才是真正刺激有趣富挑戰的大腦火焰挑戰！

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141117-the-ultimate-multi-taskers

口譯後工作記錄

本次口譯內容都是以農業技術指導教學為主的中翻英，三天工作含部分隨行口譯、部分逐步口譯，聽眾為中南美洲、非洲、少部分歐洲。

嚴格說來這是我第一次接專業領域的口譯，親身經歷很多以前念大學、還有在英國念碩士時就開始看的口譯員的部落格（Going SOHO、一個中英口譯員的華麗大冒險）提到的過程，像是隨行口譯Q&A會有太多人在同一時間提出問題、 還有持續性被打斷等等，最種要的是我也體認到逐步口譯中聽懂邏輯再記憶比筆記重要多了，聽的過程終究要一邊整理成有脈絡的一段話，順便連等一下要用什麼單字也想好，以便開口就是完整的段落。

再來想講講這次口譯以外的見聞。因為這次都是農業技術指導，除了教室內聽講，實作和參觀也十分重要，我因此有機會看了很多平時難得一見的培養場內部、了解台灣農業趨勢（也跟事前查的資料有完整映正），也算是工作以外的收獲。

我的聽眾們多是中南美、非洲等等情熱國家來的政府官員、農業部門公務員，很容易就聊開，私下被聽眾說英文很好容易理解而且不帶口音的感覺很好，還有教授問我是英文繫畢業還是農業相關畢業，因為很多名詞講得出來，這大概是三天下來最開心的一件事。

Blood Type and Constellation (Signs of the Zodiac)

The ranking of 'I don't know my blood type' (30 countries included) done by Seikaibantsuke
No.1 Holland
No.2 Sweden
No.3 the UK
No.28 Japan
The last: Iran/Korea
P.s. It's a taboo to talk the personality based on blood type in Europe.

Blood type and constellation, especially zodiacal signs, are common topic between friends (sometimes even between strangers) in eastern Asian countries including China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. To be more precisely, blood type is more popular in Japan and Korea while zodiacal signs in China and Taiwan. A conversation could happen like this:

'A: He/She is a perfectionist. '

'B: Yeah... a Virgo obviously.'

or 

'I don't know why a Taurus person can be that stingy...'.

Also, I often be asked the blood type by my Japanese friends to catogorise my characteristic and personality. In most of the time, I don't dislike these topics, just take them as a seasoning in the conversation. This idea hasn't been changed until this year.

Seikaibantsuke is a Japanese TV programme which includes about 20 guests from foreign countries and some Japanese local celebrities and idols. And then ranking of different topics would be showed on the TV based on the survey. After that, exotic cultures would be shared and discussed with video. Once a ranking of 'percentage of I don't know my blood type' as showed in the figure appeared and that was my first time to hear about the opinion of blood type from European people.

'What does my blood type to do with my personality?' said a Swiss girl. Others gave the similar opinion like 'Are you meaning that something is in my blood?' Well, it could be easily considered as cultural difference but I would like to think twice before simply going to this conclusion. 

Firstly, a easier reason might be that individual>>group in Europe and group>>individual in Asia. Therefore Asian people like to classify people by blood type or constellation as we are in the same group sharing similar characteristics. European people vice versa. From this perspective, whether blood type and constellation are popular or not is cultural difference.

Secondly, it might relate to the European history. After World War II, European countries tend to deal with race problem very carefully. Apparently the blood is a deriving part of racism. So in modern Europe it is a taboo as concluded by Sekaibantsuke.

I am not sure if my hypothesis is correct since I've never talked to European people about this. But I am eager to hear about other perspectives.

Practicing Interpreting-All About Potato 口譯練習

口譯練習還有一般準備時我有一些習慣的準備步驟。
跟讀、視譯、先視再逐步口譯，跟讀就是拿與講題相關的影片跟著念，一邊訓練口音一邊能學在這領域中有什麼慣用說法，視譯則是拿篇文章，中文就一邊看一邊翻成英文，英文則vice versa。
最後「先視再逐步口譯」是專門因應逐步口譯準備的，就是拿著文章先看一大段再逐步口譯，之所以想這樣其實是因為最近接的中譯英逐步口譯能找到的中文影片實在太少，只好拿著中文文章練習，不過後來發現也是不錯的方法。