Cultural difference leads to poppycock? （几个单词的翻译）

Alan Wang wrote:

Your friendship with your old friend should take the priority.

Alan Wang wrote:

You don’t really need it.

I mean, you, who can take a massive/malicious swing at almost no provocation at all, would feign to magnify any sting out of all proportion. It's not healthy.

By the way, that’s also what I would characterize as a victim attitude.

Alan Wang wrote:

I post this primarily to make an exposure.
Some of my acquaintances asks me how to get a client. How was I supposed to tell them?
I don't have a clue at all.
So I said to them: expose yourself (from time to time)!

J.H. Wang wrote:

Hi, Alan, could you please refrain from saying "poppycock" again and again! I think you should know what this word means.

EnglishChineseT wrote:



There are many ways to get exposure. To provoke argument is certainly one of those.

[Edited at 2013-08-30 22:55 GMT]

Alan Wang wrote:

和人聊到这个问题的时候，曾费了很多口舌。
无法达成一致意见。
所以说了这几个字：文化不通，废话不断。
想到这里发帖的时候，就翻译过来：Cultural difference leads to poppycock?
I will stand by my translation for now unless there is a better one.

I just checked there is a Prince Poppycock, who is or was famous in the U.S, perhaps it’s not really a bad word at all.

Need more input on this.

QHE wrote:

Displacement from ground level  British convention   American Convention


4 storeys height above ground          "4th floor" (4)              "5th floor" (5)

3 storeys height above ground          "3rd floor" (3)              "4th floor" (4)

2 storeys height above ground          "2nd floor" (2)              "3rd floor" (3)

1 storey height above ground          "1st floor" (1)              "2nd floor" (2)

   ground level                         "Ground FL" (0 / G)"              "Ground FL"or "1st FL"

   1st basement floor                      "Basement floor" (-1)        Varies (P1, B1, etc.)

   2nd basement floor                      "Basement floor" (-2)        Varies (P2, B2, etc.)

NOTE:原文这样写（“ floors above ground level’），作者可能正是要避免提及楼层#会引出混乱。从字面直译不是很明了，何必视为 DA VINCI CODE?

[Edited at 2013-08-31 15:55 GMT]

J.H. Wang wrote:

Alan 兄，好久不见！

这里关键是对 ground level 的理解。ground level 这里应该理解为“地平面”，就是我们下楼后踏上的地的水平面。
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呵呵，是啊，好久未露面。前一段时间稍微忙点。
I post this primarily to make an exposure.
Some of my acquaintances asks me how to get a client. How was I supposed to tell them?
I don't have a clue at all.
So I said to them: expose yourself (from time to time)!

nigerose wrote:

原来是英美文化差异，哈哈
《小学教学设计》2006年第12期 作者：
如何用英语来表示楼层 分享到： 分享到QQ空间 收藏 推荐 我们知道,英语中表示“楼层”的单词通常是“floor”,“storey”,但是美国人所讲的“第几层”往往比英国人所指的“第几层”多1层。例如,英国人所说的“thesecond floor”在美国人看来指的是楼房的“3楼”,而英国人却坚持是“2楼”。原来,英国人习惯上把楼房的1楼称为“groundfloor/storey”,那么,“2楼”自然就成了“the firstfloor”了。美国人习惯上把1楼称为“the first floor/storey”,“2楼”便是“thesecond floor”。由此看来,美国人和英国人关于楼层表示的差异也就不足为怪了。如何用英语来表示楼层 (本文共计1页) [继续阅读本文]
http://wuxizazhi.cnki.net/Article/XXJX200612007.html

Noun
1. ground level - the height of the ground on which something stands; "the base of the tower was below grade"

2. ground level - the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building

lbone wrote:

如果你想问为什么一楼也可以？我觉得在以下两种情况都是可以的：
1）有的楼一楼就很高，高出地面一米甚至两米左右，这种楼的地下室实际上是“半地下”。你可以去了解一下“半地下”这种建筑结构。
2）有的房子虽然有地下室，但没有二楼。

又仔细看了看原文，这篇中 floors above ground level 的意思是“高于地面的楼层”。