译文简介

悉尼新建成的公寓大楼里4和14这两个数字从电梯里神秘地消失了。这两个数字的消失是因为某些数字对于中国人来说意味着厄运或者和死亡有联系。这些中国人正向澳大利亚房地产市场投资了数十亿的资金。英国网友：楼层是不会消失的。还是第四层和第十四层，除非人们不会数数字了。想怎么迷信随便你，但是即使跳过一个数字，它依然是第四层。

正文翻译

new apartment building in Sydney has mysteriously left off the numbers four and 14 from the elevator.

悉尼新建成的公寓大楼里4和14这两个数字从电梯里神秘地消失了。

The disappearance of the two floors is apparently because certain numbers are bad luck or have associations with death among Chinese, who are investing billions of dollars in the Australian property market.

这两个数字的消失是因为某些数字对于中国人来说意味着厄运或者和死亡有联系。这些中国人正向澳大利亚房地产市场投资了数十亿的资金。

In Mandarin Chinese, the look and sound of the word for four is very similar for the word death - and that could be bad luck.

在普通话里，“四”的外观和发音都和“死”很像——意味着厄运。

评论翻译

TMach5
Catering to one harmless superstition reinforces and encourages the dangerous ones as well.

支持无害的迷信活动和鼓励危险发生是一样的。

Mr. Majestyk
My building has several floor 69. Whats up with that

我住的楼有好几个69层。咋回事

Nixliberalis
My old neighborhood had an apartment building with 13 floors. Whoever installed the elevator designated the 13th floor as PH. (Penthouse). It wasnt a genuine penthouse, not setback or anything, and had the same number of apartments as all the other floors. Triskadecaphobia.

我的那个老街坊有一栋13层的公寓楼。不论谁安装了电梯，都将13楼定义为阁楼。但是并非真正意义上的阁楼，因为没有屋顶平台等等，而且和其他的楼层有着同样多的房间。恐数字13症。

Lemon Tree
I work in a Chinese-owned place and there is no forth floor. They had it "removed" when they took over.

我在一个中国人拥有的地方工作，这里也没有第四层。他们接管的时候把它“撤掉”了。

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Lemon Tree -> Lemon Tree
*fourth

第四

O.L.I.V.I.E.R
Australia was right back in the days for having a n on-a sian i mm i g r ation p olicy !

以前澳洲所制定的禁止亚洲人进入的移民政策是正确的！

O.L.I.V.I.E.R
Sydney should be renamed as.....Shanghai II !

悉尼应该被重命名为……上海二号！

MT MELBOURNE
Why must we "panda" (get it?) to these people? Before long they will demand dog and cat meat on the menu.

为什么我们非要迎合他们？不久后他们将要求在菜单上提供猫狗肉？

ltaaaTxt

Poppy cake
There still will be a fourth floor and fourteenth, even if you call it another number.....

即使你把它们称作其他数字，第四层和第十四层依旧在那儿.....

jude -> Poppy cake
yes but its the number they dont want

回复 Poppy cake
是的但是他们正是不喜欢那个数字

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Don Glover
Apparently the writer Hu Flun Gdung says that the numbers are based on those by the novelist I P Freely whom wrote about a baggage handler named Justin Case.

据作者huflungdund所说，那些数字是来源于小说家ipfreely所写的一本关于一个行李员的书，行李员名字叫做贾斯汀凯斯。

jude -> Don Glover
it has been around for thousands of years

它已经存在几千年了。

gigi1
The floors have not disappeared. There is still a 4th floor and a 14th floor unless these people also do not know how to count. Be as superstitious as you like, missed numbers as much as you like but even if your floor is said to be number five if you have skipped a number it is still the 4th floor.

楼层是不会消失的。还是第四层和第十四层，除非人们不会数数字了。想怎么迷信随便你，但是即使跳过一个数字，它依然是第四层。

Ranunculus -> gigi1
Just like the number 13 eh? Many hotels dont have level 13 due to superstition too . Its the actual number that they dont want.

就像13这个数字啊？很多旅馆由于迷信，也不置第13层。他们不想要这个数字。

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ltaaaTxt

Horse..
At least they invest money in. Not just turn up with their hand out expecting benefits .

至少他们投钱进去了，而不是伸手要钱。

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jude -> Horse..
Invest or buying up Australia? they have certainly pushed property prices up and cut out young buyers

投资澳洲还是买光澳洲？他们推高市场价格，让小年经买不起。

SJG210
They might have all the money and power in the world but they are hardly evolved or sophisticated are they. This sort of ancient superstition along with all their other disgusting habits reveals just how sub they are.

也许全世界的钱、权势是他们的。但他们是不会进化的简单物！这种古老的迷信伴随其他令人作呕的习惯，揭露出他们是多么的次品!

dbunk
A mate was selling a house in Melbourne and was told to paint the front door red and put large gold number 8s on it, plus on the gate. Price expected was high 700s, got mid-900s. All Chinese bidders. And he was told that often a Chinese bidder will just leave his hand up, showing that no matter what anyone else bids he will top it....

一个同事在墨尔本想卖一套房子，别人告诉他把前门刷成红色，写个大大的8在上面，这样价格肯定会变高。所有中国人都吃这套。他还被告知，中国竞拍者通常都会举手高高，显示无论是谁出价，他都要出更高的价！

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Move Along Cat Dong
? ?, mate!

同事？

Move Along Cat Dong -> Move Along Cat Dong
Ni hao, mate!

你好，同事！

Jenny2013
Real estate prices in Auckland (New Zealand) have gone completely insane and are now totally beyond the reach of the average kiwi. The reason? Chinese investors desperate to move their wealth overseas and obtain that most prized of all possessions - a Western passport.

奥克兰（在新西兰）的房地产价格已经完全发疯了，普通新西兰人根本买不起。原因？中国投资者极度渴望转移他们的财产到海外，去捕获最有价值的东西---一本西方国家护照！

H_K_girl
Australia it seems you all need to start learning Mandarin. Your government already sold your natural resources to China and now it appear to be the only ones who can afford your real estate.

澳洲人，貌似你们需要学习普通话了。你的政府已经卖掉你的自然资源给中国了。目前看来也只有中国人才买得起你们的房地产了？

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BillBloggs -> H_K_girl
No Australian Government sells natural resources - they are leased in return for royalty payments by time and by production. Seems Mandarins are willing to pay a heavy price not to leave money in China.

不是澳大利亚政府售卖自然资源，他们是收租金而已，而且挖掘资源是有时间和方式限制的。中国大人愿出重金，把钱留在中国。

ajnutr
Chinese investors are ruining this country!!!!

中国投机者会毁掉这个国家的。

BillBloggs -> ajnutr
Like the Japanese before and the English before them etc.

像以前的英国人和日本人。

vorelli987 -> ajnutr
Sydney and Melbourne does not = the entire of australia. No chinese in tasmania.

悉尼和奥尔本不等于整个澳大利亚。塔斯马尼亚就没有中国人。

TooMuchInformation
Just because they skipped the number doesnt make the floor after three become 5 or the floor after 13 not be 14. Unless there air between the floors, theyre on 4 and 14.

因为他们不喜欢这些数字，并不意味着第3层后就变成第5层，或第13层后就没有第14层了。除非那层楼是空气，不然他们还是住在第4和第14层。

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Aussiechick2014 -> TooMuchInformation
Exactly what I was going to point out

这正是我所想表达的意思？

Disillusioned2016
Should we change the decimal system as well? This is ludicrous..... all for the $. Whats the world coming to?

我们要修改十进位制吗？可笑......就为了钱？这个世界怎么啦。

Big Dan_1
We are in Australia not China so 4 and 14 should be included.

这是澳大利亚，不是中国，所有4和14不应该略掉。

Morgance -> Big Dan_1
Gosh Dan, you do not run these developments so I suggest you have no rights in dictating how they maximise their profits right?

（回应楼上的big dan) ，dan,你不是参与人，所以我想说，你没有权利去要求别人怎么最大化他们的利润。

英国网友：为什么澳洲新的公寓大楼里没有4和14层