“I feel that he is very comfortable living in China. He also asked me to choose a Chinese name for him and now he asks me to call him by his Chinese name every day”秦祺说完和Caroline不约而同地笑了,她们现在就很像儿媳给婆婆分享结婚后丈夫的糗事,气氛很轻松。
(我感觉他在中国生活得很舒服。他还让我为他取了一个中文名,现在天天让我叫他的中文名)
“What's his Chinese name? I will also learn, and when he comes back, his father and I can call him by his Chinese name”Caroline说着,Augustus的父亲Hugo就开门进来了。
(他的中文名是什么?我也学一下,以后他回来我和他父亲就可以叫他的中文名了)
Hugo只隐隐约约听到了一部分,便问道:“Chinese name?What happened?”
(中文名?发生什么了吗?)
秦祺和Hugo互相打过招呼后,Caroline把事情的前后给Hugo说了一遍,听罢,Hugo说道:
“That's what I want to learn, Caroline. I went to work this morning to deal with some staffing issues. I'm late, Olivia.”前半句是对Caroline说的,后半句则是对秦祺。
(这样说的我也很想学啊,卡洛琳。早上去公司处理一些人员调配上的问题,来晚了,奥莉薇亚。)
见二老都对Augustus的中文名感兴趣,她找来一张纸,在纸上写下“谢秋实”三个字,再用英文翻译了取这个名的含义。
Spring and autumn, describes the meaning of knowledge and moral cultivation.
春华秋实,形容学问和品德修养的意思。
秦祺有些担心英译中无法很好地体现出原意,又解释了许多。
“That sounds great.Not just Augustus. I like it, too”Caroline听后深深地点头,赞叹道。“Me too”Hugo也附合。
(这听起来很棒,不只是Augustus,我也很喜欢)
秦祺又教了他们这个名字怎么读,虽然时间花费得比较多,但看着两位中年人因学会孩子的新名字而展现出的喜悦,秦祺觉得一切都是值得的。
中午她留在了这里吃饭,吃过下午茶后就拜别了Caroline和Hugo。
“I look forward to seeing you again, Olivia”Caroline站在台阶上朝秦祺挥手说道。
待秦祺走后,Caroline对Hugo说道:“I'm more and more sure we made the right choice, and Olivia is a really good kid”
(我越来越确定我们当初选择是正确的了,奥莉薇亚真的是一个很优秀的孩子)
“Well, everything will get better”
嗯,一切都会越来越好的
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