Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term
乌鸦变凤凰
| 4 +5 | A Cinderella story |
Jun Wang
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| 4 +1 | Makeover or transformation |
angielin
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| 3 +2 | just a suggestion |
Wenjer Leuschel (X)
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PRO (3): Jun Wang, angielin, jyuan_us
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Proposed translations
A Cinderella story
Makeover or transformation
just a suggestion
There is a story in Andersen's Tales telling the story of an ugly duckling that turned out to be a lofty swan.
Just an idea.
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Note added at 4 hrs 42 mins (2004-06-24 07:37:45 GMT)
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电影 Pretty Woman 的中文译名叫「麻雀变凤凰」，
但那是说「美女」有机会「飞上枝头变凤凰」，
「丑女」就不可能有那样的机会了──丑女得含着金汤匙出生才行。
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Note added at 18 hrs 46 mins (2004-06-24 21:41:26 GMT)
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Cinderella was after all a princess all the time, even before she met the prince she enchanted.
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angielin
: That must be why there is this reality TV show in the U.S. now called "The Swan" (personally I think the show is rubbish but it goes exactly with what we are talking about here). :) cheers!
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Thanks for your opinion. The reality is unfortunately always dumb.//Add: Funny that rubbish nurishes the soul of the folk.
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jyuan_us
: 含着金汤匙出生大概也不行：)
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:O) 丑女再丑也有人抢着要呢。
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Chinoise
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Thanks. Everybody has his good point of view.
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