紧箍咒

English translation: trammel

08:16 Jul 20, 2020
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Tourism & Travel
Chinese term or phrase: 紧箍咒
这也使得,旅游成为来自爸爸妈妈的终极奖励。打分,成为多数家长对儿童进行家庭教育的典型内部工作模式,典型地反映了家庭权力关系。儿童虽然成为”家里的小皇帝”和家庭生活的重心,但分数却成为儿童头上的”紧箍咒”。儿童能够聪明/狡猾地意识到,”表现好”才是”好孩子”“乖孩子”,才能得到来自爸爸妈妈的奖励(比如出去旅游),而这又会进一步成为他们在同学和伙伴面前炫耀的资本。
Frank Zou
China
Local time: 01:34
English translation:trammel
Explanation:
“紧箍咒” is a kind of metaphor here, it may not be appropriate to provide a direct translation, because target readers may not understand it. Instead, we need to convey its actual meaning.
紧箍咒(发音jǐn gū zhòu),最早出现于中国四大文学小说《西游记》中,唐僧用来制服孙悟空的咒语,能使孙悟空头上的紧箍收缩,头痛欲裂。后用来比喻束缚人的东西。
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Bangyou Xiang
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Local time: 01:34
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Summary of answers provided
5Something like the band on the head of the Monkey King
jyuan_us
4 +1trammel
Bangyou Xiang
4(but getting good grades has become) a kind of pressure (on kids)
Kiet Bach
3but the children were cursed by "academic scores"
Elva Zhu
3magic spell
Chia-ling Huang


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Something like the band on the head of the Monkey King


Explanation:
Something like the band on the head of the Monkey King

趣味英文:解说西游记里的各路神妖(图)_手机新浪网 - 新浪教育edu.sina.cn › foreign › wyxx › detail...
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Oct 16, 2015 - 唐僧用一个金箍(gold band)通过念咒(chant magic words),即紧箍咒(tightening-crown spell)可以控制他。 [猪八戒]. 猪八戒(Zhu Bajie)字面意思 ...

jyuan_us
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but the children were cursed by "academic scores"


Explanation:
If this term was translated directly into "tightening-crown spell", there will be a culture barrier for the English readers. Considering this, I would prefer to translate it directly into something easy for the target language readers.

Elva Zhu
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(but getting good grades has become) a kind of pressure (on kids)


Explanation:
美国学校的 “分数” 是用 A,B,C,D, ....(grades). A+ 或 A 是满分。


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这里紧箍咒的意思是 给儿童的精神压力。

Kiet Bach
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1 day 17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
trammel


Explanation:
“紧箍咒” is a kind of metaphor here, it may not be appropriate to provide a direct translation, because target readers may not understand it. Instead, we need to convey its actual meaning.
紧箍咒(发音jǐn gū zhòu),最早出现于中国四大文学小说《西游记》中,唐僧用来制服孙悟空的咒语,能使孙悟空头上的紧箍收缩,头痛欲裂。后用来比喻束缚人的东西。

Example sentence(s):
  • We will forge our own future, free from the trammels of materialism.
  • 我们要摆脱物质主义的束缚,锻造自己的未来。
Bangyou Xiang
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