Tsetseka

Chinese translation: 冬舞

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English term or phrase:Tsetseka
Chinese translation:冬舞
Entered by: Shirley Fan

05:32 Aug 8, 2008
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Archaeology
English term or phrase: Tsetseka
Kwakwaka’wakw ceremonial has traditionally mostly taken place in the winter-the Tsetseka ceremonial season.
Shirley Fan
Local time: 02:36
冬舞
Explanation:
Tseka - One dance » Tsetseka ~ winter danceTsetseka the winter dance cycle, is both the going inward winter season and the presentation of many tsekas, sacred dances. NW Coast Native Americans ...
www.tseka.com/2007/12/11/tsetseka-winter-dance/ - 18k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Northwest CoastRitual season, tsetseka was during the winter, wet months. .... A. Four day period marked the change from Bakoos to Tsetseka. ...
daphne.palomar.edu/ddozier/course_notes/regions/nwcoast_files/northwest_coast.htm - 59k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Cannibal Dances in the Kwakiutl WorldAs has been said, during the tsetseka persons were initiated by public performance of ... The shamans use them to call down the spirits of the Tsetseka. ...
cjtm.icaap.org/content/19/v19art3.html - 22k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
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pkchan
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Local time: 14:36
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4不译
Julia Zou
3冬舞
pkchan


  

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tsetseka
冬舞


Explanation:
Tseka - One dance » Tsetseka ~ winter danceTsetseka the winter dance cycle, is both the going inward winter season and the presentation of many tsekas, sacred dances. NW Coast Native Americans ...
www.tseka.com/2007/12/11/tsetseka-winter-dance/ - 18k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Northwest CoastRitual season, tsetseka was during the winter, wet months. .... A. Four day period marked the change from Bakoos to Tsetseka. ...
daphne.palomar.edu/ddozier/course_notes/regions/nwcoast_files/northwest_coast.htm - 59k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this

Cannibal Dances in the Kwakiutl WorldAs has been said, during the tsetseka persons were initiated by public performance of ... The shamans use them to call down the spirits of the Tsetseka. ...
cjtm.icaap.org/content/19/v19art3.html - 22k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this


pkchan
United States
Local time: 14:36
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Asker: tsetseka 还是不译出么?但是如果我是翻译一本书的话,是不是要翻出来会比较好呢?

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tsetseka
不译


Explanation:
tsetseka应该来自Kwakiutl的语言。参见下面的解释:

The winter period, called Tsetseka, meaning good humour, was used by the Kwakiutl as time for celebrating. They believed that the spirits ...
www.nativecrafts.info/category/american_indian_culture/ - 类似网页

建议不译。

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Note added at 2 days21 mins (2008-08-10 05:54:03 GMT)
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不译的原因如下:
1. 该单词来自很很冷门的民族语言,这样的词在英文中都出现得不多,几乎没有在汉语中出现过,所以汉语里没有固定的权威音译。
2.如果要音译,那么必须要知道Kwakwaka’wakw人如何对这个词发音,才能得到比较准确的汉语音译词,但是我估计全世界懂这门语言的人不多。

如果客户坚持要翻译,那么只好根据英文单词来音译了。根据英文发音规则tsetseka可译为:奢茨可。

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Note added at 2 days30 mins (2008-08-10 06:02:35 GMT)
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“奢茨克”更好一些。最好在音译词后跟英文原文:“奢茨克(Tsetseka)"。

Julia Zou
China
Local time: 02:36
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
Notes to answerer
Asker: 应该有个统一译法吧 要到哪里去找呢?

Asker: 是Kwakwaka’wakw(夸夸嘉夸族)的语言

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