圣的英语发音详解:标准读音与常见误读纠正指南
我之前已经介绍了著名品牌Louis Vuitton(路易斯威登)和Gucci(古驰)的正确发音以及相关的信息。
感兴趣的读者可以点击以下链接进行阅读。
“英语发音系列一:Louis Vuitton怎么发音,你露怯了吗?”
“英语发音系列二:从Gucci(古驰)的英语发音说开去”
大家已经可以发现,很多知名奢侈品牌诞生于法国,而她们的发音是以法语为基础的,所以即使很多英语是母语的人也不知道如何发音。这也是为什么我专门把她们拿出来进行解读。今天我们会介绍这个品牌:
YSL(Yves Saint Laurent)
中文名称:圣罗兰或者直接叫做”YSL“,又或者“杨树林儿”(貌似这里儿化音是必须的)
国家:法国
正确发音:/ˈiv sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃/ (法语发音)
解说:因为是法语,所以Yves后面的“es”、Saint以及Laurent后面的“t”是都是不发音的。由此可见,中文翻译为“圣罗兰”是意译(Saint)和音译(Laurent)的结合,而音译部分照顾到了法语原来的发音,这里点个赞。
下面是YSL的正确发音以及一篇简短的介绍,请点击音频收听。
Yves Saint Laurent himself said it best: “Chanel freed women, and I empowered them.” Founded in 1961, the legendary house that bears his name has given us a repertoire of fabled pieces (the Mondrian shift, Le Smoking, the safari jacket, the see-through dress) that offered a modern vocabulary of dressing that was confident, worldly, and sexually liberated.
the legendary house that bears his name:因此这个牌子是一个eponymous fashion label,就是“以创立者名字命名的”商标。很多时尚品牌都是以这种方式命名的,比如香奈儿(Chanel),以及本《英语发音系列》的前两个路易威登(Louis Vuitton)和古驰(Gucci)等。Repertoire:/ˈrɛpətwɑː/,原意是“剧目”,来自于法语,而后者又来自于拉丁语repertōrium,意思是“catalogue, inventory”,引申为“the entire stock of things available in a field or of a kind”,也就是所有的“存货”之意。在法语里“-oir”或者是“-oire”发/wɑː/音,其他类似的单词还有大家熟悉的reservoir,memoir(比如章子怡和巩俐的《艺伎回忆录》Memoirs of a Geisha)等。Saint Laurent and his long-time lover (and business alter ego), Pierre Bergé, founded the company in 1961, a year after the young designer was abruptly dismissed from Paris’s reigning couture house, Christian Dior, of which he had been the head. Within a few years of opening his own atelier, Saint Laurent was infusing his creations with the maverick spirit of the 1960s. “There is a new trend in fashion,” he declared. “It is young and strives for attractiveness rather than elegance.” It also strived for worldliness. A master of appropriation, Saint Laurent would venture into realms as diverse as the gay counterculture, the souks of Marrakech, and the steppes of Russia, plucking from them garments that were humble (peasant blouses, military trenchcoats) or ceremonial (African conical breastplates) and elevating them to the status of high fashion.
Alter ego:另一个自己,说明两人的关系之亲密,除了是爱人,还是商业合作伙伴。Couture:来自法语,意思是“high-fashion designing and dressmaking”,也就是“高端服装设计和制作”。有一个比较著名的牌子可能众多女士会很熟悉,叫做Juicy Couture,他家的velour(绒)休闲装很有名。请注意我的朗读中这个单词的发音。Ultimately, Saint Laurent’s drug addiction and depression took their toll, and by the 1980s the designer was no longer innovating. When Gucci Group stepped in to acquire the financially ailing company in 1999, Tom Ford soon was given the job of creating ready-to-wear while Saint Laurent remained in charge of haute couture. Increasingly frail, the founder stepped down in 2002, shuttering the couture house and leaving Ford as sole creative captain.
Take one’s toll:意思是“To affect, especially negatively”,这里“took their toll”中的“their”指的是“drug addiction and depression”。Saint Laurent的毒瘾和抑郁症严重影响了他的健康,到了20世纪80年代他已经没有新的设计出台了。1999年,Gucci收购了这家财务窘迫的公司(financially ailing),Tom Ford掌管成衣(ready-to-wear)部门,而Saint Laurent则负责“haute couture”,也就是高端服装部分。shuttering: to close (a store or business operations) for the day or permanently. 就是关店的意思。如果你喜欢我的文章,请点赞和关注。每天写一点,每天学一点,在学英语的同时学习英语国家文化。好好学习,天天向上。
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