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#42 CNBC's Seema Mody - by Simi Shah

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Morning Trailblazers! I’m Simi Shah, and every other week, I dive deep into the journey of a trailblazing South Asian leader. Find us on Instagram, LinkedIn, Apple, and Spotify. You’ve probably seen her on T.V. 📺… for today’s episode, I sat down with Seema Mody, CNBC Global Markets Reporter. LISTEN NOW A leading business journalist, Seema is CNBC’s FIRST South Asian on-air personality. She joined the network in 2011 and currently focuses on the intersection of foreign policy and Wall Street, as well as the travel industry. Read More...

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如果我问你“饺子的英文是什么?”,你肯定会说 Chinese dumplings. 没错。 如果我再问你“包 子英文怎么说?”是不是一下子想不起来了? 其实很多时候 dumpling 也可以指包子。 一般汉英字典上给的标准答案是:Chinese steamed buns 可是,bun是小圆面包的意思,steamed buns应该只是白面馒头(没有馅儿)啊。 一般意义上所说的那种有馅儿的包 子英文叫Chinese steamed buns stuffed with meat/vegetable filling。的确很啰嗦,但这样说才能解释清楚。 *注:上海话里没有“包 子”这个词,上海人把馒头和包 子统称为“馒头”。有肉馅的叫“肉馒头”,没馅儿的叫白馒头,生煎(北方的水煎包)上海人称为“生煎馒头”。 我们再来近距离看饺子的英文 Chinese dumplings. 其实这个翻译也有问题,因为dumpling的本意只是煮熟或蒸熟的一小团面制成的食品(small balls of boiled or steamed dough),仅从字面意思看也不一定是饺子,也可以指汤圆(sweet dumplings)啊,还可以是粽子啊(rice dumplings)。 *注:南方人说汤圆,北方叫元宵。传说是袁 世 凯要求改的名字,说汤圆听着不吉利,像“蹚袁”,所以北方就改叫元宵。我一向认为这个传说纯属扯淡,因为“元宵”听起来像“袁消”,岂不更不吉利?袁大头如果真要求汤圆改名字,就该直接要求全中国都按照宁波话那样把汤圆这种东西叫做“汤团”——problem solved. 好,我们继续。 很多年前我跟一群意大利人一起工作,他们都是第一次来中国,第一次看见饺子时,他们有人说是 Gnocchi cinesi. Cinesi就是意大利语的Chinese,gnocchi就是意大利的饺子。 他们中的另一拨人说饺子是 Chinese calzone. Calzone是意大利的一种馅饼,是烤的。 我意大利语不行,判断不了这两个意大利语词哪个更准确。不久后我在一个意大利工友家里吃了他老婆做的calzone,惊呼——这不是我们的韭菜盒子吗? 但如果你查汉英字典的话,韭菜盒子一般翻译成 fried leek dumplings. 这就是我今天要谈的主要问题——好像所有中国的面食都被简单地翻译成了dumpling,什么都是dumpling,前面再加上Chinese就解决问题了?我对这种偷懒的翻译表示遗憾。我认为韭菜盒子也可以翻译成Chinese calzone啊。 在所有中国面食的英文翻译中,我认为只有一个东西翻译得最好,完全没有歧义,那就是馄饨(云吞)——wonton. 对中国稍微有点了解的歪果仁都知道wonton是什么,但这又不算翻译,只是广东话“云吞”的音译。有一次在成都一个意大利朋友问我这玩意儿叫啥,我急中生智说——Sichuan rivioili。ravioli是一种意大利面食,跟我们的饺子非常相似,也有馅儿,也是面皮包起来的,small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings. 哈,那个罗马小伙儿秒懂,在春熙路连吃了三碗“龙抄手”,赞不绝口——delizioso, squisito, eccellente, fantastico. Read More...

1970s Art History Kick Started the Contemporary Art Movement

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The Contemporary Art movement is one large chunk of a movement. It basically encapsulates every smaller art movement that took place from the 1970s until now. The Feminist art movement, Graffiti art, neo-expressionism, computer art – all of these are smaller movements held within the overall umbrella of the Contemporary Art movement.  The movements and styles that kick-started the Contemporary Art movement in the 1970s are particularly interesting to me. In many ways, it’s the first time in art history where you can see a break from the long-held traditions of the art world/ Read More...

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