*15.【How to Say Coca-cola in Mandarin Chinese? 可口可乐】(Free transcripts + English translation available!)

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Transcritps

嗨大家好，我是你们的普通话老师Nana。

最近我生活的城市越来越热了，夏天到了嘛，温度越来越高。 今天的温度是二十四度，外面的太阳也很晒。

在外面走了一段时间之后，我去餐厅吃饭，决定要点一杯可口可乐喝。

可口可乐，哎？这个是什么饮料呢？你们可以猜到吗？

其实这个你一定喝过。

可口可乐，就是Coca-cola 可口可乐

唉，这个翻译其实还挺有意思的。

Coca-cola——它听起来首先就很像“可口可乐”这四个字吧。

这个在中文里面，我们把它叫做“音译”，通过声音发音来做翻译。音译。

但是除了通过发音来做翻译以外呢，“可口可乐”这四个字也有自己的含义哦。

可口——可口的意思就是tasty

可乐——可乐就是funny / something interesting

所以可口可乐，就是又tasty，又funny 可口可乐。

所以它不仅在声音上和英文coca cola很像，在含义上也是一个有着很正面很积极含义的词。

中文里面的很多翻译都是这样来的，比如和“可口可乐”，“可口可乐”很类似的“七喜”。

七喜就是 Seven Up 七喜。

那么Seven就是七，up本来是“向上”，那么这边的“喜”就是一个代表开心，比如说“欢喜”、“喜欢”的这个“喜”

七喜，听起来就让人很开心这个名字。

那么还有什么呢？

比如Pepsi

Pepsi在中文里面叫做“百事可乐”，唉，和可口可乐还挺像吧，百事可乐。

百事和Pepsi是有一点相像，对不对？它听起来有一点像。

百事的意思，就是“一百件事”。

a hundred things 一百件事

也就是很多很多事情。所以“百事可乐”就是有很多很多事情，都让你觉得很有趣，很funny。

所以“百事可乐”也是在讲有很多很多高兴的事儿，都会发生在你的身边。

哎，这些英文变成中文的翻译，是不是还挺有意思的？其实还有很多这些类似的翻译，可能我们之后再跟大家聊一聊吧。

那么这边就是我们今天的内容啦，我们下次再见吧，拜拜。

Hi everyone, I'm your Mandarin teacher Nana.

Lately, the city I live in is getting hotter and hotter. As summer has arrived, the temperature gets higher and higher. The temperature today is 24 degree (celsius). The sun outside is very bright too. After walking for a while, I had a meal in a restaurant, and decided to order and drink a cup of Coca cola. 可口可乐，Ah? What is this drink? Can you guess it?

Actually, you must have had drunk this one. 可口可乐 is Coca-cola. This translation is actually quite interesting. Coca-cola -- in the beginning, it sounds just like the four letters 可口可乐. In Chinese, we call it "homophonic translation". Translation through sound and pronunciation.

But apart from translating by pronunciation, these four letters, "可口可乐", also has their own meanings. The meaning of 可口 is tasty. 可乐 is funny / something interesting. So, 可口可乐，is tasty and at the same time funny. So, it's not just similar to the English (word) 'coca cola' in terms of sound. In terms of meaning, it's also a word with a positive and vigorous meaning.

In Chinese, lots of translations are made up this way, such as“七喜”which is very similar to“可口可乐”. 七喜 is Seven-up. So 七 is seven; up originally means“upward”. In here, “喜”represents happiness, such as the “喜” in “欢喜”、“喜欢”.

七喜 (Seven-up). A name cheering people up just by hearing it.

So what else? For example, Pepsi. In Chinese, Pepsi is called“百事可乐”. Ah, it's quite similar to 可口可乐 right? 百事可乐。百事 is quite similar to Pepsi right? It sounds a bit alike. The meaning of 百事 is "a hundred things". That is, many many things.

So “百事可乐” means that there are many many things, all make you feel funny (interested).

Therefore,“百事可乐” actually is saying that there will be many many happy things to happen around you.

Ah, these translations from English to Chinese, aren't they interesting? Actually, there are still many of these translations, maybe we'll talk about them with you later. So this is the content of today. See you next time. Bye bye!