Transcription 音译

Ningbo, 7/1998

过年时收到的短信，大概是祝『唵嘛呢叭咪吽，看不懂没关系，跟着念就行：All money go my home（所有钱都到我家）』。没想到唵嘛呢叭咪吽再音译一下也是句不错的话嘛～可是，原本的梵文ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ的音，其实更像All money pay my home（所有钱都付我房产）吧……
说到音译，其实中文中音译来的梵文，对我们了解古音是很有帮助的。因为梵文是拼音文字，并且梵文的语音变化，由于宗教的缘故而比较小。同样的例子还有日文的和语部分，比如汉朝时『邪马台』读音应该近于やまと（Ya ma to）。

Here is a short message I received this lunar calendar new year: wish u 唵嘛呢叭咪吽, reads: All money go my home. But 唵嘛呢叭咪吽 is actually a transcription of Sanskrit ॐ मणि पद्मे हूँ, which sounds more likely All money pay my home...
To be serious, transcriptions in Chinese is a great help on studying ancient pronunciation. This is because Chinese has a logographic writing system which doesn't keep pronunciation with characters. However, there are many transcriptions from Sanskrit, which is a phonetic writing system and keeps pronunciation seriously for religious reasons. There is also a part of Japanese called wa-go helps, e.g. 邪马台 must be pronounced like やまと/Yamato in Han dynasty, rather than Xiematai/ɕiɛmɑtaɪ now.

What I've Done 我都干了啥

值此鲁路修大人/ルルーシュ様终于完美地摆了他那个脑残的世界一道之际（参：扣得鸡鸭死），这个6自由度加速度计（确切地说，是惯性计）原型终于完成上电测试。静态噪音、零位……等等误差指标皆大欢喜。可以看到，日期很古老，但《人月神化》告诉我，向延期的工程增加人手是没用的，所以……咦？说鲁路修和这个有什么关系？呃，一个好的结局/结果能挽救一部/摊渣作。
As Lelouch/ルルーシュ the weasl completely fooled his majesty's retarded world (Ref: Code Geass), this first prototype of 6 Degrees of Freedom Accelerometer (by mistake, Inertial meter if correcter) has finished its power-on tests. Nearly all kinds of errors are within design target range. Yes, the marked date is a long ago, but as The Mythical Man-Month told, I can't speed up any more by adding man. And ...What's the relationship between this meter and Code Geass? Well, A good end/result will save a session/bunch of garbage works.

疏於耕耘 Be Lack of Hard Work

Shanghai 2007

但愿不要像这『美国梦幻乐园』般，荒芜掉。
『美国、梦幻、乐园』……说起来暗暗刚把自己流放到美国去了……美国是什么？梦幻？乐园？

Pepsi Salt Soda 百事盐汽水

现在他们不仅卖糖水，也卖盐水了。

Now they not only sell sugar water, but also salt water.

Safety first 安全第一

国际品牌就是注意安全，庄臣的蚊香就比较安全，安全到烧到一半就灭……益损说得对，蚊香这个东西，还是中国造的比较好，也没听说谁家烧起来的。

International brands consider safety first, as Johnson's Coils, those never got their burning finished. Eason's right, Coils form China is better. There isn't any report of somewhere using Coils being burned.

Wardrobe Malfunction of Meng Ya 《萌芽》走光了

新一期《萌芽》……这照片不知道是哪位照的？
对这个小姑娘而言，腿部严重变形显然已不是大问题了。
周先生要笑了，图片编辑真合他意。

The new issue of Meng Ya(a famous literary magazine aimed to students) ...Where's the photographer?
On the girl, the huge deformation of her leg even isn't a problem.
Mr. Lu Hsun must be laughing, that the picture editor implemented his will perfectly.

Custom of Coffee 咖啡的习惯

(Er …not in focus …)

不加糖也不加奶？那已不是享受，是吸毒——不如来针咖啡因。

Without sugar or milk? That's not Coffee, that's drug. Better to give a shoot of caffeine.

Max is good

从菜肴和名字同样后现代的『per il Gelato』回来，惊闻Max勇夺『优秀学生』称号，庆祝下……

Backing from the restaurant per il Gelato with bland foods, we've found that Max has got a Good Student title surprisly …well done!