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Henry Higgins: Look at her, a prisoner of the gutter,
亨利·希金斯:看看她,為何掙扎在貧民窟中
Condemned by every syllable she utters
歸咎於她那難聽的發音
By right she should be taken out and hung,
按照語法該判她死刑
For the cold-blooded murder of the English tongue.
為對英語的冷血謀殺
Eliza Doolittle : Aaoooww!
伊萊莎·杜利特:嗷
Henry (imitating her): Aaoooww!
亨利(模仿伊):哎奧
Heavens! What a sound!
天啊!這把醉人聲
This is what the British population,
這就是大英民眾
Calls an elementary education.
所謂的基礎教育
Pickering: Oh,Counsel, I think you picked a poor example.
皮克林上校:先生我想你舉例不太恰當
Henry: Did I?
亨利:是嗎
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(補)Hear them down in soho square
Dropping 'h's' everywhere.
聽聽街頭人們說話總省略H
Speaking English anyway they like.
由著自己胡說英語
You sir, did you go to school?
嘿先生,你是去學校嗎
Man: Wadaya tike me for, a fool?
路人:你當我是傻瓜嗎
Henry: No one taught him 'take' instead of 'tike!
亨利:沒人教過他怎麼發“當”這個音
Hear a Yorkshire man, or worse, hear a Cornishman converse.
聽聽約克郡,還有康尼斯郡人說話
I'd rather hear a choir singing flat.
我寧可去聽教堂唱詩班
Chickens, cackling in a barn, just like this one (pointing to Eliza)
一群雞在穀倉咯咯叫就像這樣(指向伊萊莎)
Eliza: Gaaarn
伊萊莎:槓~
Henry (writing, imitating Eliza): Gaaarn..
亨利(記錄並模仿伊):槓——
I ask you Sir, what sort of word is that? (to Pickering)
(對皮克林)請問,先生,那是什麼字啊
It's 'aoow' and 'gaarn' that keep her in her place
就是“嗷”和“槓”讓她沒前途
Not her wretched clothes and dirty face
而不是因為她的潑衣和臟臉
Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
為什麼英國人不能教會孩子們怎麼說話
This verbal class distinction, by now,
現在憑發音區別階級已經過時
Should be antique. If you spoke as she does, sir,
要是先生你也
Instead of the way you do,
像她那樣說話
Why, you might be selling flowers, too!
你可能也得去賣花
Pickering: I beg your pardon!
皮克林:對不起
Henry: An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him,
亨利:英國人的發音分出三六九等
The moment he talks he makes some other
發音不對的話
Englishman despise him.
別人就會輕視
One common language I'm afraid we'll never get.
恐怕我們已經失去了共同語言
Oh, why can't the English learn to
哦為什麼英國人不能
set a good example to people whose
給說英語廢耳朵的人
English is painful to your ears?
樹立一個良好的榜樣
The Scotch and the Irish leave you close to tears.
蘇格蘭和愛爾蘭人說話能讓你痛哭流涕
There even are places where English completely disappears.
許多地方英語甚至已經滅絕
Well, in America, they haven't used it for years!
哦美國人說的早就不是英語
Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
為什麼英國人不能教會孩子們怎麼說話
Norwegians learn Norwegian
挪威人會挪威語
The Greeks have taught their Greek.
希臘人會希臘語
In France every Frenchman knows
法國人人都
his language from 'A' to 'Zed'
通曉法語
The French never care what they do, actually,
法國人不用關心怎麼說話
as long as they pronounce it properly.
因為他們總能正確發音
Arabians learn Arabian with the speed of summer lightning.
阿拉伯人學阿拉伯語就像閃電一樣快
And Hebrews learn it backwards,
希伯來人說希伯來語
which is absolutely frightening.
能倒說如流
Use proper English you're regarded as a freak.
正確說英語的反倒被當做怪人
Why can't the English,
為什麼英國人
Why can't the English learn to speak?
為什麼英國人不能學學好好說話
一曲唱完戰術飲茶
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