令人汗顏的改名理由雙語閱讀

　　名字對中國人來講十分重要，有時大家會為了一個好寓意而改名。出乎意料的是，外國人改名卻并非如此，他們的理由也許在我們看來挺奇葩的。不信?自己來求證吧。

　　1.King Arthur Uther Pendragon: changed because he believes he is a reincarnation of King Arthur

　　改名為亞瑟·尤瑟·潘德拉貢，因為他相信自己是亞瑟王轉(zhuǎn)世。

　　"I'm the only person in the UK, other than the Queen, who is allowed to wear a crown in their passport picture," says the man formerly known as John Rothwell. He changed his name in 1986 and said even his family no longer call him by his birth name.

　　"我是整個英國除卻女王外，唯一能在護照照片上戴皇冠的人。"這位之前名為約翰·羅斯維爾的男人講道。他在1986年改名，并稱即使是他的家人也不再叫他的原名。

　　Passport control officials always do a double take when they see his name and picture, which shows him wearing a crown.

　　護照管制官員在看到他的名字與戴著王冠的照片時，總是會忍不住再看一眼。

　　2.Tim Pppppppppprice: changed just to make it difficult for telemarketers to pronounce

　　改名為蒂姆·普普普普普普普普普普萊斯(Tim Pppppppppprice)，只是為了讓電話推銷員很難把它讀出來。

　　Sick of cold-callers, Tim Price has put them off by changing his name to avirtually unpronounceable list of consonants. According to him, it's pronounced "Tim Per-per-per-per-per-per-per-per-per-per-rice."

　　厭煩了電話銷售員的蒂姆·普萊斯(Tim Price)為了屏蔽他們，便把名字改成實際上一長串不發(fā)音的輔音。據(jù)他講，他的新名字讀成“Tim Per-per-per-per-per-per-per-per-per-per-rice.”

　　The 49-year-old from Leicester hopes his name will make people think twice about contacting him. He said he has no regrets over the name change and will now refer to himself as Tim "10p" Price.

　　這位來自萊斯特的49歲大叔期望他改的這個名字能讓人們在聯(lián)系他時再多想想。他表示自己并不后悔改名，而且現(xiàn)在會把自己稱作Tim "10p" Price.(心疼他，被電話銷售員煩成這樣不容易。)

　　3. Adam West: changed because it was cheaper than changing his flight booking

　　改名為亞當(dāng)·韋斯特：因為比改簽機票預(yù)訂更便宜。

　　In May 2015, 19-year-old Adam Armstrong, a student from Manchester, England, changed his name to "Adam West" because it was cheaper than changing his Ryanair flight booking.

　　2015年5月，來自英格蘭曼徹斯特的19歲學(xué)生亞當(dāng)·阿姆斯特朗更名為亞當(dāng)·韋斯特，因為這比他改簽瑞安航空公司的機票預(yù)訂更便宜。

　　The ticket was booked under the name "Adam West" and the airline wanted to charge him 7 to change it. His girlfriend's stepfather accidentally booked him with that name because that's what he called himself on his Facebook page. "I had put it as Adam West as a jokebecause he was the actor who played Batman on TV," West said.Instead of giving in, Adam changed his name for free to fly with his new name at no charge. However, he did have to pay about 7 to change his passport, which is still cheaper.

　　改簽?zāi)菑堃詠啴?dāng)·韋斯特之名預(yù)定的機票，瑞安航空愿意收取他337美元。亞當(dāng)女友的繼父碰巧用這個名字給亞當(dāng)訂了機票，因為亞當(dāng)在臉書上這么稱呼自己。韋斯特說："我的臉書賬號起名為亞當(dāng)·韋斯特是個玩笑之舉，因為這是蝙蝠俠演員的名字。"亞當(dāng)并不打算就此作罷，他改名沒有花一毛錢，并成功以新名字登機。然而，他確實需要為更改護照花大約157美元，這仍然省了很多錢。Above Knox

　　4. None of The Above Knox: changed to protest the lack of candidate choices.

　　改名為以上皆非·諾克斯：抗議候選人選擇權(quán)的喪失。

　　Luther Divine Knox, a rather colorful politician from Winnsboro, attracted national media attention in 1979 when he legally changed his name to "None of the Above" Knox to protest the lack of candidate choices. Knox claimed that the absence of choices led to the selection of the "lesser of two evils." He proposed that voters be given the "None of the Above" option if they reject the declared candidates for office.

　　盧瑟·圣·諾克斯，來自溫斯伯勒的一名極為開明的政治家于1979年吸引了全國媒體的注意。他合法改名為“以上皆非·諾克斯”抗議沒有“以上皆非”這一選項。諾克斯聲稱由于沒有“以上皆非”這個選項，這讓選舉變成"兩害相權(quán)取其輕"。他提議如果投票者們反對已宣布的幾位候選人上任，他們應(yīng)該被給予"以上皆非"這一選項。

　　Though he never won an election, Knox forcefully crusaded to include "None of the Above" on ballots to enhance voter choice.

　　即便諾克斯從未贏得一次選舉，他極為努力地為提升投票者的選擇權(quán)而奮斗，使投票選擇項中包括"以上皆非"這個選項。StopFortnumAndMasonFoieGrasCruelty.com

　　5.StopFortnumAndMasonFoieGrasCruelty.com: changed to raise awareness of foie gras

　　改名為StopFortnumAndMasonFoieGrasCruelty.com(阻止Fortnum & Mason殘忍供應(yīng)鵝肝網(wǎng))：為提高民眾不應(yīng)吃鵝肝的意識。

　　As a campaigner for animal rights charity PETA, she changed it from Abi Izzard to StopFortnumAndMasonFoieGrasCruelty.com in August to do her bit to raise awareness of the force feeding of geese to produce foie gras. She refuses to change her name back until London department store Fortnum & Mason stops selling it.

　　作為動物權(quán)益慈善組織PETA(人道對待動物組織)的一名活動發(fā)起者，艾比·伊扎德在今年8月將名字改為StopFortnumAndMasonFoieGrasCruelty.com，想出自己的一份力來讓民眾意識到，有人為了生產(chǎn)肥鵝肝而強制給鵝喂食。她拒絕把名字改回，直到Fortnum & Mason的倫敦百貨商場不再銷售鵝肝。

　　“I've never been embarrassed or regretted my new name. It's Fortnum & Mason that should be embarrassed and ashamed to be peddling a product so cruel that it's illegal to produce it in the UK," said the young girl.

　　這名年輕的女孩表示：“我從沒有為我這個新名字感到尷尬或是后悔，反倒應(yīng)是Fortnum & Mason該為其兜售如此殘忍的一件產(chǎn)品而尷尬羞愧，要知道在英國銷售鵝肝是非法行為。”

　　注：Fortnum & Mason是倫敦歷史最悠久的老牌百貨商場之一，從1707年至今，就一直為英國皇室提供食品，并獲得皇室頒發(fā)保證書，號稱“英國女王的雜貨店”。Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop

　　6.Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop: changed to reflect the infinite love in the universe

　　改名為Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop：為反映宇宙中無限的愛。

　　It took Jeffrey Wilschke a while to save 0 to change his name, but he accomplished it on Nov. 28, 2011 — he's now known as Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop.

　　杰弗里·威爾士柯花了些時間更名改姓，節(jié)省300美元，他到2011年11月28日才成功改名，如今他名為Beezow Doo-doo Zopittybop-bop-bop。

　　In an interview, Beezow said his first name represents "the explosion of awareness of the interconnectedness of the infinite love in the universe."

　　在一次采訪中，Beezow講道他的姓表示“感受宇宙中無限之愛相互連接的意識爆炸”

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　　Doo-doo "is the struggle of our daily lives with that awareness, which with love comes chaos."

　　Doo-doo則“代表我們每天和這種與愛共同產(chǎn)生于混沌的意識所做的斗爭”。

　　Finally, Zopittybop-bop-bop "is the outcome of that struggle, which is often ironic, especially because all life ends in death."

　　最后的Zopittybop-bop-bop“意為這種斗爭的結(jié)果，這通常是諷刺性的，尤其因為所有的生命都終結(jié)于死亡”。

　　He was arrested several times for possessing marijuana and other charges.

　　他因私藏大麻和其他幾項指控而被捕多次。

　　7. Emperor Spiderman Gandalf Wolverine Skywalker Optimus Prime Goku Sonic Xavier Ryu Cloud Superman Heman Batman Thrash: changed to "become" a superhero

　　改名為Emperor Spiderman Gandalf Wolverine Skywalker Optimus Prime Goku Sonic Xavier Ryu Cloud Superman Heman Batman Thrash：為變身超級英雄。

　　In 2013, a then 23-year-old Daniel Knox-Hewson from the UK changed his legal name to "Emperor Spiderman Gandalf Wolverine Skywalker Optimus Prime Goku Sonic Xavier Ryu Cloud Superman Heman Batman Thrash.

　　"2013年還是23歲的英國小伙丹尼爾·諾克斯-休森把他的法定姓名更改為“Emperor Spiderman Gandalf Wolverine Skywalker Optimus Prime Goku Sonic Xavier Ryu Cloud Superman Heman Batman Thrash”。

　　He did it along with a friend, Kelvin Borbidge, who's now known as Baron Venom Balrog Sabretooth Vader Megatron Vegeta Robotnik Magneto Bison Sephiroth Lex Luthor Skeletor Joker Grind.

　　當(dāng)時和他一同這么做的是名叫開爾文·博比奇的朋友，而這人如今的名字是Baron Venom Balrog Sabretooth Vader Megatron Vegeta Robotnik Magneto Bison Sephiroth Lex Luthor Skeletor Joker Grind。

　　When asked why they did it, Daniel said: "we decided to change our names because we were bored of our day-to-day lives and wanted to do something that reflected our true personalities. We couldn't believe how easy it was to do, we just had to fill in a few forms and we were granted superhero status."

　　當(dāng)被問到他們改名的理由時，丹尼爾講道：“我們改名是因為厭倦了日常生活，想要做點事來反映我們真實的人格。我們簡直不敢相信做到這點是這么簡單。只需填幾張表，我們就有了超級英雄的地位!”