打工姐妹花第一季 第60期:卡洛琳开导麦克斯

 　　What's with the empty hands, Max?

　　你怎么两手空空来了，麦克斯

　　No cupcakes tonight?

　　今晚没做蛋糕吗

　　No, they're bugging¹ me. I decided² to take the night off.

　　没，蛋糕让我心烦，所以我决定歇一晚

　　Be careful with decisions like that.

　　做这种决定时要小心

　　In 1987, I took a night off from Earth, Wind, and Fire

　　当年我也决定歇一晚，缺席地球风与火乐队

　　and the next day, they earth, wind, and fired my ass³.

　　隔天，乐队就风风火火的把我踢出去了

　　Hi. Sorry I'm late.

　　大家好啊，抱歉我来晚了

　　Mid-afternoon nap in your vagina?

　　在你阴道里午后小睡了一把吗

　　I wish! No.

　　我也希望，可惜不是

　　I went to a cheap bakery supply store in Greenpoint

　　我去绿点区一家便宜面包店用品店

　　and got us some supplies.

　　给咱们买了点装备

　　打工姐妹花第一季

　　Here.

　　给

　　It's the basic cake decorating kit⁴.

　　这是基本的蛋糕装饰装备

　　And best of all I found us a fun, reasonable

　　最棒的是，我在一家蛋糕店给咱俩报了

　　two-session cupcake decorating class at a bakery.

　　一个好玩又价格合理的两课时蛋糕装饰课

　　We can learn how to make pretty roses.

　　我们能学到如何做出漂亮的玫瑰花哦

　　No way.

　　做梦

　　The cupcakes don't need to be pretty.

　　我的蛋糕不需要变漂亮

　　They compensate⁵ by having a great sense of humor.

　　它们主攻幽默路线

　　Pretty cupcakes is just another option for our business.

　　漂亮的蛋糕只是我们事业的另一个路线

　　People want pretty, we do pretty.

　　人们喜欢漂亮，我们就做得漂亮

　　Or people want homemade, we do--

　　或者人们喜欢自制，我们就...

　　Wait, where is our homemade?

　　等等，我们的自制蛋糕呢

　　I didn't make any tonight.

　　今晚我没做

　　You didn't make any?

　　怎么不做啊

　　What, you get one piece of constructive⁶ criticism

　　干嘛，就因为人家一次建设性的批评

　　and you stop making them?

　　就不再做蛋糕了吗

　　Max, it's business.

　　麦克斯，咱们是做生意

　　And maybe Semhar has a point about making them pretty.

　　而且西蒙娜说得也不无道理呀

　　First of all, what does she know about pretty?

　　她懂什么叫做漂亮吗

　　The woman has dreadlocks.

　　一个雷鬼发型的女人懂个毛

　　Her head looks like the stuff

　　她那颗头简直就像

　　you empty out of a vacuum cleaner bag.

　　吸尘器脏物袋里的垃圾似的

　　Not pretty.

　　漂亮个毛呀

　　Forget her.

　　先别说她

　　What's happening with you?

　　你这态度是干嘛

　　What's your problem with pretty?

　　你对"漂亮"有什么意见吗

　　Don't wave your divas live hand at me.

　　少用那天后卖弄唱腔手势在我面前晃

　　I just think society's way too concerned

　　我觉得现今社会太霸道

　　with other people's idea of what's pretty.

　　老要和谐别人心中认为的美

　　You don't think you can do it.

　　你觉得自己做不到

　　That's what this is about.

　　所以你才顾左右而言他

　　This isn't about society.

　　跟社会一点关系都没有

　　You're afraid you can't do pretty.

　　你怕自己做不出漂亮的东西

　　Look, I don't do pretty

　　我是不屑做

　　the way you don't do Puerto Ricans.

　　就跟你不屑于搞波多黎各仔一样

　　What are you talking about?

　　你瞎说什么呀

　　I'll do Puerto Ricans.

　　我愿意搞波多黎各仔啊

　　All right.

　　好吧

　　Then go do one and leave me alone.

　　愿搞搞去，别烦我

　　Max, it's a skill. That's all.

　　麦克斯，这只是门手艺，仅此而已

　　It's not shameful⁷ to not know how to do something.

　　不会做某事又算不了什么

　　Didn't you have piano lessons growing up?

　　小时候学钢琴不都这样吗

　　Seriously?

　　你搞笑啊

　　Ice skating?

　　学溜冰刀呢

　　Closest I've come to blades on ice

　　我人生中离刀片与冰最近的一次是

　　was when a pregnant girl pulled a knife on me

　　去场冰球赛，被一个大肚妞

　　at a hockey game.

　　拿刀在我面前比划

　　Look, you and I have a business,

　　听着，我们要打开门做生意的

　　and this is a skill we need.

　　我们需要这门手艺

　　We're going to that class

　　我们一起去上课

　　and we are gonna master how to make pretty roses.

　　然后学会怎么做出漂亮的玫瑰花

　　And I know how much you hate anything trendy,

　　我知道你很讨厌新潮的东西

　　so I found us a family-owned Italian bakery in Brooklyn.

　　特地在附近找了间家族经营的意大利面包店

　　Italian's good.

　　意大利人好啊

　　Maybe they'll know how to dump the body

　　等我把你杀了之后，他们应该懂

　　after I kill you.

　　怎么毁尸灭迹

1 bugging   

[法] 窃听

参考例句：

• Okay, then let's get the show on the road and I'll stop bugging you. 好，那么让我们开始动起来，我将不再惹你生气。 来自辞典例句
• Go fly a kite and stop bugging me. 走开，别烦我。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

4 kit   

n.用具包，成套工具；随身携带物

参考例句：

• The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
• The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。

5 compensate   

vt.补偿，赔偿；酬报 vi.弥补；补偿；抵消

参考例句：

• She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
• Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。

6 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

7 shameful   

adj.可耻的，不道德的

参考例句：

• It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
• We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。