精美英文欣赏:你是Cosplayer一族吗?(上)

Are You a Cosplayer?

你是Cosplayer一族吗?

What is a Cosplay?

"角色扮演" 是什么？

"Cosplay" is an event which people dress up as their favorite character from cartoons, animations¹ and video games and can take photos with them.

角色扮演，一般指人们通过化妆来扮演卡通，动漫作品和游戏中的角色，并允许他人与自己合影。

The word is a compound word made up of "costume" and "play".

COSPLAY是英文Costume Play的简略写法。

History of cosplay

角色扮演的历史

Cosplay's history can be traced back to the 1970s, when merchants selling Star Trek² comic books dressed up as Capt. Kirk and Mr. Spock as a marketing³ ploy⁴ at the ComicMarket convention held in Tokyo each year.

角色扮演的历史可以追溯到20世纪70年代。在东京每年一度的漫画市场大会上，一些销售《星际迷航》漫画书的商家，会以自己装扮成柯克船长和斯波克先生作为一种营销策略进行宣传销售。

The idea slowly caught on with customers, and now thousands of costume players crowd into ComicMarket every year.

这种理念很受顾客欢迎，现在每年都有数千热衷角色扮演的人涌入漫画市场。

Throughout the country there are believed to be around 50,000 costume players.

据说东京现在大约有5万人喜欢进行角色扮演。

What are players' reasons for cosplaying?

这些人为什么喜欢角色扮演？

"Cosplay to me is a way for me to make great new friends with the same interests as I have, improve my sewing skills, creativity, and let me use my imagination to help bring an amazing characters to life.

"角色扮演对我来说是一个认识志同道合的朋友的绝佳方式，还提升了我的缝纫技术，创造力，使我发挥想象把漫画中的人物扮演的栩栩如生。

I also really enjoy the challenge of making a good costume. I know a lot of people ask me why I cosplay, so these are a few reasons on why I spend so much time and money cosplaying."-- Angela

我还很享受制作精美道具的过程。我知道有许多人会问我为什么进行cospaly, 以上这些就是原因。"---安吉丽娜。

"Have a few reasons why I currently cosplay. I enjoy the challenge of creating something with my bare hands, discovering new ways to design and duplicate complicated outfits⁵ and accessories, and finally putting on the final product.

我进行角色扮演有几个理由。 我非常喜欢做手工，寻找做设计或者模仿漫画中服装和配饰的新方法，然后最终做出成品这个过程。

While I enjoy wearing the costumes, I enjoy making them even more.

我喜欢穿这些服饰，更享受制作它们的过程。

1 animations   

n.生气( animation的名词复数 )；兴奋；动画片；（指电影、录像、电脑游戏的）动画制作

参考例句：

• You'll see your team cheerleaders and mascot performing new animations as well. 你会看到啦啦队队长跟吉祥物也都会有全新的动作。 来自互联网
• Ability to create simple movie and animations using graphic & multimedia software. 能够用平面和多媒体软件制作简单的电影及动画。 来自互联网

2 trek   

vi.作长途艰辛的旅行；n.长途艰苦的旅行

参考例句：

• We often go pony-trek in the summer.夏季我们经常骑马旅行。
• It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.我们花了一整天的时间艰难地穿过那片遍布岩石的地带。

3 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

4 ploy   

n.花招，手段

参考例句：

• I think this is just a government ploy to deceive the public.我认为这只是政府欺骗公众的手段。
• Christmas should be a time of excitement and wonder,not a cynical marketing ploy.圣诞节应该是兴奋和美妙的时刻，而不该是一种肆无忌惮的营销策略。

5 outfits   

n.全套装备( outfit的名词复数 )；一套服装；集体；组织v.装备，配置设备，供给服装( outfit的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He jobbed out the contract to a number of small outfits. 他把承包工程分包给许多小单位。 来自辞典例句
• Some cyclists carry repair outfits because they may have a puncture. 有些骑自行车的人带修理工具，因为他们车胎可能小孔。 来自辞典例句