How do you translate 江湖 in English ？

[blackmondy]

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[tanwahtiu]

跑江湖... how do u want to use it...

 

[jw5]

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Let me try a few. Start with the most cumbersome one.

"The World Of Martial Arts Exponents"

 

[jw5]

There is a movie called 江湖, and the film is also known as Blood Brothers in Singapore, and Triad Underworld in the United States.
Imho, both translations are inappropriate.
But that should not stop you from watching the movie.

 

[rocket]

Glue

 

[nirvarq]

society
/səˈsʌɪɪti/
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noun

1. 1.
   the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.

 

[blackmondy]

society
/səˈsʌɪɪti/
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noun

1. 1.
   the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.

Society is too generic a term. It's definitely more than that.

 

[wikiphile]

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https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/江湖

I would say 'The World at large"

 

[batman1]

All corners of the country.

 

[empathizerofeatshitndie]

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/江湖

I would say 'The World at large"

Dear @wikiphile, I like that Chinese Wikipedia article!
But here's the English Wikipedia version for those whose understanding of Chinese characters (i.e. 汉字 or 漢字, hàn zì) is not good enough:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Jianghu

 

[LITTLEREDDOT]

Pugilistic world

 

[jw5]

Society is too generic a term. It's definitely more than that.

How about "Martial Society"?

 

[jw5]

Pugilistic world

This is my favourite translation so far.

 

[blackmondy]

How about "Martial Society"?

Sounds militaristic.

 

[jw5]

Sounds militaristic.

Pugilistic World by @LITTLEREDDOT sounds good to me.

 

[wikiphile]

Dear @wikiphile, I like that Chinese Wikipedia article!
But here's the English Wikipedia version for those whose understanding of Chinese characters (i.e. 汉字 or 漢字, hàn zì) is not good enough:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Jianghu

That is too much fantasy and romanticization from the author's POV. Wikpedia is like that, any ah gao and ah neow can edit at will.

When someone says 混江湖， does it mean that he is literally really a member of an underworld or he operates in between?

when someone says 讨江湖， does it mean that he is literally asking for a society or someone is out to hustle him?

when someone says 身在江湖 身不由己， does it mean that he really is in an underworld or he has no choice and is using it as a metaphor?

See my abstracting point?

 

[jw5]

That is too much fantasy and romanticization from the author's POV. Wikpedia is like that, any ah gao and ah neow can edit at will.

When someone says 混江湖， does it mean that he is literally really a member of an underworld or he operates in between?

when someone says 讨江湖， does it mean that he is literally asking for a society or someone is out to hustle him?

when someone says 身在江湖 身不由己， does it mean that he really is in an underworld or he has no choice and is using it as a metaphor?

See my abstracting point?

So what's your suggestion?

 

[wikiphile]

So what's your suggestion?

don't even bother to explain to the ang mohs. let him keep on scratching his head to figure it out. They literally mean rivers and lake anyway

 

[jw5]

don't even bother to explain to the ang mohs. let him keep on scratching his head to figure it out.

I don't think the threadstarter is an ang moh, he is simply asking for suggestions.

 

[blackmondy]

I don't think the threadstarter is an ang moh, he is simply asking for suggestions.

Limpeh definitely not ang-moh lah. Anyway how would you explain 江湖 to an ang-moh ？