Jean-Francois Amadei // 大家好!
My name is Jean-François Amadei, I'm a 24 years old guy living between Hong Kong and Taipei. I'm a former Technology Evangelist at Toro-Asia.com and Digital Media Strategist at Ogilvy Digital Influence HK. I'm currently working on a new Taipei based venture in the mobile application business.
This is an excellent article that I found on the NCIKU's blog (NCIKU is an amazing website for all the people learning chinese but unfortunately they do not support traditional chinese characters, thus I prefer use Yellowbridge instead). I copy it here with french translation for my fellow frenchmen
70後、80後、90後的離奇區別
Difference among young adults in China who born after 1970, 80, and 90:
La difference entre les jeunes adultes chinois né apres les années 70, 80 et 90 :
1、Work:
70後:工作狂基本上都是70後的。
70: Many of them are workaholics.
70: Il se tuent au travail
80後:而我們,拒絕加班!
80: Extra hours? No way!
80: Des heures sup' ? Même pas en rêve...
90後:拒絕上班!
90: We don’t even go to work!
90: Travailler ? Même pas en rêve...
2、Style:
70後:他們喜歡穿七匹狼或者猛龍牌子的衣服。
70: We like certain name brand.
70: On aime certaines marques
80後:我們喜歡G-Star之類的。
80: We like something as G-Star…
80: On aime les truc du style G-Star
90後:乞丐服,越花越好,越破越好..一個洞時尚,兩個洞潮流,三個洞個性...
90: Boho chic.
90: Boho Chic.
3、Entertainment
70後:他們唱k的時候只會亂吼──例如2002年的第一場雪,然後就拼命拉著你喝酒,不讓你唱。
70: Roaring Karaoke
70: Allons au Karaoke!
80後:Mic霸一般是我們。
80:We are king of karaoke.
80: Nous sommes les rois du Karaoke
90後:我們不止會唱,還會跳!
90: We are not only karaoke, but also dance ok.
90: Pas seulement le Karaoke, mais aussi Danse Ok
4、 Topic
70後:他們的話題除了工作就是股票。
70: We talk about job and stock market only.
70: On ne parle que de boulot et des marchés boursiers
80後:我們的話題更多,有英超、魔獸……
80: We talk about game online.
80: On ne parle que des jeux-videos online
90後:QQ等級,QQ秀...
90: We talk about QQ on QQ…
90: On parle de QQ sur QQ... (l'equivalent de MSN en Chine)
5、Accessories
70後:他們如果有筆記本,會喜歡到公眾場合用。
70: They want to show up with a notebook in public.
70: Ils veulent se montrer avec un ordinateur portable en public
80後:我們才不會背那麼重的東西在身上。
80: We don't want carry anything heavy, such as a notebook..
80: Nous ne voulons pas porter des choses lourdes, genre ordinateur portable
90後:只要蘋果筆記本,而且不止一台...
90: Apple notebook only, and more than one…
90: Seulement des Macbook, et plus d'un...
6、Drink
70後:他們喜歡喝紅酒,一般是長城紅酒。
70: They usually like red wine, such as Great Wall red wine.
70: Ils aiment le vin rouge, genre le vin "Grande Muraille de Chine" (disponible chez tous les magasins Tang Frère qui se respectent)
80後:我們要么不喝酒,要么就喝啤酒。
80: Many of us don't drink, or drink beer only.
80: On boit très peu, où seulement de la biere.
90後:韓國果汁,日本汽水...
90: Korean Juice, Japanese soda…
90: Jus coréens, soda japonais...
7、Social
70後:他們無論任何時候,看到有站著的領導,都會馬上給領導讓座。
70:Whenever they see boss stands, they will get a chair for boss.
70: Dés que le patron arrive, tous le monde se leves.
80後:我們崇尚上下級平等。
80: Every body should be equal.
80: Tous le monde doit être égaux
90後:天上地下,唯我獨尊!
90: I am the most important one!
90 : JE suis le plus important
8、Marriage
70後:他們娶老婆的時候想娶處女。
70: My wife has to be a virgin.
70: Ma femme doit être vierge
80後:我們覺得無所謂,只要相互感情好就可以了。
80: Virgin or not does not matter, only if I love her.
80: Vierge où pas c'est pas grave, tant que je l'aime.
90後:結婚需要感情嗎? ..需要結婚嗎? ..
90: Do we have to be in love to get marry? Do we even need marriage?
90: Doit-on vraiment être amoureux pour se marier ? Avons-nous vraiment besoin de mariage ?
9、World view
70後:他們覺得每個日本人、美國人、台灣人都想攻打中國。
70: They thought that China was hostile by Japan, America, and Taiwan.
70: Ils pensent que le Japon, les USA et Taiwan leurs est hostile.
80後:我們喜歡日本的連續劇、台灣的綜藝節目、美國的大片。
80: We like Japanese TV drama, Taiwan TV show, and American movie.
80: On adore les emissions de television venant du Japon et de Taiwan, sans oublier les films americains
90後:我要去日本,因為我是日系MM...
90: I am Japanese style …
90: Je vis à la mode Japanaise
10、View of war
70後:他們希望中國用核彈把上面三個國家(地區)都滅了。
70: China has to be powerful.
70: La Chine doit devenir une super puissance
80後:我們希望和平。
80: We love peace.
80: On veux la paix
90後:和我無關!打仗衣服會降價嗎?那就打唄~~
90: We don't care! if war would cut down the price of my favorite dress, go ahead!
90: On s'en tamponne, si la guerre peux faire baisser les prix de ma robe favorite, qu'on la fasse!
11、Moral
70後:他們對服務員態度惡劣,或者言語上調戲女服務員。
70: They treat waitress impolitely.
70: Ils traitent les serveurs de façon très malpolie
80後:我們只在點菜和結帳時會跟服務員說話。
80: Not even want to talk to waitress.
80: On adresse pas la parole aux serveurs
90後:從不和waitress說話,只會背後討論她的衣服很土...
90: Never talk to waitress, but gossip and tease them
90: En plus de ne pas leur adresser la paroles, on leurs casse les bonbons pendant qu'ils bossent...
12、Money
70後:我們有存款。
70: We have money in bank.
70: On a de l'argent dans notre compte en banque
80後:我們負債。
80: We have loan.
80: On a un credit sur le dos
90後:我們有老爸!
90: We have rich daddy!
90: On a un papa très riche
13、House
70後:他們會把房子買在番禺或者花都,然後每天早上花一個多小時乘車去上班。
70: We buy a house away from city, and spend an hour to work by bus.
70: On achète une maison loin de la ville et on passe notre vie dans les transports en commun.
80後:我們喜歡在公司附近租房子,每天騎車或走路去上班,就為了早上多睡一會。
80: Because we want to get up late in morning, we just rent a room close to work place, and ride a bike or walk to work.
80: Par ce qu'on aime faire la grasse matinée, on loue simplement une petite piece prêt du bureau et on y va à pied où en velo
90後:我們住哪裡都可以,只要BF喜歡...
90: I live wherever my boy friend lives…
90: J'habite chez mon petit ami
14、Friend
70後:他們結交有背景有地位的人。
70: We make friend with good background.
70: On se fait des amis de bonne famille
80後:我們結交志趣相投的人。
80: We make friend with somebody I like.
80: On se fait ami avec des gens que l'on aime, qui nous ressemblent.
90後:我們結交滿身文身的帥哥!
90: My friends are cool men with tattoo.
90: J'ai des amis très cool avec plein de tatouages!
15、Weekend
70後:他們週末約客戶去吃飯。
70: They spend the weekend by taking clients to dinner.
70: Ils passent leurs weekend a emmener leurs clients à dejeuner.
80後:我們週末約同學去踢球。
80: We play ball with friends on weekend.
80: On se fait un foot entre copains
90後:一個禮拜7天週末,想做什麼做什麼!
90: 7 days a week, everyday is weekend to us. We do whatever we want!
90: On est en weekend 7 jours par semaines, on fait ce que l'on veux !
16、Alcohol
70後:他們喝酒時喜歡跟別人乾杯
70: They always cheers and finish all alcohol.
70: Ils passent leur temp à trinquer et à finir toutes les bouteilles
80後:我們能喝多少喝多少,喝不下了,怎麼也不肯再喝
80: We drink as much as we can take.
80: On boit autant que possible
90後:我不是隨便喝酒的人,我隨便喝起酒來不是人~
90: We don't drink that often, but if we start to drink, we drink a lot…
90: On boit pas souvent mais quand on boit, on ne fait pas les choses à moitié!
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