七大国文化禁忌：不要在外国说“英语”

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　　New Zealand
        　　新西兰
        　　Don't confuse New Zealanders with Aussies: "We don't like it!"
        　　不要分不清新西兰人和澳大利亚人：“我们不喜欢这样!”
        　　Don't expect to see Kiwi birds: "They are almost extinct. Irony!"
        　　别奢望看到基维鸟(新西兰的国鸟)：“它们几乎灭绝了，讽刺吧?”
        　　Don't make fun of rugby, Lord of the Rings, or the Queen of England: "All Blacks is a rugby team and probably a religion. Haka is a war-cry performed before a war or, nowadays, a rugby match. Do not make fun of it!"
        　　不要取笑橄榄球、《指环王》或英国女王。“全黑队是一支橄榄球队乃至一种信仰，哈卡战舞是在橄榄球比赛前表演的舞蹈。千万不要拿这些开玩笑!”
        　　"Kiwis are proud of Lord Of the Rings!"
        　　“《指环王》是新西兰人的骄傲!”
        　　"The Queen of England is still a big deal here! We still celebrate her birthday and swear allegiance to her."
        　　“英国女王在新西兰仍然很受尊敬。我们仍在庆祝女王生日并向女王宣誓效忠。”
        　　Don't freak out about people not wearing shoes: "It's perfectly normal to go about in public places without footwear, and in some cases a shirt."
        　　看到有人光脚，请别大惊小怪：“公共场所不穿鞋甚至不穿上衣在这里很正常。”
        　　India
        　　印度
        　　Don't kiss in public: "In some jurisdictions this can get you into jail under 'public obscenity' (a lot of our laws are stuck in the Victorian era)."
        　　不要在公共场所接吻：“在有些地区，根据‘公共猥亵罪’条例，当众接吻甚至会让你坐牢(我们有很多法律还处在维多利亚时代)。”
        　　Don't make physical contact with the opposite sex: "Hugging and handshakes are still frowned upon in most parts of the country among members of opposite sex. Unless the local offers to hug or handshake, don't."
        　　不要跟异性有肢体接触：“在印度大部分地区，拥抱和握手仍会遭到异性的反对。除非本地人主动跟你拥抱或握手，否则千万别。”
        　　France
        　　法国
        　　Don't expect a huge amount of vegan options: "Notify people you visit and be careful in which restaurants you go. Very few people are vegan in France compared to some other countries, and although the situation is slowly improving, the awareness and acceptance of it are still quite poor. Some older people especially can consider it a 'weird' or even radical behavior."
        　　不要奢望有太多素食的余地：“提前告诉人们你要到访，选餐厅的时候也要注意着点。跟其他国家比起来，法国的素食主义者并不多，虽然情况有所改善，但要让法国人意识到并接受它还是很困难的。尤其是老人会觉得这很‘古怪’或偏激。”
        　　Don't talk about money: "For example, you can tell you quit a job because you were underpaid, but you should not mention how much exactly. There are old taboos about speaking of money in the French culture, many people consider it a 'dirty' topic."
        　　别谈钱：“打个比方，你可以说因为工资太低打算辞职，但你不可以直接把具体工资说出来。法国文化有不少有关谈钱的古老禁忌，很多人觉得谈钱太‘俗’了。”
        　　Don't expect people to speak English: "The French educational system is bad at teaching foreign languages, with an excessive focus on reading and writing compared to conversational skills. Many older people will only know a bit of bad and heavily accented English and/or possibly German or Spanish."
        　　别奢望法国人讲英语：“法国教育体系在外语教学方面并不怎样，较之于会话技能，阅读和写作则显得被强调过头了。很多老人只懂一点蹩脚的、口音很重的英语，或者德语、西班牙语。”
            
            

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        　　Germany
        　　德国
        　　Don't stare: "You'd appear either uneducated or mentally ill."
        　　不要盯着看：“你会显得没文化或者神经病。”
        　　Don't be overly friendly: "Germans like to gradually warm up to people and take time to really get to know them before acting like BFFs."
        　　不要过于热情友好：“德国人不喜欢一来就表现得像‘最好的朋友’一样，他们喜欢‘慢热’，慢慢去了解对方。”
        　　Don't wish someone a happy birthday before the actual day: "The origin is a superstition that something bad will happen to them (they might die) before their birthday if you do, however this rule is not limited to superstitious people. Even bright, rational Germans will feel uncomfortable because it's just not done."
        　　生日未到之前不要祝人生日快乐：“原本的迷信是，如果你这么做，对方可能会遭遇不测(可能会死)，但不只是迷信的人相信这点。哪怕是积极理性的德国人提前收到生日祝福，心里也会觉得不爽的。”
        　　Mexico
        　　墨西哥
        　　Don't patronize people: "We're a developing country and we're aware that some stuff is just backwards over here. Don't ever imply that you are 'better' than anyone, especially if that hinges on you being a foreigner."
        　　不要显得屈尊降贵：“我们是发展中国家，我们也知道这里有些方面确实落后。但不要因此就暗示自己‘高人一等’，尤其是你只不过是个老外而已。”
        　　Don't be easily offended: "We have a huge sense of humor as a culture. Nothing is out of bounds for us! We'll mock, ridicule, insult, pick on and put down just for the fun of it, on a regular basis!"
        　　不要经不起玩笑：“幽默在我们的文化里很盛行。我们完全是无底线的!一般情况下，我们可以只为了好玩而嘲讽、戏谑、侮辱、找茬儿或奚落你。”
        　　Don't be afraid to try everything: "We love it when you try to say that ridiculously difficult word in Spanish, and you'll be met with proud cheers if you brave a bite out of that horrifyingly spicy pepper, or down that shot of tequila."
        　　不要害怕尝试：“我们喜欢看你尝试用西班牙语蹦出一个搞笑的刁词儿，要是你敢咬一口超级辛辣的辣椒或呷一口龙舌兰，肯定会换来一片喝彩!”
        　　United Kingdom
        　　英国
        　　Don't cut in line: "Queue jump — this is the only crime that the population would consider bringing back capital punishment for."
        　　不要插队：“插队是唯一能让英国人恨得希望恢复死刑的行为。”
        　　Don't ask how much money someone makes: "Instead play a curious guessing game by asking someone what they do, where they live, where they went on holiday, and figure it out by correlating this with their accent."
        　　不要问别人挣多少钱：“相反你可以玩好奇战术，问对方做什么工作、在哪里居住、到哪里度假，然后再根据对方口音综合判断出来。”
        　　Don't invite someone to your home: "Unless you know them very very well."
        　　不要邀请别人到你家做客：“除非你真的跟对方很熟。”
        　　Ireland
        　　爱尔兰
        　　Don't say "Top of the morning to you": "I don't know how this phrase became associated with Irish people, perhaps it was used in the distant past. But it's not now, and it's just really irritating."
        　　不要说“给您问早安”。“我不知道这句话跟爱尔兰人有什么渊源，可能是老早以前的用法吧。但现在这么说真的很讨厌。”
        　　Don't attempt an Irish accent: "To us there is no Irish accent; there are Cork accents, Dublin accents, Kerry accents etc. For us an accent contains reams of unspoken information about a person (Urban/Rural, social status) aside from the locational information."
        　　不要学爱尔兰口音：“我们不觉得自己有‘爱尔兰口音’。爱尔兰有科克口音、都柏林口音、克里口音等等。在我们看来，口音除了是地域标志，还能透露一个人不曾明说的信息，比如是城市人还是农村人、社会地位如何等等。”
        　　Don't be cheap: "The classic is in a rounds situation at a pub. If someone is offering to buy the first round, it is perfectly acceptable to say 'Oh I'm on a budget, I'll get my own.' It is not ok to join the round and then not pay for one."
        　　不要贪便宜：“最典型的就是酒吧买酒。如果有人提出请喝头一轮，你可以说‘最近我在省钱，我还是自己买吧’，但你不可以接受别人的请客之后又不回请人家。”
        　　Don't call the UK the mainland: "As far as we're concerned, France is the mainland."
        　　不要把英国叫作“本土”。“在我们看来，法国才是本土呢。”