| 以下是引用片段：热播电视剧《蜗居》因为贴近生活，引起了很多人的共鸣，其中的台词也颇受网友追捧，连生活在上海的老外也捕捉到这一热门事物，并且很好地翻译了其中热门词汇与台词。 |
“Sex and the City” it ain’t. “DwellingNarrowness”, a hit TV series about the strugglesof two sisters to make it in a dynamicmetropolismodeledon
《欲望都市》只是个传说。近期大热的电视剧《蜗居》，讲述了闯荡上海的两姐妹如何在纸醉金迷的大都市挣扎立足的故事，剧集推开了城市生活的表面浮华，揭露了高生活成本的残酷现实，以及年轻人用自己的梦想做出的惨痛牺牲。
Its subject matter concerns “House Slaves”, people enslavedto their mortgagesthe “Little Third”, the “other woman,” and in this case the typically much younger woman in an extramaritalaffair; and so on.
剧集衍生了一系列热词，包括了“房奴”——为买房而负债的人们；以及“小三”——第三者，尤指插足婚姻的年轻女性。
A popular line from the show is that “the speed of rising prices always outpacessavings” meaning that today's housing prices are throwing this generation into debt instead of saving like their parents did. Another quote from the show that hits close to home for many Shanghairen is, “To buy an apartment in
剧中有一句颇受追捧的台词说道：“攒钱的速度永远赶不上涨价的速度。”这意味着如今飞涨的房价使得年轻一代必须举债贷款，而不是像他们的父辈一样存钱买房。另一句台词则让更多的上海人深有体会：“在上海买房，你就是自掘坟墓，然后埋葬你的爱情。”这正是剧中女主角所付出的代价，为了房子，放弃了真爱。
《蜗居》热词台词翻译：
Dwelling Narrowness蜗居
意译，在狭小的空间里居住，很贴切哦。
house slaves房奴 people enslaved to their
字对字的直译，简洁明了。
Little Third小三 the “other woman,” and in this case the typically much younger woman in an extramarital affair
同样是字对字呃直译，保留了中文的贬义语气。
The speed of rising prices always outpaces savings.
攒钱的速度永远赶不上涨价的速度。
To buy an apartment in
在上海买房，你就是自掘坟墓，然后埋葬你的爱情。
