2019考研翻译硕士：流行词翻译之“垃圾箱着火”

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    垃圾箱着火 Dumpster fir
    钱钟书说，老年人恋爱，就像老房子着火，没得救。英文中有个类似的表达，也可以用来描述失控的状态，就是垃圾箱着火。
    Dumpster fire refers to a person, organization, or situation that is
hopelessly and disastrously out of control, or something very difficult that
nobody wants to deal with.
    “垃圾箱着火”指的是某人、某个机构、或某种情况处于绝望境地，或者处于灾难性地失控状态。也可以指某件事很棘手，没人想处理。
    例句：This project is a complete dumpster fire.
    这个项目完全就是垃圾箱火灾。
    In entertainment or sports, dumpster fire refers to a laughably poor
performance usually caused by:
    在娱乐或体育领域，“垃圾箱火灾”指的是表现差得可笑，通常是因为如下原因：
    1. Lack of planning, preparation or talent.
    缺少计划和准备，或缺乏人才
    2. Random events that effectively sabotage the effort (i.e., technical
problems).
    足以破坏掉努力的随机事件(比如技术问题)
    例句：
    Dumpster Fire is the kindest thing I can say about Oakland's game against
San Diego.
    奥克兰队对阵圣地亚哥的这场比赛就像一场垃圾箱火灾，这已经是最仁慈的说法了。