英語原先用to have/get oneself photographed, to takea photo/portrait of oneself 表示“ 自拍”; 用self-portrait, selfportraitphotograph, photographic self- portrait, self- photograph, self- photo, self- snapshot, self- shot, 表示“ 自拍照”。例如:
1. 我借助自拍定時器自拍了一張照片。I had myself photographed with the help of aself-timer.
2. 羅伯特·科尼利厄斯在1839年拍攝的這張自拍照是美國歷史上第一張已知的人物照。This self- portrait photograph of Robert Cornelius taken in 1839 is the first knownphotograph of a human inAmerican history.
上述表達“自拍”和“自拍照”的方式比較復雜。近年來,人們流行在社交網站上曬自拍照,出現了簡短的selfie 一詞。動詞“自拍”,英語可以譯為to take a selfie of oneself,to take/grab/snap a selfie。例如:
3. 我拍攝了一張自拍照,發(fā)布到網上。I took a selfie and posted itto the web.
4. 這個影迷設法跟這位奧斯卡獎得主拍攝了一張自拍照。Thefilm fan managed to grab a selfiewith the Oscar winner.
5. 她與母親在天安門廣場拍攝了一張自拍照。She snapped a selfie with her mother in the Tiananmen Square.
隨著時間的推移,自拍照的功用也發(fā)生了巨大變化?,F在,隨時隨地拍攝和即時上傳自拍照與人共享,已成為許多人的社交方式和不可或缺的生活內容。自拍照的范圍也不斷擴大, 社交媒體出現了各式各樣的自拍照和相應的專門詞匯, 包括發(fā)型自拍照(helfie: hairstyle + selfie), 腿部自拍照(legsie: leg + selfie),臀部自拍照(belfie: bum/butt + selfie), 健身自拍照(welfie: workout+ selfie), 醉酒自拍照(drelfie:drunken + selfie), 書柜自拍照(shelfie/bookshelfie: bookshelf +selfie), 裸體自拍照(nude/nakedselfie),甚至垃圾自拍照(rubbishselfie)。例如:
6. 她正在瀏覽社交媒體上最近發(fā)布的發(fā)型自拍照。She isbrowsing the helfies which haverecently been posted on socialmedia.7. 這位記者利用垃圾自拍照吸引人們注意遍布這個城市大街小巷的成堆垃圾。The journalist used rubbish selfies to drawattention to piles of rubbish littering the city's streets.▲
(本欄目供稿:王逢鑫教授)