歪果仁纠结了：羊年的羊到底是goat还是sheep？( 二 ) _animal

中国东南部城市福州的民俗学家方兵贵称，生肖羊的形象常有区域性的解释。他说：“人们基于当地最常见的羊来描绘生肖羊，所以在北方生肖羊往往是绵羊，在南方却是山羊。”
Few ordinary Chinese are troubled by the sheep/goat distinction.
很少有中国百姓因分不清绵羊和山羊感到困扰。
"I've never thought about that question before. Do we have to tell them apart?" asks Chen Xufeng, an office clerk in Beijing.
北京白领陈旭锋说：“我以前从来没想过这个问题。我们有必要区分它们吗？”
"I've seen more goats in zodiac images, but I prefer to buy a sheep mascot, as sheep are more fluffy and lovely," he says.
他说：“在生肖图案里，山羊更常见，但我却更喜欢买绵羊吉祥物，因为绵羊毛茸茸的，非常可爱。”
However, the ambiguity has whipped up discussion in the West. A story run by the Associated Press said this year's animal "is subject to interpretation".
然而，这个模糊不清的概念却在西方引发讨论。美联社刊文称，今年的生肖动物还有待解读。
"We just had this discussion a few weeks ago. What exactly is it?" AP quoted a worker in Brooklyn Chinatown as saying. "It can be a ram, sheep or goat -- any ruminant mountain animal with horns."
美联社援引布鲁克林唐人街一名上班族的话称：“我们几周前刚讨论过这个问题。今年的生肖到底是什么？它可以是公羊、绵羊或者山羊，只要是山上长角的反刍动物都有可能。”
In England, the Manchester Evening News also posed the question: "Later this month, we will enter the Chinese Year of the Ram. Or should that be sheep? Or even Goat?"
英格兰《曼彻斯特晚报》也提出了这个问题：“月底我们就要跨入中国农历公羊年了，或者应该叫绵羊年？还是山羊年？”
Other media outlets, including Bloomberg, have described the coming Lunar New Year as the Year of the Sheep, Goat or Ram.
其他一些媒体包括彭博社，也已把即将到来的农历新年称作绵羊、山羊或公羊年。
Xiang Daohua, a teacher of Chinese language and culture at China Foreign Affairs University, believes cultural connotations should be taken into consideration in translation.
外交学院中国语言文化学院教师向道华认为，翻译时应该考虑文化内涵的因素。
"The English word 'sheep' better fits the Yang image in traditional Chinese cultures, which is meek and even a bit weak," he says.
他说：“英文单词‘sheep’(绵羊)更符合中国传统文化中羊温顺、甚至有点柔弱的形象。”
Vocabulary
zodiac animal: 生肖
folklorist: 民俗学者
ruminant: 反刍动物
shaggy: （动、植）有绒毛的
prairie: 大草原
fluffy: 毛茸茸的，覆有绒毛的
【歪果仁纠结了：羊年的羊到底是goat还是sheep？】ram: 公羊

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