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Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Common Usage | | Chinese term or phrase: 投名状 | 这个问题问的不是电影《投名状》的英文译名，而是按照汉语习惯"投名状"的意思应该如何翻译成英语。
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| | | pact of brotherhood | Explanation:
The concept is certainly not unique to China, nor would I guess that it is as recent in origin as Water Margin...
Cultures throughout the world and throughout history have had ceremonies to unite those unrelated by blood into relationships of loyalty akin to brotherhood.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-07-22 01:27:24 GMT)
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in the context that you provided in your comments above, Wenjer, I would say a "manifestation of allegiance" or "proof of allegiance" would work...
i.e. He proved his allegiance to the gang by killing his own father.
i.e. His killing of his own father was a manifestation of his allegiance to the gang. |
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Aaron Gilkison
Local time: 06:23
| Grading comment Thank you very much! And also thanks to other colleagues who have made suggestions for a good translation.
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Explanation:
The concept is certainly not unique to China, nor would I guess that it is as recent in origin as Water Margin...
Cultures throughout the world and throughout history have had ceremonies to unite those unrelated by blood into relationships of loyalty akin to brotherhood.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2008-07-22 01:27:24 GMT)
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in the context that you provided in your comments above, Wenjer, I would say a "manifestation of allegiance" or "proof of allegiance" would work...
i.e. He proved his allegiance to the gang by killing his own father.
i.e. His killing of his own father was a manifestation of his allegiance to the gang.
| Aaron Gilkison
Local time: 06:23
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Native speaker of: English
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| | Grading comment | Thank you very much! And also thanks to other colleagues who have made suggestions for a good translation. |
| Notes to answerer
Asker: Yeah, your suggestion reminds me of "Remus" and "Ramulus" in David Morrell's "Brotherhood of the Rose." Reading it was a wow for me. Thanks. Lin Chong thought that he should write done something to "manifest" his allegiance to the "brothers," but he was asked to kill someone/anyone to show his allegiance. That was it, the "proof of allegiance."
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