Comments on: The Top Ten Poor Bastards of 2006

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 05:47:15 +0000

Thanks. Updated main post with your comments. (My “rough” translation was getting pretty sloppy there!)

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:35:21 +0000

I forgot to say, the 《祸布斯》 is obviously a play on the Chinese for rich-list mag Forbes (Ch. 《福布斯》) so maybe do it as “Hobbes’” list, as in “a Hobbseian war of all against all.”

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 22:30:25 +0000

Here’s my translation FYR:
Why she made the list: This year saw a massive breakthrough for Ms Zhu’s enterprise: last year she only had the use-rights to one trash can; this year she has control of three! What’s more, in an earth-shaking development, she now possesses savings to the princely sum of 200 yuan! We estimate that, barring the unexpected, Ms Zhu is certain to fall out of the top ten on next year’s list.