Quora精選：日本人被認(rèn)錯成中國人時會怎樣

How do the Japanese people react when they are mistaken as being Chinese by Westerners?當(dāng)日本人被西方人認(rèn)錯成中國人時有什么反應(yīng)？

 

獲得3.8k好評的回答@Misako Fukuda

I don’t feel bad or angry at all. I just said, “I am Japanese”. 我并不覺得糟糕或者生氣。我只是會解釋說：“我是日本人?！盜 know that they can’t recognise which one is Japanese or Chinese. 我知道他們沒辦法區(qū)分哪個是中國人哪個是日本人。We are all similar faces. I think they feel Asian is all same. I can’t recognise which one is American or English either.我們擁有相同的臉，我覺得他們認(rèn)為亞洲人長得都一樣，就像我也沒辦法區(qū)分美國人和英國人一樣。

 

獲得3.7k好評的回答@Mari Seto

I would actually be impressed if a Westerner recognizes me as Japanese. 如果西方人能認(rèn)出我是日本人我才會很驚訝。I mean, even I sometimes can’t tell the Asians apart. 因?yàn)榧词故俏?，有時候也沒辦法區(qū)分亞洲人。It’s a reasonable assumption since what, almost 90% of the East Asian population is Chinese.這是非常合理的一條假設(shè)，因?yàn)椋袊丝谡紦?jù)了東亞人口的90%。I usually politely correct them, teach them the Japanese greetings (Konnichiwa), and walk away to get on with my life.我通常會禮貌地糾正他們并且教他們?nèi)毡救说膯柡蚍绞剑缓笞唛_繼續(xù)過我的生活。P.S. In reverse, I will also confess that despite living in Germany for the past two years, I have never been able to tell Italians and Germans apart.備注：反過來，即使我在德國生活了兩年，我也沒辦法區(qū)分意大利人和德國人。

 

獲得556好評的回答@Paul Irving

My wife either ignores it, or politely corrects them, depending on context.我的妻子要嘛忽視它要嘛禮貌地糾正他們，完全取決于當(dāng)時的語境。

 

（翻譯：蘇梨）

(來源:滬江)