Luby,
梁實秋的遠東英漢大辭典，engagement 之一解是 "銜接 （相連接）" 的意思。“銜接橋“ 就是 “銜接橋“，為甚麼有需要在 “engagement = 訂親，訂婚" 一解上故弄 “心鎖“，惱人清靜？ 沒?過 “Engagement Bridge", 應該建議的是把 “Engagement Bridge" 改稱最簡單通用的 overpass （天橋）。若特意想成 "interconnecting bridge" 或 "footbridge", 就未免太走樣。
Taitzer 3/2
我希望當一個台灣人不確定 天橋 英文怎麼說, 他去問美國人或 Google, 不要自己創造英文, 或是去問梁實秋的遠東英漢大辭典.
Google 搜尋 "天橋英文" 的前兩個結果 are already quite helpful:
"天桥" 英文怎麼说_百度知道zhidao.baidu.com › 教育/科学 › 外语学习 - 轉為繁體網頁5 個答案 - 2006年11月30日
最佳解答： 天桥: 1. overpass 2. overbridge 3. crossover 4. flying passage 5. platform bridge 6. foot path platform 7. flying gangway 8. overhead bridge 那就是他们 ...人行天橋的英文翻譯,人行天橋英文怎麼說,人行天橋的英文例句 ...tw.websaru.com/人行天橋.html人行天橋英文翻譯: 人行天橋[rénxíng tiānqiáo] pedestrian bridge;pedestrian overpass;pedestrian overcrossing;passenger footbridge;elevated ..., 學習人行天橋 ...
To me, a 天橋 has an English translation Engagement Bridge is funny enough, because it does not need one. Even more funny is that the English translation cannot be understood by English-speaking people.
When i saw the engagement bridge sign two years ago in Chiayi, I did not laugh. I like the term. But i wanted to know what the term in Chinese was for the brige and my Chiayi friends told me the Chinese characters meant something like a connecting bridge. And an engagement between two people who want to get married in the future is also a connecting bridge of a romantic kind, so i thought "This is a very cool and interesting term and I did more research to find out what these kinds of sky bridges are called in other nations and I found some photos in Australia and UK too. So while the term "engagement bridge" is not regular English, and is never used that, I liked it and told the local reporter about it, she studied in the UK too, so she did some research too and now the news story is printed, two years later. Let's see what happens. I hope they keep the English term. It's romantic and novel. I LOVE IT
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