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best-kept secret

Chinese translation: XX餐厅是曼哈顿人密而不宣的好去处

08:16 Sep 26, 2007
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
English term or phrase: best-kept secret
Whole sentence: "xxx restaurant is Manhattan's best-kept secret."

I suspect that this shouldn't be translated literally. Any suggestions for a good translation? Thanks.
FourSeasons
Local time: 10:12
Chinese translation:XX餐厅是曼哈顿人密而不宣的好去处
Explanation:
大家都知道那餐厅好，不过都没说出来
Selected response from:

Navy Huang
China
Local time: 16:12
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone for the effort. In this context, "best-kept secret" means that the locals in Manhattan all know this place, but they don't want others to know, sort of to keep such a nice place to themselves (half-jokingly).
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4最鲜为人知的地方
bestonlyfan
3 +2最具神秘色彩的去处
Jason Ma
4 +1XX餐厅是曼哈顿人密而不宣的好去处
Navy Huang
3 +1“在曼哈顿”的一朵养在深闺人未知的奇葩。
LoyalTrans
3 +1xxxx 是一家在曼哈顿当地众人皆知而旁人少有耳闻的餐厅
Shaunna (X)
3 +1禾稈蓋珍珠
pkchan
4不传之秘/看家法宝/骄傲
Rensheng Qi
3只有很少人知道的秘密
Xiaoping Fu


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
“在曼哈顿”的一朵养在深闺人未知的奇葩。


Explanation:
拽个文，呵呵。

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Note added at 12 mins (2007-09-26 08:28:56 GMT)
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（在曼哈顿）



LoyalTrans
Local time: 16:12
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jyuan_us: 意思沒錯。
11 hrs
  -> Thanks!
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
最具神秘色彩的去处


Explanation:
Another suggestion.

Jason Ma
China
Local time: 16:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 55

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  william han: 同意 xxx是曼哈顿最具神秘色彩的去处
4 hrs
agree  happyzane: Great! 同意！
18 hrs
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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
XX餐厅是曼哈顿人密而不宣的好去处


Explanation:
大家都知道那餐厅好，不过都没说出来

Navy Huang
China
Local time: 16:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks to everyone for the effort. In this context, "best-kept secret" means that the locals in Manhattan all know this place, but they don't want others to know, sort of to keep such a nice place to themselves (half-jokingly).

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Danbing HE
7 days
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
xxxx 是一家在曼哈顿当地众人皆知而旁人少有耳闻的餐厅


Explanation:
my try. :-)

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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-09-26 13:29:44 GMT)
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改改：
xxxx 是一家在曼哈顿当地众人皆知而外地人少有听闻的餐厅


Shaunna (X)
United States
Local time: 04:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shouguang Cao: 这个最清晰，我喜欢这种翻译风格，恨不能把什么都说清，
1 hr
  -> 不好意思，看来这是我的错误理解，叫你回来看一眼。 :-)
neutral  jyuan_us: 哪裡有眾人皆知的意思﹖
5 hrs
  -> 好象是我理解错了。刚问了一个English母语的，也告诉我locals也不知道。//谢谢！
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
禾稈蓋珍珠


Explanation:
或﹕鮮為人知，其貌不揚

pkchan
United States
Local time: 04:12
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  jyuan_us: 鮮為人知
4 hrs
  -> thanks
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
最鲜为人知的地方


Explanation:
I found a similar sentence in my dictionary:

That restaurant is one of the best-kept secrets in London.
那个饭馆是伦敦最鲜为人知的地方之一.

bestonlyfan
Local time: 04:12
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dr. Chun Biao Li: I just talked with my American co-worker. Yes, it is 鲜为人知 for whatsoever reason.
39 mins
  -> thanks a lot :)
agree  peiling
1 hr
  -> thanks a lot :)
agree  jyuan_us
3 hrs
  -> thanks a lot :)
agree  tms30301 (X)
6 hrs
  -> thanks a lot:)
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
只有很少人知道的秘密


Explanation:
我也认为最好直译，而且“秘密”不能译丢了。里子、面子都和它有关。:)

Xiaoping Fu
Canada
Local time: 01:12
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 40
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6 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
不传之秘/看家法宝/骄傲


Explanation:
看到得晚了，不好意思，只好来拾人牙慧。楼上诸位说得都很好。这个说法确实很有意思，经常见于商业宣传中。其实我觉得它广告的色彩很浓，就是想吹嘘某个地方好而且档次高，不是大路货。所以用secret只是个借喻，不一定真就是个秘密。我个人不倾向于直译，因为这会使中国人感到困惑。如果要直译，可以用“不传之秘”，比“密而不宣的好去处”稍微简洁一些。如果按中国人的习惯，要夸一个餐馆还是张扬一点比较好。我也是受楼上诸位的启发，比如“奇葩”、“秘密武器”都很好，我想出一个“看家法宝”。最后，说得最平实、最直接一点，该餐馆是曼哈顿的骄傲，就行了，简洁明了，易于理解。

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Note added at 6 days (2007-10-03 02:39:23 GMT) Post-grading
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或者，该餐馆是曼哈顿饮食业的一颗明珠/名星，也可以。

Rensheng Qi
Local time: 16:12
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4
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