英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

◎張沛元

So you want to hang out with a bunny?

那麼，你想跟兔子玩嗎？

Look no further than Candy Fruits Usagi no Yakata（Rabbit Hall）in Tokyo’s bustling Akihabara, a district known as much for its maid cafes now as it was for stores selling electronic gadgetry in days gone by.

那就鎖定位於熙來攘往的東京秋葉原區的「糖果水果 兔之館」。秋葉原區過去以販賣各種電子零組件的商店打響名號，如今則以許多女僕咖啡店聞名。

"Welcome!" A woman in a pink outfit replete with rabbit ears says in greeting.

「歡迎光臨！」一名戴著兔耳朵、一身粉紅色裝束的女子上前迎賓。

The staff members are known as "ko-usagi"（rabbit girls）, but they are not the main attraction：Here, it’s the rabbits.

這些工作人員被稱為「娘兔」（兔女孩），但她們並不是最大賣點：在這裡，最大賣點是真的兔子。

There’s a basic charge for admission. It is 1,600 yen for an hour. Coffee and tea are all-you-can-drink, but there’s no food for people on the menu：only "rabbit snacks." These cost an additional 200 yen and consist of finely chopped carrots, apples and turnip leaves--in other words, rabbit food. Visitors are allowed to play with the rabbits.

入場時收取基本消費，一小時1600日圓，咖啡與茶隨你喝到飽，但菜單上沒有讓人類食用的食物：只有「兔子點心」。點這些兔子點心必須額外再支付200日圓，內容包括切好的胡蘿蔔、蘋果與菜頭葉──換句話說，就是兔子食物。客人還獲准與兔子們玩耍。

新聞辭典

galore：形容詞（用在名詞後面），大量的，豐富的。例句：There were cherry blossoms galore along the river.（河的沿岸有大量櫻花。）

as much as：片語，差不多，一樣多。例句：People who live in this community consider him a friend as much as a foe.（住在這個社區的人認為他亦敵亦友。）

hang out with someone：片語，意指與某人一起玩樂消磨時間。例句：I wish you would stop hanging out with that crowd of boys.（我希望你不要再跟那群男孩子混在一起了。）

文章出處：自由時報電子報中英對照新聞