“mainlandization”

2016/07/14 08:41:29 網誌分類: 生活

14 Jul

         More and more Hong Kong people are starting to worry about mainlandization. Many people, especially young people, say Hong Kong is already becoming mainlandized. Actually, there are no such words as “mainlandization” and “mainlandized”. Hong Kong’s English-language media created these words and they are now being used by the foreign media as well. The word “mainland” means a large piece of land that forms the larger part of a country but does not include the islands of that country. For example, the?mainland?of Australia does not include the island state of Tasmania, which is also part of Australia. The?mainland?of China does not include Hong Kong even though Hong Kong is a part of China. That’s why Hong Kong people call China the “mainland”.

        　　When Hong Kong people use the word “mainlandization”, they mean that Hong Kong is becoming more like?mainland China. When young people say Hong Kong has already become?mainlandized, they mean that Hong Kong has already become like?mainland?China. Many people say the millions of?mainland?tourists who come here every year are mainlandizing?Hong Kong because restaurants and shopping malls are switching from traditional to simplified Chinese to attract mainland tourists. I was surprised when I read that the Education Bureau’s long-term goal (objective, intention, aim) is for schools to use Putonghua instead of Cantonese to teach the Chinese language. This is a clear example of?mainlandization.

        　　Under one country, two systems, Hong Kong is supposed to keep its own legal system, way of life, and culture. Cantonese is part of Hong Kong’s culture. Using Putonghua to teach students the Chinese language will?erode?(slowly destroy) Hong Kong’s culture.? English was part of Hong Kong’s culture during colonial rule. The big drop in the standard of English since reunification has already?eroded?Hong Kong’s culture.? Teaching Chinese in Putonghua will cause further?erosion. It will also further?mainlandize?Hong Kong. I do not think?mainlandization?is good for Hong Kong. If Hong Kong is?mainlandized, it will no longer be a special city in China with a different culture.

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         愈來愈多香港人開始擔心大陸化（mainlandization）。許多人，尤其是年輕人，說香港已經變得大陸化（mainlandized）。其實英文本身沒有mainlandization和mainlandized這兩個字。香港的英語媒體新創這些字出來，現在連外國媒體也在用。Mainland是指某國不包括島嶼的大陸地區，譬如澳洲大陸（mainland）就不包括塔斯曼尼亞島省，後者也隸屬於澳洲聯邦。中國的大陸地區（mainland）並不包括香港，即使香港也是中國的一部份。因此香港人會叫中國做「大陸」（mainland）。

        　　當香港人用mainlandization這個字時，他們的意思是香港愈來愈似中國大陸（mainland）；當年輕人說香港已經變得mainlandized時，他們意思就是香港已經變得像中國大陸（mainland）。許多人說每年數以百萬來港的大陸（mainland）遊客正在大陸化（mainlandizing）香港，因為食肆和商場正由繁體字轉用簡體字，以吸引大陸（mainland）遊客。當我讀到教育局的長期發展目標（goal）是叫學校以普通話而非廣東話去教中文科時，這令我很驚訝。這就是大陸化（mainlandization）的明確例子。

        　　在一國兩制之下，香港理應可以保持她自己的法治制度、生活模式和文化。廣東話是香港文化之一。以普通話教授學生中文，會侵蝕（erode）香港的文化。英語也是殖民時期香港文化的一部份。回歸後英語水平的大幅下降，已經磨損（eroded）了香港的文化。以普通話教中文會引致進一步的損害（erosion），進一步大陸化（mainlandize）香港。我不認為大陸化（mainlandization）對香港是好的。若香港被大陸化（mainlandized），她就不再是中國境內擁有不同文化的獨特城市了。

        中譯:七刻

        Michael Chugani 褚簡寧

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