日本打造水晶坐便器價(jià)值連城英譯中美文賞析
First, Japan gave the world hi-tech lavatories. Now, a crystal lavatory – studded with more than 72,000 pieces of Swarovski cut crystal and valued at over $100,000 (￡64,000).
Lavatory manufacturer INAX teamed up with the Austrian jeweller to create the ornate fixture, which is on display in a showroom in the posh Ginza shopping district, an effort to draw more customers in a year fraught with economic gloom and natural disaster.
In a nod to traditional belief, the sparkling lavatory was created to please the "god of lavatories," said Kazuo Sumimiya, director of the showroom for the Lixil interior fixture company of which INAX is a part.
"In Japan, we believe a deity exists in the lavatory. That's why keeping lavatories clean and taking good care of it have been a Japanese custom since long ago," he added.
"If we were to sell it, it would probably be worth around 10 million yen ($130,000)."
Visitors admired the dazzling fixture, with one woman saying she'd like to invite her friends and hold a party around it.
But others said it might be a bit too exalted to be useful.
"It'd be hard. I don't think I'd feel comfortable enough to use it even if I had this at home," said 22-year-old Chikako Kawanami, an art museum receptionist.
The lavatory will be on display until the end of December.
之前，日本曾發(fā)明過(guò)高科技坐便器，而今，又推出了水晶坐便器，鑲滿(mǎn)了超過(guò)7.2萬(wàn)顆施華洛世奇切割水晶，價(jià)值超過(guò)10萬(wàn)美元（6.4萬(wàn)英鎊）。
衛生器具生產(chǎn)商INAX與奧地利珠寶公司施華洛世奇共同打造了這款華麗的設備，并在豪華的銀座商業(yè)區的一間展覽室中展出，此舉是為了在被經(jīng)濟陰霾和自然災害籠罩的一年吸引更多的顧客。
INAX 所屬的Lixil室內設備公司展覽室的主管Kazuo Sumimiya說(shuō)，為了向傳統致敬，生產(chǎn)商打造出這個(gè)耀目的坐便器來(lái)取悅“洗手間女神”。
他補充說(shuō)：“在日本，我們相傳有女神守護洗手間。這也是為什么保持衛生間清潔、打理好衛生間長(cháng)久以來(lái)就是日本的.傳統�！�
“如果我們出售這個(gè)坐便器的話(huà)，大概價(jià)值在1000萬(wàn)日元（13萬(wàn)美元）�！�
參觀(guān)者都非常欣賞這個(gè)眩目的設備，一位女性稱(chēng)想邀請朋友們來(lái)這里舉辦派對。
但其他人說(shuō)，這個(gè)坐便器太尊貴了，不太實(shí)用。
22歲的藝術(shù)博物館招待員Chikako Kawanami說(shuō)：“它太堅硬了。即使我有一個(gè)這樣的坐便器在家里，我也不覺(jué)得用起來(lái)會(huì )很舒服�！�
這個(gè)坐便器將展出到12月底。
Vocabulary:
ornate: 華麗的，絢麗的
in a nod to: 作為感謝、致敬或表示尊重
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