期刊名称：International Institute for Asian Studies Annual Report
出版年度：2003
期号：31
出版社：International Institute for Asian Studies
摘要：Below is an example of the specialcharacter of these tales/jokes toldduring the programme.Wahid: 'The funniest one is from thePR China. Once … not in my times …there was a military delegation lead byAmerica. It was lead by the Joint Chiefof Staff. Okay, they come. He talks verylong, that Head of the Joint Chiefs ofStaff. Very looong…. But it is translatedjust in one very short sentence, andeverybody is laughing. … So he asks …..You are an amazing translator, mylooong speech you could translate inonly one short sentence, and everybodylaughed….. what is your secret. … Theanswer is: well, that's easy. I just saidthat this person was telling a joke, soplease everybody laugh' (translation:AG).
