波多黎各人

But how could I, a Negro and Puerto Rican, approach this white lady who very likely might be prejudiced against Negroes and anybody with a foreign accent, in a deserted subway station very late at night.

但是我，一个波多黎各人，又是个黑人，怎麼能够走近这个白人妇女呢？她很可能对黑人，或是任何带外国口音的人持有偏见，而且是在午夜后这个空旷无人的地铁车站。

But how could I, a Negro and Puerto Rican, approach this white lady who very likely might be prejudiced against Negroes and anybody with a foreign accent, in a deserted subway station very late at night?

但是我，一个波多黎各人，又是个黑人，怎么能走近这个白人妇女呢？她很可能对黑人，或是任何带外国口音的人持有偏见，而且是在午夜后这个空旷无人的地铁车站？

And Columbian even, from so far away. And we have Puerto Rican, we have Portuguese; we have all kinds here, yes.

甚至还有从哥伦比亚远道来的，还有波多黎各人、葡萄牙人，什么国籍都有，从这个地方就可以证明。

Sucre: I don't think I'll be able to help, seeing as I'm Puerto Rican.

我看我帮不了你，我是波多黎各人。

I think he was Puerto Rican.

我觉得他是波多黎各人

Irish, Italian, Jewish, Puerto Rican, and other people have influenced the cultural makeup of this huge city.

爱尔兰人、义大利人、犹太人、波多黎各人及其他各国的人都对这个大城市的文化带来了深远的影响。

If you went a block east it was all Puerto Rican; a block north it was all Russian and Ukrainian.

如果你向这条街的东面走，呈现在你眼前的全部是波多黎各人。街的北面全都是俄罗斯人和乌克兰人。

Never, in general terms, does a Puerto Rican say, nor does he know how to say "no":"We'll see,""I'll study the matter,""I'll decide later"; when a Puerto Rican uses these expressions, it must be understood that he does not want to; at most, he joins the si with the no and with the affirmative and negative adverbs makes a conditional conjunction, ambiguous, nebulous, in which the will fluctuates in the air, like a little bird aimless and shelterless on the flatness of a desert....

总的来说，波多黎各人不说"不"字，也不知道该怎麼启口。"我们再看看吧。""这件事我再想想。""我过后再决定吧。"当波多黎各人这样说时，这意味著他不愿意这麼做。最多也只能理解为他把"不"和"是的"这两个词放在一块，作为条件句的连词，使意思模稜两可，含糊不清。他拿不定主意，他的意愿像无处藏身的小鸟在沙漠上无目标地飞著。

This allows Puerto Ricans to chat endlessly with their friends in New York, but may also have arbitrageurs routing cheap international phone calls through the island.

这样，波多黎各人可以没完没了地和纽约的朋友们交谈，还有一些人利用这一点想到发财之路，通过波多黎各转接国际长途电话，资费便宜很多。

This allows Puerto Ricans to chat endlessly with their friends in New York, but may also have arbitrageurs routing cheap international phone calls through the island.

这样，波多黎各人可以没完没了地域纽约的朋友们交谈，还有一些人利用这一点想到发财之路，通过波多黎各转接国际长途电话，资费便宜很多。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。