網(wǎng)友上傳的一張合成圖 A composite photo from netizens

你覺得自己是個(gè)普通青年、文藝青年、二逼青年還是別的什么青年？
Would you describe yourself as ordinary, artistic, idiotic, or maybe something else?
 
近幾天，一個(gè)用來(lái)描述中國(guó)青年的新詞在國(guó)內(nèi)主要社交網(wǎng)站上炸開了鍋，該詞其實(shí)由三個(gè)獨(dú)立的詞語(yǔ)組成。
Over the past few days, the creation of a new word, which is a combination of three individual words, to describe Chinese youth has created a major buzz on the country's leading social network websites.
 
“普文二”一詞由普通、文藝和二逼這三個(gè)詞組合而成，是近日網(wǎng)絡(luò)上火爆的一個(gè)新興說(shuō)法，指的是中國(guó)那些普通、文藝而又二逼的青年人。
"Pu-wen-er", which combines the abbreviations for putong (ordinary), wenyi (artistic) and erbi (idiotic), has become the hot new expression to describe China's ordinary, artistic and idiotic youth.
 
這個(gè)詞兒很詼諧地將三種青年歸類到同一個(gè)標(biāo)簽下，廣受歡迎。成千上萬(wàn)的年輕人紛紛在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上給自己貼上標(biāo)簽。
The three words, which allow three items to be humorously grouped together under the same category, has become hugely popular, as tens of thousands of young people rushed to tag themselves on the Internet.
 
這一切都始于10月24日，網(wǎng)友“大仙”在豆瓣網(wǎng)發(fā)起活動(dòng)來(lái)比較這三類青年的區(qū)別。短短幾天，活動(dòng)就吸引了十幾萬(wàn)人參與，網(wǎng)友們用五花八門的合成圖和段子詮釋著當(dāng)下青年們的現(xiàn)實(shí)生活。
It all started around Oct. 24 when a netizen named "Daxian" launched a campaign on Douban.com to compare the differences between three kinds of young people. In just a few days, the campaign attracted tens of thousands of composite photos and phrases posted by netizens as they sought to interpret modern life through the younger generation's eyes.
 
這些合成圖通常包含一個(gè)青年的三種形象：普通、文藝和二逼，分別指代此人的普通屬性、文藝范兒及“犯二”表現(xiàn)。
The composite photos usually consisted of three images of a young person in his or her ordinary, artistic and idiotic forms, representing his or her ordinary characteristics, cultural sensibility and funny or socially awkward deeds respectively.
 
網(wǎng)友們還在社交網(wǎng)站上貼出一些名人、動(dòng)物、植物、卡通人物及游戲角色的合成圖，來(lái)戲謔他們經(jīng)典的三種“普文二”狀態(tài)。
Netizens also posted composite photos of celebrities, animals, plants, cartoon characters and video game characters with three apparent pu-wen-er statuses on social network websites.
 
與圖片類似，網(wǎng)上的一些段子也用以描述文藝青年的小資、浪漫情結(jié)以及二逼青年搞笑、過(guò)于直白而沒心沒肺的生活態(tài)度。
Similar to the photos, the phrases also attempt to describe the rosy, romantic mood of artistic youth and the humorous or extremely frank attitude of idiotic youth.

三種青年都有各自的擁躉者。普通青年是正常、低調(diào)的代名詞，文藝青年偏向浪漫情懷，而二逼青年往往直白坦蕩、特立獨(dú)行，或者說(shuō)是喜歡“犯二”。
The three types of youth have their own fans. "Pu" fans enjoy a low profile, ordinary life; "wen" fans prefer a more romantic outlook, while "er" fans love to be frank, unique or idiotic, as the mood takes them.
 
這種新的分類當(dāng)然激發(fā)了網(wǎng)友們的奇思妙想。天津網(wǎng)友“兔子抽”感慨道：“自從有了這個(gè)活動(dòng)，看什么都自動(dòng)分類的有木有！”
The new classification has certainly caught the imagination of Internet users. A netizen called "Tuzichou" from Tianjin wrote: "Since pu-wen-er was invented, I couldn't help classifying everything I can see into three types."
 
不過(guò)，《中國(guó)青年報(bào)》的一篇文章指出，將一個(gè)人歸類到某個(gè)特定的群體是很難做到的。比方說(shuō)，一個(gè)人面對(duì)陌生人就可能是個(gè)普通青年，在親密的朋友面前會(huì)有點(diǎn)肆無(wú)忌憚，而一個(gè)人獨(dú)處時(shí)又會(huì)多愁善感。
However, an article in the China Youth Daily pointed out that it's not easy to place individuals into one, fixed group. For instance, a person might be ordinary when facing strangers, outgoing among close friends and sentimental when alone.
 
“每個(gè)人都有普文二的瞬間，每個(gè)人都是普文二三青一體。”網(wǎng)友“春風(fēng)春雨有時(shí)好”如是說(shuō)。
"Everyone has a moment of pu, wen or er respectively, and everyone could have pu-wen-er characteristics at the same time," wrote a netizen named "Chunfeng chunyu youshihao."
 
“三種青年就好像三個(gè)自我。”中國(guó)人民大學(xué)心理健康專職咨詢師侯瑞鶴老師認(rèn)為，“普通青年更多地表現(xiàn)屈從于大眾規(guī)則的社會(huì)自我，二逼青年則在壓力之下采取一種過(guò)度補(bǔ)償?shù)姆绞椒纯挂?guī)則，直白天真，沒心沒肺。文藝青年在社會(huì)自我和個(gè)人自我之間求得一種平衡，但多少有點(diǎn)回避壓力的意味。”
"The three types reflect three aspects of a person," said Hou Ruihe, a psychologist and counselor at Renmin University of China. "The ordinary type adheres to common social principles, the idiotic type attempts to fight against conventions and pressures, while the artistic type seeks a balance between his or her social role and sense of individuality."
 
華僑大學(xué)副教授肖北嬰表示，熱衷給普文二青年分類的這些人往往輕浮，可能引發(fā)網(wǎng)絡(luò)文化的誤讀誤導(dǎo)。
According to Xiao Beiying, an associate professor at Huaqiao University, pu-wen-er fans tend to behave frivolously and the phenomenon might lead to the misunderstanding of Internet culture.

不過(guò)，浙江師范大學(xué)李震教授持有不同意見。他認(rèn)為，“普文二”青年這個(gè)名詞的出現(xiàn)和傳播是青年緩解壓力和力圖獲得社會(huì)聚焦的重要手段。
However, Li Zhen, a professor at Zhejiang Normal University, disagreed with that assertion, commenting that the creation and spreading of pu-wen-er is an important way for young people to deal with pressure and stresses and improve social focus.

(China.org.cn by Zhou Jing November 14, 2011, Wendy 譯)