双语 | “望文生义”那些暴露身份的英文名
你可曾意识到，自己的英文名字暴露了自己的职业？或许你那听上去堂皇响亮的英文名让人联想到的是一个平凡得不能再平凡的形象。下面，你将看到一个有趣的报告，告诉你那些在职业领域最常“撞车”的名字。无论你从事什么职业，都是值得尊敬的劳动者，不过哪天你发现自己在业内遇到了许多NAMESAKE的话，就可以试试把自己的名字按下述对号入座一下，说不定你的名字就在里面……
Alastair is particularly likely to be a journalist. Hannah has a good shot at being a poet. Dalton is more likely than most to sell insurance.
Alastair很有可能是一名记者。Hannah极有可能是一名诗人。Dalton则更有可能是保险销售。
A new analysis from app maker Verdant Labs found the six most unique names in 37 different professions. These are the names that are more common in that line of work than in others.
应用软件制造商Verdant Labs最近的一项分析发现，37种不同职业各有六个独特的名字，这六个名字在某一职业中出现的频率要远高于其他的名字。
Take Elvis, for example. There aren't all that many Elvises out there, but a particularly high percentage of them are musicians. As a result, Elvis ranks high among musician names. Elvis isn't the most common name among musicians -- that's likely to be John or some other very popular name. What's interesting is that it's way more common among musicians than you might expect, given how rare it is. In other words, it's common in that profession relative to its overall frequency.
以Elvis为例。叫Elvis的人并不多，但是他们当中音乐家特别多。因此，Elvis在音乐家名字中排名靠前。Elvis并非最常见的音乐家名字，可能最常见的还是John等其他流行的名字。有趣的是，考虑到Elvis这个名字本来就不常见，它在音乐家中的常见程度也就可以算是很高了。换句话说，这个名字出现在音乐家中的几率要高于它出现的整体几率。
Some of the findings won't be too surprising: Police officers, race car drivers, golfers and guitarists are more likely to be men. Social workers, librarians and graphic designers tend to be women.
有些发现在情理之中：警官、赛车手、高尔夫球手和吉他手中男性更多。社工、图书管理员、平面设计师里女性更多。
Some other interesting tidbits: Football coaches are likely to have one-syllable names such as Rich, Mike or Bill. Songwriters' names harken back to some famous male musicians of the 1960s and 1970s, including Sonny, Mick and Billy. Hebrew names such as Moshe, Meir, and Shlomo are extremely common among rabbis.
这里还有一些有趣的细节：足球教练经常是起一个音节的名字，比如Rich、Mike或Bill。流行歌曲作者的名字常常是二十世纪六七十年代的著名男音乐家的名字，比如Sonny、Mick和Billy。希伯来语的名字，比如Moshe、Meir或Shlomo在拉比（犹太教经师或神职人员）中极为常见。
Here's a searchable list of the names and professions, too:
以下是可查询的名单和职业清单：
警官: Wayne, Kevin, Louis, Raymond, Timothy, Kim
诗人: Edgar, Hannah, Celia, Anne, Dorothy, Edmund
摄影师: Hugo, Bruno, Zoe, Tracey, Noah, Annie
赛车手: Bobby, Johnny, Robbie, Jimmy, Luigi, Sebastian
平面设计师: Diana, Alison, Vanessa, Jessica, Kurt, Jan
高尔夫球手: Tommy, Willie, Bud, Simon, Johnny, Bobby
地质学家: William, Frederick, Henry, Samuel, Hugh, Leonard
气象学家: Scott, Bill, Joe, Jim, Jeff, Mike
牧场主: Leroy, Leland, Boyd, Clifford, Roy, Judy
吉他手: Trey, Richie, Mick, Eddie, Buddy, Sonny
鼓手: Billy, Mickey, Joey, Dave, Tommy, Chad
汽车销售员: Pete, Travis, Clay, Larry, Bob, Allen
足球运动员: Darnell, Jermaine, Reggie, Derrick, Nate, Quinton
机械师: Randy, Patrick, Dave, Rick, Jerry, Fred
社工: Penelope, Stella, Constance, Jeannette, Marsha, Vivian
理发师: Patricia, Raymond, Lori, James, Robert, Susan
电气工程师: Bernard, Eugene, Harvey, Alfred, Charles, Edwin
记者: Hanna, Gideon, Alastair, Angus, Louisa, Jonah
会计: Kurtis, Charmaine, Maribel, Mitzi, Adele, Mindy
足球教练: Bill, Mike, Rich, Steve, Jim, Dan
图书管理员: Abigail, Margot, Nanette, Julia, Eleanor, Johanna
军人: Jeremy, Jacob, Zachary, Justin, Joshua, Kyle
历史学家: Henry, Adrienne, Herbert, Carolina, Theodore, Emma
农民: Delbert, Marlin, Duane, Darin, Mavis, Elwood
消防队员: Ryan, Darren, Brandon, Matthew, Jeremy, Jason
健身教练: Julie, Rebecca, Virginia, Karen, Jennifer, Pamela
律师: Sanford, William, Norton, Marshal, Augustus, Cecily
歌曲作者: Sonny, Mick, Richie, Stevie, Billy, Benny
保险推销员: Patty, Garrett, Dalton, Mac, Clark, Brent
室内设计师: Martha, Marjorie, Elise, Melinda, Bonnie, Lynne
生物学家: Sara, Suzanne, Stuart, Nicholas, Janet, Cheryl
法官: Josiah, Lise, Archibald, Rufus, Louise, Clement
特技演员: Alex, Erik, Eddie, Tom, Terry, Ben
外科医生: Barrett, Harris, Sherwin, Jefferson, Holly, Sanford
风险资本家: Shawn, Guy, Nicholas, Joanna, Doug, Alexander
兽医: Peggy, Sara, Tracy, Wayne, Gene, Larry
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