泰国有哪些不想让外国人知道的秘密?_风闻

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正文原创翻译：

What secrets does Thailand have that they don’t want to let foreigners know?

泰国有哪些不想让外国人知道的秘密?

I was teaching there for a year and half. To say that they are the friendliest people is only the tourists’ perception, since they are paying customers and of course treated nicely for money.

I don’t want to be disrespectful, but honest, and the truth is the students are the laziest I have ever met (also taught in China, Taiwan and Vietnam). 90 per cent were not interested in learning at all, only thing they did diligently was pray in front of the Buddha statue in the morning.

Also, I lived in three places and every time my rental deposit was never returned with all kinds of excuses. I better to stop here before I get flagged, there are always people who get offended when earnestly telling about my own experiences.

Naturally there are all kinds of people in every countries, but especially China and Vietnam were very different than Thailand.

我在那里教了一年半的书。说他们是最友好的人只是游客的看法，因为他们是付费的顾客，当然也会被很好地对待。

我不想失礼，但说实话，事实上这里的学生是我见过的最懒的(曾在中国大陆、台湾和越南教学过)。百分之九十的学生对学习根本不感兴趣，他们唯一孜孜不倦的事情就是每天早上在佛像前跪拜祈祷。

此外，我曾在三个地方居住过，但每次我的租房押金都会以各种借口不予退还，而且还会被职责一通。当我认真地讲述自己的经历时，总会有人觉得被冒犯。

当然，每个国家都有各种各样的人，尤其是中国和越南，与泰国相比真的非常不同。

评论翻译

Yeah very easy for them to lie to your face. Very easy to gaslight and pretend they give back change. I would never give a server money to go to the bar etc again. It’s not much on conversion but just makes me rage when people blatantly lie to my face and pretend they gave me change or didn’t serve me at all

I’m Thai, and I agree. We are very lazy. I think it comes from the fact that we’ve never really had any thing disastrous or truly terrible happen. Complacency of sorts.

是的，他们很容易当着你的面撒谎。很容易被骗，他们假装会给你找零。去酒吧我再也不会给服务员额外服务费了。这和皈依没什么关系，但当他们当着我的面公然撒谎，假装他们给我找零了或根本没有为我服务时，我就会很生气

。我是一个泰国人，我非常赞同。我们很懒。我认为这是因为我们从来没有真正发生过任何灾难性或真正可怕的事情。是某种情绪上的自满。

I have lived in Thailand for over 19 years, spent one third of the three years before that working in Thailand, and worked with them on and off since 1992. I worked in a school where one of my students was the son of a Supreme Court Justice - one of the best students I ever had when I was teaching in a public, albeit prestigious, school. I taught the children of Members of Parliament at that same school where I worked for my first four years living in Thailand. The classes were divided into groups based on their past academic accomplishment in years 7–9: classes 1–3, 4–6, and 7–9. 1–3 were exceptional students that did very well, 4–6 were mediocre, 7–8 was horrible, and 9 was a mixed bag where some were horrible students of the last group, and some just were caught in there because of late registration. Most of the poor students were not allowed to come back for years 10–12, and they were all decent students. After those 4 years, I had a position in the Faculty of Science at a university in Bangkok. I cannot say anything bad about any of the students I worked with there. One works with me now (not directly) at the National Science Museum, where she has excelled.

我在泰国生活了19年多，在刀泰国工作之前的三年里，也有三分之一的时间是在泰国，从1992年开始，我就断断续续地和他们在一起工作。在我工作的那所学校里，我的一个学生是一位最高法院法官的儿子-他是我在的那所公立学校(尽管是名校)教书时遇到的最好学生之一。在泰国生活的头四年里，我在同一所学校教国会议员的孩子。根据7-9年级学生的学习成绩，将班级分为1-3班、4-6班和7-9班。1-3班是表现优异的学生，4-6班表现一般，7-8班表现糟糕，而9班则是混合的，班里有最糟糕的学生，有些只是因为注册晚了而被安排到了这个班。大多数穷人家的孩子是不被允许回到这所学校就读10-12年级的，他们都是好学生。四年之后，我在曼谷一所大学的理学院找到了一个职位。我不能说任何一个我曾教过学生的坏话。因为其中一个现在和我一起(不是直接)在国家科学博物馆工作，她在那里工作表现出色。

Most foreign teachers, in my experience, that have come to Thailand spend a year or two just to make money to drink it away at the bars. What kind of comments would you expect from such people? Most foreigners staying in Thailand make no attempt to speak the language, yet alone read or write it. “Too difficult” they say. Well, if you find Thai difficult, imagine how Thais think about a language that you could fill an encyclopedia set worth of exceptions to rules, and where there are no set rules for pronunciation. English is truly one of the worst languages in the world when it comes to any kind of logic.

根据我的经验，大多数来泰国的外籍教师花一两年的时间只是为了赚钱，然后在酒吧里喝酒。你认为这些人会有怎样的评论呢？大多数在泰国的外国人都不会说泰语，更不用说读写了。他们说“这太难了，”好吧，如果你觉得泰语很难，想象一下泰国人是如何看待一门在百科全书里到处都是的语言以及各种各样的例外规则，并且没有既定的发音规则。无论从何种逻辑来看，英语都是世界上最糟糕的语言之一。

Yes, I understand that it comes from a mixed group of languages, and strange spellings and grammar rules have resulted from it. It does not make it any more logical. I have learned 6 languages in my life, and I understand how difficult English is for the Thais. If you think teaching English is difficult for the Thais, imagine German, which most English speakers have massive problems with when it comes to grammar. The high school German students that I have had in the past were wonderful, but it was an elective, so nearly every student wanted to be there and learn it. English, on the other hand, is a required subject, that many students have no desire to learn and see no use for while they are in school.

是的，我明白它是一种混合体的语言，有奇怪的拼写和语法规则，但这并没有使它更合乎逻辑。我这一生学过6种语言，我知道英语对泰国人来说有多难。如果你认为教英语对泰国人来说很难，想象一下德语，大多数说英语的人在德语语法方面都有很大的问题。我以前遇到的德国高中生都很棒，但这是一门选修课，所以几乎每个学生都想去那里学习它。而另一方面，英语是一门必修课，许多学生在学校里没有学习的欲望，在学校也看不到它的用处。

I have had no problem whatsoever over my 31 years working with Thais and 19 years living in Thailand. I have found it much more pleasant than living in the United States. When you speak, read, and write the language, and understand the culture, as a foreigner, you often find yourself treated better than the Thais will treat each other.

That’s what I also heard from a friend of mine who went to teach at one of the international schools where there were lots of spoiled kids attending.

我和泰国人一起工作了31年，在泰国生活了19年，从来没有遇到过任何问题。我发现这比住在美国要幸福得多。当你说、读、写这种语言，并了解他们的文化时，作为一个外国人，你会发现自己受到的待遇远比泰国人对待他们同胞还要好。我也从一个朋友那里听到的相似的观点，他去了一所国际学校教书，那里有很多被宠坏的孩子。

Another friend went to teach at Triam Udon high school which is known to be one of top-uni feeder schools. He had a whole different experience with kids paying great attention. He said he needed to work extra hard as he could be challenged easily by the students if not well prepared.

我另一个朋友去了Triam Udon高中教书，这是一所著名的高级学校。他经验丰富多彩，孩子们对此非常感兴趣。他说他需要加倍努力，因为如果没有充分准备，他很容易在与学生的互动中处于被动。

I worked in Thailand for 3 years, working there is fine when you are in charged. Upon retirement, I chose Thailand and that is a big mistake. A Thai friend was ask to translate with my landlord, guess whose side he chose. Should have gone to Manila instead, the Filipinos are more sincere.

One of the highest murder rates in asia, infantacide is rife, HIV stats are grossly under reported, corruption is rife , crime is off the scale with 350,000 in jail at any one time. Scamming tourists is an acceptable part of life , banks can not be trusted with your cash. Driving licences are given after one lesson and test on same day, 35,000 road deaths daily per year. Health and safety is non existant , i could go on and on and on.

我在泰国工作了3年，在你负责的领域内工作是可以的。退休后，我选择了泰国，我犯了一个大错误。一个泰国朋友要求给我的房东进行翻译，猜猜他选了谁？应该去马尼拉的，菲律宾人更真诚。

印度是亚洲谋杀率最高的国家之一，杀婴现象普遍，艾滋病统计数据也被严重低估，腐败现象遍地都是，犯罪活动猖獗，什么时候都有35万人被关在监狱。欺骗游客是那只是家常便饭，银行都不会相信你的现金。驾驶执照是在同一天上课和考试后颁发的，每年有35,000人死于交通事故。健康和安全是不存在的，如果再让我说我可以一直说下去。