我们常常用“牛B”来形容一个人很厉害，那么“牛B”用英语要怎么说呢？
AnAmericantranslatorinBeijingreflectsonthewordniubiandwhatmakesitsodifficulttotranslate, andit'sadelightfulread.
一位在北京的美国译者反映，“牛逼”一词实在难翻，下面就来看看人家是怎么解释“牛逼”的，很有意思哦!
Onthefaceofit, niubiisnotuntranslatableatall: thecharactersniuandbicanberenderedintoEnglishwithgreatprecisionbythewords – andIbegyourpardon – 'cowpussy‘， niubeingthezoologicalreference, bitheanatomical. Butthoughthedenotationofniubiisembarrassinglyplain, it'sconnotationsarefarfromobvious.
从表面上来看，牛逼一词并非不可译，把两个汉字一一对等直译成英语的话，就是“母牛的生殖器”(翻译需要，请原谅我的不文明)。牛是动物学术语，逼是解剖学术语。虽然牛逼的字面意思有点让人尴尬，但很清楚。不过，牛逼的深层含义就有讲究了。
Niubiisatermofapprobation, perhapsthegreatestsuchtermincolloquialChinese. Niubiisanattitude, alifestyle: acompletelackofconcernoverwhatotherpeoplethinkofyou, andtheresultingfreedomtodowhateveryouplease. Itisknowingexactlywhatyou'recapableof, makingthedecisiontoact, andtohellwiththeconsequences. Itistheessenceof 'cool’， buttakentothenthdegree, andwithadirtywordthrownin.