正文翻譯

Why is Vietnam so poor while Vietnamese are so smart?

為什么越南這么窮，越南人卻這么聰明?

評論翻譯

Harley Bui
1000 years of Chinese rule
over 50 years of french rule.
20 years fighting against america
20 years suffer from america’s embargo

1，中國統(tǒng)治了1000年
2，法國統(tǒng)治了50年
3，與美國作戰(zhàn)20年
4，20年的貿(mào)易禁運

Anonymous
I’m Vietnamese but I don’t think we are smart. Here’s why I don’t think we are smart:
1.When foreigners tell us they bought something from Vietnam, Vietnamese always say “You got ripped off, I can get it for cheaper”.
Well.. what can I say, they are duing their own products and create impression that people can spend as least as possible in Vietnam. No wonder why Vietnamese tourism ministry keeps complaining that tourists spend lower in Vietnam than other countries ($8 billion vs Thailand’s $52 billion!!! And even countries with less tourists earned more than Vietnam, for example Indonesia at $15 bln!!!). This is unlike other people who are smarter than us, for example, the Thai, they really know how to get money from tourists well.

我是越南人，但我認為我們不聰明。以下是我認為我們不聰明的原因:
1.當外國人告訴我們他們從越南買東西時，越南人總是說:“你被敲竹杠了，我可以用更便宜的價格買到它?！?br>嗯. .我能說什么呢，他們正在貶低自己的產(chǎn)品，并制造出人們可以在越南盡可能少花錢的印象。
難怪越南旅游部一直抱怨游客在越南消費比其他國家低(80億美元，泰國是520億美元!!甚至游客較少的國家也比越南賺得多，比如印尼賺了150億美元!!)。這和其他比我們聰明的人不一樣，比如泰國人，他們真的知道如何從游客那里賺錢。

2. When selling things, Vietnamese always want to sell for cheaper price than competitor. But this makes everyone’s price goes down and everyone gets lower profit, especially when they’re selling the same things.
When I was in Thailand, all vendors sold at roughly the same price. No one played dirty and went half price on the others. Even taxi drivers were consistent in the way they ripped people off. Tourists had no choice but pay for an overpriced tuk tuk. More money for Thailand.
3.Vietnamese nationalism is really stupid. It is misplaced nationalism. Does Vietnamese nationalism help Vietnamese? No not really, Vietnamese still watch Chinese movies (while protesting Chinese technology and businesses which some are good for Vietnam), drive Japanese cars, wear American brands, listen to Korean music. Meanwhile Vietnamese nationalism goes crazy and create fake news, rioting and protesting, and spreading fake news and bad mouthing Vietnamese brands (!!). Then complain why Vietnamese brands can’t grow or produce good products (!!!). Same for music and movies, always haters, then complain why Vietnam can’t produce good music.
Say they hate China but are against everything Chinese influence that is actually good for Vietnam, while watching repetitive Chinese dramas (that even the Chinese government has banned) and reading Chinese gay novels, and some are even supporting Chinese phone brands over Vietnamese ones (!!!)

2. 當賣東西的時候，越南人總是想以比競爭對手更低的價格賣出。但這會讓每個人的價格都下降，每個人的利潤都更低，尤其是當他們賣同樣的東西時。我在泰國的時候，所有賣主的價格都差不多。沒有人玩骯臟的把戲，降價到別人的一半。即使是出租車司機，他們賺錢的方式也是一致的。
游客們別無選擇，只能花錢買一輛價格過高的嘟嘟車。
3.越南民族主義真的很愚蠢。這是錯誤的民族主義。越南民族主義對越南人有幫助嗎?不，沒有幫助，越南人仍然看中國電影(同時抗議中國的技術和企業(yè)，其中一些對越南有利)，開日本汽車，穿美國品牌，聽韓國音樂。與此同時，越南民族主義變得瘋狂，制造假新聞、騷亂和抗議，傳播假新聞和詆毀越南品牌。然后抱怨為什么越南品牌不能成長或生產(chǎn)出好產(chǎn)品。音樂和電影也是一樣，總是有討厭的人，然后抱怨為什么越南不能制作出好的音樂。
說他們討厭中國，反對一切對越南有益的中國影響，但同時又重復觀看中國電視劇。閱讀中國同性戀小說，有些人甚至支持中國手機品牌，而不是越南手機品牌。
原創(chuàng)翻譯：龍騰網(wǎng) http://www.ltaaa.cn 轉載請注明出處

4.Complain why infrastructure and big projects don’t get built fast, but refuse to move when the government compensates them. Even when the government pays them a lot of money plus give them a residence. Then complain why big projects cost so much money and so many delays because of land acquisition problem. “Giai phong mat bang”, the dreaded words. If all Vietnamese think for the big picture, Vietnam would be a much better place
5.Not accepting responsibility. Say it’s the government’s or other’s fault when it’s actually our fault. Honking on the street, littering everywhere, selling fake food, bribing traffic police, grabbing stool and running away from police when you’re not supposed to sell food on the pavement (then complain about why Vietnam is so messy, why so many vendors on pavement, no space to walk..)
6.Think everything foreigners say is right. Without questioning. Even when they wrongly criticize Vietnam.
Historically we have not been a very smart nation, actually too proud and stupid.

4.抱怨為什么基礎設施和大型項目建設得不快，但當政府補償他們時，又拒絕搬遷，即使政府給了他們一大筆錢，還給了他們一處住所。。然后抱怨為什么大項目要花這么多錢，為什么因為征地問題而拖延這么多時間。如果所有越南人都著眼大局，越南將是一個更好的地方。
5.不接受責任。說這是政府或其他人的錯，其實是我們的錯。在街上按喇叭，到處亂扔垃圾，賣假食品，賄賂交警，搶座位，在人行道上非法經(jīng)營時，躲避警察(然后抱怨為什么越南這么亂，為什么人行道上有這么多攤販，沒有地方走)。
6.認為外國人說的一切都是對的。絕對服從，即使他們錯誤地批評越南。從歷史上看，我們一直不是一個非常聰明的國家，實際上太驕傲和愚蠢了。

If we were smart history wouldn’t be what it was for us:
we should have opened up and learned from Western technology like what the Japanese did. Instead Vietnam closed off and became a hermit kingdom like China. Japan industrialized, while Vietnam became backward and could not fight against colonialism.
After Viernam war, we should have left the capitalist class of South Vietnam alone, instead of doing the capitalist purge.
After the Vietnam war, we shouldn’thave gone to war with China. Probably also stay out of Cambodia and focus on rebuilding the destroyed economy. We should have implemented Doi Moi and not planned economy at roughly the same time as the Chinese. This means we would have an extra decade of growth. Plus without the capitalist purge, South Vietnam’s companies and industries could have still stayed intact.
And now in the 21st century, we are still too short sighted to recognize our faults. I would say Vietnamese are not smart, we are cunning and sly. Qualities that although might seem to yield positive short term benefits, I don’t think they are positive for long term growth.

如果我們是聰明人，歷史對我們來說就不會是現(xiàn)在的樣子:
1，我們應該像日本人那樣開放并學習西方技術。相反，越南封閉了自己，成為了一個像中國一樣的隱士王國。日本實現(xiàn)了工業(yè)化，而越南則變得落后，無法反抗殖民主義。
2，越南戰(zhàn)爭結束后，我們應該對南越的資本主義階級置之不理，而不是進行資本主義清洗。
3，越南戰(zhàn)爭之后，我們不應該和中國開戰(zhàn)?；蛟S也應該遠離柬埔寨，專注于重建被摧毀的經(jīng)濟。我們應該和中國人差不多在同一時間實施經(jīng)濟革新，而不是搞計劃經(jīng)濟。這意味著我們將有一個額外的十年的增長。此外，如果沒有資本主義清洗，南越的公司和工業(yè)可能仍然完好無損。
在21世紀的今天，我們?nèi)匀荒抗舛虦\，沒有認識到自己的錯誤。我會說越南人不聰明，我們很狡猾。雖然這些品質可能會帶來積極的短期利益，但我不認為它們對長期增長是積極的。