道譯有道
兆元 TERA・首部著作 DEBUT BOOK

《道譯有道
——藏在譯名裏的
香港故事》

Words as a Way: Translating Hong Kong

2026年7月10日出版 Published 10 July 2026
非凡出版(中華書局)× 香港青年協會 HK$148

《道譯有道》手繪插畫——宋皇臺花園與中英街街牌

插畫取自本書章節扉頁,由作者親繪
Illustrations from the book’s chapter frontispieces, hand-drawn by the author

ABOUT THE BOOK

內容簡介

Every translated name is a linguistic fossil of Hong Kong.

香港開埠百載華洋雜處,無論街道、建築、機構、器物名稱,乃至各種官方民間文案,幾乎全須中英對譯。譯名恍如我城肌理的「語言化石」,印證東西文化交匯,折射出語音、民族與社會意識的碰撞。

本書從譯者視角出發,聚焦生活中常見的雙(多)語名稱,解密語言轉換背後的文化邏輯、翻譯策略與身份表述,引領讀者遊走於語用學、翻譯理論之間,分享「譯名」如何成為文化與威權的無形角力場。

The everyday bilingual names of streets, buildings and foods are linguistic fossils; through a translator's eye, they reveal Hong Kong's story anew.

Since the city's founding more than a century ago, East and West have mingled here, and nearly every name — of streets, buildings, institutions and objects, alongside all manner of official and everyday texts — has had to pass between Chinese and English. These translated names are the "linguistic fossils" of our urban fabric, bearing witness to cultural exchange and refracting the collisions of sound, ethnicity and social consciousness.

Writing from a translator's perspective, the book focuses on the bilingual (and multilingual) names woven through daily life, unlocking the cultural logic, translation strategies and expressions of identity behind each act of linguistic conversion. It invites readers to wander between pragmatics and translation theory, and to see how a "translated name" becomes an invisible arena where culture and authority quietly contend.

I
街道 Streets

由彌敦道到新蒲崗八街,街名裏的殖民與本土。

II
地方 Places

吐露港、大嶼山、西貢——山海之名的來歷與想像。

III
商場 Malls

商場命名學:一個名字如何令你行入去。

IV
屋苑 Estates

公屋之詩與私樓之夢,兩種命名、兩種香港。

V
餐牌 Menus

茶餐廳的翻譯藝術:一杯鴛鴦如何走出香港。

VI
戲名・馬名 Titles & Horses

電影譯名與馬會馬名——玩字的最高境界。

EVENTS

活動

Talks, appearances & book-fair highlights
即將舉行 · UPCOMING
《道譯有道》新書分享會 · 三聯書店灣仔文化生活薈 · 2026年9月13日

藏在譯名裏的香港故事——《道譯有道》新書分享 Translating Hong Kong · Words as a Way Book Sharing

🗓 9月13日(日)16:00–17:00 ・ 灣仔三聯書店「文化‧生活薈」 · Sun 13 Sep 2026, 16:00–17:00 · Joint Publishing (Wan Chai), Cultural and Lifestyle Centre

香港之妙,妙在凡事皆有兩面——戲院海報、店招、餐牌,無不中英並置,各說各話,各表各情。本書由雙語路牌入手,一路讀到樓盤、賽駒與潮語,看兩文三語時而將錯就錯,時而互相補足。講座帶大家沿着譯道,重新認識我城。Hong Kong's charm lies in its two-sidedness — cinema posters, shopfronts and menus all set Chinese beside English, each speaking its own mind. Starting from bilingual street signs, the book reads on to estate names, racehorses and internet slang, tracing how the city's biliteracy and trilingualism sometimes get it wrong together, sometimes complete each other. The talk takes us along the way of translation to see our city anew.

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第12屆「青年作家大招募」網上分享會 · 2026年9月23日

第12屆「青年作家大招募」網上分享會 The 12th Young Writers Recruitment · Online Sharing

🗓 9月23日(週三)晚上 7:00–8:00 ・ Zoom 網上舉行 · Wed 23 Sep 2026, 7:00–8:00 pm · Online via Zoom

有意參加「青年作家大招募」計劃,想了解投稿、創作及出版流程?三位歷屆青年作家分享由參加、投稿到出版成書的親身經歷及心得,設 Q&A 環節。嘉賓:兆元 Tera《道譯有道》、翟彥君《夏花與秋葉》、Tiny Stringer《美味記憶》。Thinking of joining the Young Writers Recruitment scheme? Three past young authors share their journey from entry and submission to publication, with a Q&A. Guests: Tera (Words as a Way), Chak Yin-kwan (Summer Flowers, Autumn Leaves) and Tiny Stringer (Tasty Memories).

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即將舉行 · UPCOMING

香港雙語文化漫遊——《道譯有道》新書分享 A Bilingual Culture Walk through Hong Kong · Words as a Way Book Sharing

🗓 10月4日(日)16:00–17:00 ・ 誠品生活尖沙咀店「MINI FORUM」 · Sun 4 Oct 2026, 16:00–17:00 · eslite spectrum Tsim Sha Tsui, Mini Forum

香港的路牌是雙語的,樓盤、餐牌、戲名、招牌亦然。《道譯有道》由中英街名切入,一路讀到商場、賽駒與網絡潮語,看兩文三語如何你一言我一語,有時將錯就錯,有時互相補足。講座帶大家沿翻譯之道,重新認識每日行過的大街小巷。Hong Kong's road signs are bilingual — and so are its estates, menus, film titles and shopfronts. Starting from Chinese-English street names, the book reads on to malls, racehorses and internet slang, watching the city's biliteracy and trilingualism trade lines — sometimes getting it wrong together, sometimes completing each other. The talk takes us along the way of translation to rediscover the streets we pass every day.

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中華書局第17期「似曾相識的香港」系列講座海報(全10講,兆元Tera主講第3講 14/10)

似曾相識的街頭巷尾:譯名裏的語言化石——《道譯有道》講座 Streets of Déjà Vu: The Linguistic Fossils in Our Translated Names

🗓 10月14日(週三)7:00–8:15pm ・ 油麻地中華書局二樓(第17期「似曾相識的香港」講座系列) · Wed 14 Oct 2026, 7:00–8:15 pm · 2/F, Chung Hwa Book Co., Yau Ma Tei · Chung Hwa "Hong Kong Déjà Vu" Talk Series, Session 17

「詩歌舞街」本該叫懸鈴木街,「茄汁」曾經是東亞魚醬。街名、樓盤名、戲名、餐牌、賽駒名字……香港的街頭巷尾佈滿語言化石,一層洋風、一層鄉音、一層生意經。講座從譯名故事出發,重讀似曾相識的路牌街招,看兩文三語如何寫成一座城市的身世,邀請各位一同試譯我城。"Sycamore Street" (詩歌舞街) might have been "Plane-tree Street"; "ketchup" was once an East Asian fish sauce. Street names, estate names, film titles, menus, even racehorse names — Hong Kong’s streets are layered with linguistic fossils: a coat of Western style, a trace of native tongue, a stroke of business sense. Starting from the stories behind translated names, the talk rereads the everyday signs around us to see how the city’s biliteracy and trilingualism wrote a city’s life story — and invites everyone to try translating our city together.

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書展回顧 · HONG KONG BOOK FAIR 2026 HIGHLIGHTS
7.17FRI 11:00–12:00

活動① 道譯有「樂」簽書會 Book Signing

📍 1D-C02 中華書局攤位 ChungHwa Book Booth

焦點 HIGHLIGHTS首個公開簽名場,於中華書局攤位為讀者逐本題字,與親友、讀者面對面見證《道譯有道》面世的一刻。
The book's first public signing — personalising copies at the Chung Hwa booth and celebrating the launch with readers in person.
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7.17FRI 19:00–20:30

活動② 新生代在寫甚麼?——青年作家新書分享會 Young Writers' Panel

📍 S226–227 會議室 Conference Rooms

焦點 HIGHLIGHTS與其他新生代作家同台對談「新生代在寫甚麼」,從翻譯、身份到城市書寫,分享以譯者之眼閱讀香港的角度。
Shared the stage with fellow emerging authors, speaking on translation, identity and writing the city.
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7.18SAT 14:30–15:30

活動③ 個人分享會 Author Sharing Session

📍 1B-E16 香港青年協會攤位 HKFYG Booth

焦點 HIGHLIGHTS於青協攤位輕鬆開講創作背後的故事——由「砵典乍」到「語言化石」,細說藏在譯名裏的香港。
A relaxed sharing on the stories behind the book — from "Pottinger" to "linguistic fossils," the Hong Kong hidden in its translated names.
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《道譯有道》帆布袋——宋皇臺花園手繪圖

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以中英街・宋皇臺花園手繪線稿為題,側印「道譯有道」直排書名。
Featuring the hand-drawn Chung Ying Street × Sung Wong Toi Garden line art, with the vertical title 道譯有道 down the side.

插畫取自本書章節扉頁,由作者親繪
Illustration from the book’s chapter frontispieces, hand-drawn by the author.

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兆元Tera 書籤——香港城市手繪圖

香氛書籤 Scented Bookmark

54 × 90mm,正面香港城市手繪圖,背面署「兆元Tera」。
54 × 90 mm — a hand-drawn Hong Kong cityscape on the front, signed 兆元Tera on the reverse.

插畫取自本書章節扉頁,由作者親繪
Illustration from the book’s chapter frontispieces, hand-drawn by the author.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

作家簡介

Through the eyes of a translator, the heart of a copywriter
兆元Tera

兆元 Tera(李俊儀),畢業於港大文學院,主修翻譯研究與比較文學,鍛造了對雙語轉譯與文化意涵的敏銳觸覺。其後於廣告公司及出版機構累積實戰經驗,四年前創立翻譯與文案工作室,將語言熱情化為精準生動的創作,致力搭建溝通橋樑。

專業生涯的重要轉折,是獲邀負責《末代港督的告解》中譯本審校。這項工作讓她深刻體會到翻譯在歷史傳承與身份建構中的關鍵作用,必須在宏大敘事與個人情感間取得平衡。

十二年的學術訓練、實戰打磨與創業歷練,塑造了她觀看城市的獨特視角。本書以翻譯者之眼、文案人之心,引領讀者解讀香港不同層面無數譯名背後恍若「微型文化現場」的故事,探討其中蘊含的翻譯巧思、歷史對話與身份認同,也盼與讀者分享這份對文字、對城市深層文化密碼的熱情。

Tera (LI Chun-yi, Jenny) graduated from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong, majoring in Translation Studies and Comparative Literature — a foundation that honed her sensitivity to bilingual transfer and cultural meaning. She went on to gain hands-on experience at advertising agencies and publishing houses, and four years ago founded her own translation and copywriting studio, turning a passion for language into precise, vivid work that builds bridges of communication.

A defining turn in her career was being invited to serve as reviser for the Chinese edition of First Confession(《末代港督的告解》), an experience that brought home to her the pivotal role of translation in historical memory and identity. Twelve years of academic training, professional practice and entrepreneurship have shaped her distinctive way of reading the city. Through the eyes of a translator and the heart of a copywriter, this book leads readers to decode the stories hidden within Hong Kong's countless translated names — small "micro cultural sites" of translation craft, historical dialogue and identity.

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