The BRO code

感謝人人影視 ─ 海外文學翻譯組，專業的翻譯。
我將文章轉為繁體和在地化，並刪除不符台灣
風俗民情的部分。


影片由 ─ MistborN 翻譯

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                               INTRODUCTION
                                        前言


Whether we know it or not, each of us lives a life governed by an internalized code of conduct. Some call it morality. Others call it religion. I call it "The Bro Code".
不知道你有沒有意識到，我們每個人的生活都被潛在的行為準則支配著。有些人稱之為道德。其他人稱之為宗教。而我，稱之為《兄弟法則》 or 哥們法則


For centuries men have attempted to follow this code with no universal understanding of what such an arrangement meant: Is it okay to hug a Bro?1 If I'm invited to a Bro's wedding, do I really have to bring a gift?2 Can I sleep with a Bro's sister or mother or both? 3
一直以來，人們一直試圖遵循這個法則，但缺乏共同的理解：可以擁抱你的麻吉嗎？(絕不) 1如果我被邀請參加麻吉的婚禮，真的需要送禮嗎？(沒必要) 2我可以與麻吉的姐妹、老媽、或兩個一起上床嗎？ (拜託,別太超過)


Now for the first time on paper, I have recorded the rules of social decorum that Bros have practiced since the dawn of man... if not before. The Bro Code previously existed only as an oral tradition (heh), so I have journeyed the globe to piece together and transcribe the shattered fragments of The Bro Code, pausing only to flesh it out myself (double heh). While not intending to write a "Guide to Being a Bro", if men should treat it as such and pass this compendium of knowledge from one generation to the next, I have little doubt it would bring a tear to my eye. But?not?out of it. That would be a violation of?Article 41: A Bro Never Cries.
現在我將《兄弟法則》第一次發行成書，這些是兄弟們自從人類之初——乃至更久之前——就開始遵循的社交禮儀。

在此之前，《兄弟法則》則以口耳相傳的形式流傳於世，所以我走遍全世界，收集並謄寫兄弟法則支離破碎的片段，停下休息也只是為了用自身經歷充實法則內容。

儘管無意撰寫《如何成為好哥們》，但如果人們願意認真看待它，並且將這知識的寶庫代代相傳，我想這還是會讓我熱淚盈眶的。但眼淚不會掉出來，不然就違背了法則第41條：男人不得哭泣。

It is my hope that, with a better understanding of the Bro Code, Bros the world over can put aside their differences and strengthen the bonds of brotherhood. It is then, and only then, that we might work together as one to accomplish perhaps the most important challenge society faces-getting laid. Before dismissing this pursuit as crass and ignoble, consider this postulate: without the sport inherent in trying to bang chicks, would men willingly have sex for the sole purpose of producing smelly, screaming babies? (Of course not)
我希望，藉由《兄弟法則》這本書的發行，讓全世界的兄弟們能摒棄分歧，情同手足。

只有到那時後我們才能共同攜手，完成社會上面臨的最大挑戰：下半身的幸福。

在你因視其書，內容低俗不堪而不予採納之前，先考慮下這一點：沒了與生俱來的泡妞本能，男人會願意會以養育又臭又吵的嬰兒，為此目的而跟人上床嗎?(當然，沒有人會這麼做)

Centuries from now, when a Bro applies the rudiments of The Bro Code to score a three-boobed future chick, the only thanks I'll need is the knowledge that I - in whatever small capacity - Bro'd him out...though if he could figure out how to bring me back to life, that would be pretty awesome, too.


幾百年過後，如果有人利用《兄弟法則》的知識泡到了三個胸部的辣妹(冏)，唯一感謝我的方式就是，告訴我哪條讓你成功泡到妞，學不在深能用則靈……當然如果他能想個辦法讓我死而復生，那也挺厲害的。




　　　　　                                                                                                          --Barney Stinson

註：Bro在台灣用直譯"兄弟"，並不適宜。而是翻譯為麻吉、哥們之類的，較為恰當，接下來的文章中，我直接翻譯為麻吉。


Q: What is a Bro?
何謂Bro？

A: A Bro is a person who would give you the shirt off his back when he doesn't want to wear it anymore. A Bro is a person who will bend over backwards to help you bend someone else over backwards. In short, a Bro is a lifelong companion you can trust will always be there for you, unless he's got something else going on.

Bro是不喜歡穿某件衣服時，直接脫下來送給你的那個人。麻吉是盡全力幫你撂倒別人的那個人。總而言之：麻吉是會永遠在你身邊陪你的人，除非他有別的事在忙。

Q: Who is your Bro?
誰才是你的麻吉？

A: Your mailman is a Bro, your father was once a Bro, and the boy who mows your lawn represents the Bro of tomorrow, but that doesn't make him?your?Bro. When someone has faithfully upheld one or more of the codes in The Bro Code, then you may consider him you Bro.?Warning: E​​xercise caution when bringing home a hot chick-your brother may or may not be you Bro.

你的郵差是你麻吉，你老爸曾經是你麻吉，給你修剪草坪的小男孩，可能是你明天的麻吉，但這可不代表他就是你麻吉。如果一個人真心認同「兄弟法則」中的一條或多條法則，那你或許就可以認為他是你的麻吉。

警告：慎重考慮帶辣妹回家——你的麻吉可不一定是你的好麻吉。

Q: Can only dudes be Bros?
麻吉只能是男性嗎？

A: You don't need to be a guy to be somebody's Bro, provided you uphold the moral values​​ contained within this sacred canon. When a woman sets a guy up with her busty friend, she's acting as a Bro. And if she sets him up with other hot friends after he slept with the first one and never called her again, then she's officially his Bro.

只要你認同這部神聖法則中的價值觀，即使不是男的也沒關係。當一位女性將自己的正妹好友撮合給一位男性好友時，這就是麻吉的行為。如果在他睡了前一位並與其斷絕聯繫的前提下，還繼續撮合他和其他的辣妹在一起，那她就是真麻吉了。