如何翻译“T形台”

例一：Showing off Manly Beauty onT-stage(Shanghai Star September 6, 2004)

On Nov 28th in 1999, the PARK97 bar located in Fuxing Park set up theT-Stageand covered the red carpet on it. The foreign and domestic models walked on it, combining the tradition and future; art and fashion at ease.

例二：A model descents in the air along a verticalT-stagein a "Fashion Show in the Air" held on the bank of Taiping Lake in Shanghai, east China, Oct. 23, 2004. (Xinhua photo/Dong Hongjing)

例三：People's Daily Online - Fashion Week Turns Into Feast for the Eyes：At the biannual China Fashion Week, the models paraded along theT-stagebrimming with energy, passion and a wild nature, which made them even more sexy and seductive.

从以上的例子中可以看出，作者想当然地认为“T型台”的英语说法就是 T-stage，而没有意识到这种说法有可能是错误的。我们在

catwalk：the long, narrow stage that models walk along in a fashion show.

再看另外两个定义：

catwalk: narrow platform; "Models displayed clothes on a catwalk at the fashion show".

catwalk: a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc.

实际上，catwalk还有一个意思是指建筑上悬在高空的狭窄过道

时装模特表演的舞台有时也未必都是T型，还包括L型或直线型，除了catwalk的说法之外，runaway ( 机场跑道) 和ramp

runway: this is the place where you walk when you're giving a live fashion presentation. It is also referred to as a catwalk or ramp and is always elevated above the crowd. A runway can be shaped like a "T", an "L" or a straight line.

知道了英语中“T形台”的说法，并不意味着就能够很好地运用该词，我们还必须了解它在句子中的用法、通常与哪些词汇搭配等等，这就需要我们通过例句进一不学习提高。请看下面的catwalk用法举例：

1. Ever wondered how a design gets from the sketchbook to the catwalk?

2. Suzie Ward walked onto the catwalk and won the Young Model of the Year Competition.

3. Full of confidence, the lanky all blond models sway on the catwalk with measured

steps one foot straight after the other.

4. The background music stopped and was replaced by an expectant hum, then that too ceased as the curtains parted and a man in a dinner jacket and black bow tie stepped out onto the catwalk.

5. Paraded down the catwalk by a dancer named Micheline Bernardi this new swimsuit designed by Louis Réard took the world's breath away.

6. She is slim with blonde hair and looks like a catwalk model.

7. People who don't know anything about it might assume that it simply involves standing in front of a camera or walking down a catwalk.

另外还需强调，catwalk和runway除了可以互换使用外，还通常放在一起使用，例如：

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最后需要指出，汉语中的“T型台”在泛指时装表演舞台的时候，其意义与 Catwalk/Runway 相同，而如果要特别强调舞台为T字型时，则可以说 "T" stage 或"T" shaped runway。请看下面的例子：

Large "T" shaped runway

36' runway w/ 32' "T" stage

"T" shape runwaywith black and white walls and black stripe

"T" shape runwaywith 8' and 12' high walls

"T" shape runwaywith 8' high backdrop walls

The club is on the smaller side but nice and cozy.The stage is in the popular"T" shape with catwalk.