《中英對照讀新聞》Bratwurst wins first New York "Vendy" award 紐約最佳路邊攤 頒給煎香腸

◎張其賢

Rolf Babiel, a German-born midtown pushcart salesman, has won the first "Vendy" award given by the Street Vendor Project.

洛夫．巴比爾，一位出生在德國的市區推車小販，贏得「街頭路邊攤計畫」頒發的第一屆「路邊攤」獎。

Judges voted on several criteria, including food portability and vendor personality, before naming the winner.

評審們在選出優勝者前，先就多項標準進行投票表決，這些標準包括食物的可攜帶性和路邊攤老闆的個性。

Babiel, 53, whoes menu includes bratwurst, is in the restaurent business but still makes time to sell from his cart, called "Hallo Berlin," on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 54th Street. He's been selling in the street for more than 20 years.

53歲的巴比爾，他的路邊攤菜色包括德式煎香腸；他目前經營餐館，但仍抽出時間推著他的「哈囉柏林」推車，在第五大街和五十四街的街角擺攤。他在這條街上已經賣了超過20年。

"I want to thank New York, coming here from Germany and letting me sell my German soul food," he said. "New York is the greatest city on earth."

「我這個從德國來的人，要感謝紐約市，讓我賣我的德國靈魂食物，」他說。「紐約是地球上最了不起的城市。」

About 200 vendors had been nominated for the award, which was given out in a garage on East 4th Street where pushcarts are stored. The Street Vendor Project aims to raise awareness of challenges facing the city's estimated 10,000 food and merchandise vendors.

約有2百個路邊攤業者被提名角逐此獎，頒獎地點在東四街的路邊攤推車停放場。「街頭路邊攤計畫」喚起大眾注意紐約市約一萬名小吃路邊攤業者所面臨的各種挑戰。

新聞辭典

bratwurst：德式煎香腸。這個字是英文的外來語，原本是德文bratwurst，由braten（煎，炸，烘烤）和wurst（香腸）組合而成。

pushcart：手推車，由push（推）和cart（送貨馬車）組合而成。pushcart也可指賣場之「購物車」，在英國，購物車一般說「trolley」。

vendor：名詞，小販，引申為「路邊攤」。本字的字根是vend，動詞，指「叫賣兜售」。vending-machine就是「自動販賣機」。vendy是口語中對vendor的暱稱，如同cab（計程車）在口語中暱稱為cabby一樣。

criteria：名詞，（分類、評判的）標準。這是一個複數形，單數形是criterion。