日本人眼中的三大强国 Quora精选：日本人被认错成中国人时会怎样

Quora精选：日本人被认错成中国人时会怎样  

,How do the Japanese people react when they are mistaken as being Chinese by Westerners?,当日本人被西方人认错成中国人时有什么反应？,获得3.8k好评的回答@Misako Fukuda,I don’t feel bad or angry at all. I just said, “I am Japanese”.,我并不觉得糟糕或者生气。我只是会解释说：“我是日本人。”,I know that they can’t recognise which one is Japanese or Chinese.,我知道他们没办法区分哪个是中国人哪个是日本人。,We are all similar faces. I think they feel Asian is all same. I can’t recognise which one is American or English either.,我们拥有相同的脸，我觉得他们认为亚洲人长得都一样，就像我也没办法区分美国人和英国人一样。,获得3.7k好评的回答@Mari Seto,I would actually be impressed if a Westerner recognizes me as Japanese. ,如果西方人能认出我是日本人我才会很惊讶。,I mean, even I sometimes can’t tell the Asians apart. ,因为即使是我，有时候也没办法区分亚洲人。,It’s a reasonable assumption since what, almost 90% of the East Asian population is Chinese.,这是非常合理的一条假设，因为，中国人口占据了东亚人口的90%。,I usually politely correct them, teach them the Japanese greetings (Konnichiwa), and walk away to get on with my life.,我通常会礼貌地纠正他们并且教他们日本人的问候方式，然后走开继续过我的生活。,P.S. In reverse, I will also confess that despite living in Germany for the past o years, I have never been able to tell Italians and Germans apart.,备注：反过来，即使我在德国生活了两年，我也没办法区分意大利人和德国人。,获得556好评的回答@Paul Irving,My wife either ignores it, or politely corrects them, depending on context.,我的妻子要嘛忽视它要嘛礼貌地纠正他们，完全取决于当时的语境。,（翻译：苏梨）