“网络红人”用英语怎么说

 　　“网络红人”，又称“网络明星”或“网络名人”。互联网几乎天天都在制造网络红人，最近在台湾选秀比赛中演唱惠特尼名曲的林育群，他的表演视频就通过网络传遍全球。“网络红人”用英语要怎么说呢？

　　句子：犀利哥从来没有想过当“时尚偶像”或网络红人。

　　误译：Brother Sharp never wanted to be a "fashion icon"or a blue-eyed person on the Internet.

　　正译：Brother Sharp never wanted to be a "fashion icon"or a blue-eyed boy on the Internet.

　　解释：blue-eyed person 是“蓝眼睛的人”。blue-eyed boy 的意思是favourite, 或 person who is liked better by sb and receives better treatment than others，即“受宠爱的人”或“红人”。

　　“红人”的第一个意思是“受上级赏识宠信的人”。英语可译为favourite, highly favoured person, blue-eyed boy(英)， fair-haired boy(美)。

　　例1： 由于迈克成为老板的红人，就没有人喜欢他了。

　　Nobody likes Mike since he's become the boss's blue-eyed boy.

　　“红人”的第二个意思是“走红的人”。英语可以译为 blue-eyed boy, fair-haired boy, white-haired boy。

　　例2：马克因能言善辩而成为新闻界的红人。

　　Mark has become the fair-haired boy of press circles because of his eloquence¹.

　　“网络红人”，又称“网络明星”或“网络名人”。英语可以译为 Internet star, online star, star on line, Internet celebrity², web celebrity, blue-eyed boy on the Internet。

　　例3：互联网几乎天天都在制造网络红人。

　　Almost every day, the Internet is creating web celebrities³.

1 eloquence   

n.雄辩；口才，修辞

参考例句：

• I am afraid my eloquence did not avail against the facts.恐怕我的雄辩也无补于事实了。
• The people were charmed by his eloquence.人们被他的口才迷住了。

2 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

3 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目