以前搞设计的同事还是常常在网上碰到，也会在微博之类的地方分享一些有趣的见闻。这回他给我一篇别人写的《别跟设计师约会的50条理由》，笑完之后，咱来翻译成中文让大家一起乐呵乐呵。虽然文中的设计师形象已经走火入魔，对照了看，各位做设计的同行，算下自己符合哪几条。

1. They are very weird people.
他们是非常奇怪的人类。

2. There are billions of them in the world, like colors on the screen of your computer.
世上有千百万这样的怪胎，多得就像你电脑屏幕上的色彩。

3. They will analyse conversations in layers.
他们会像对待图层一样，逐层分析谈话的含义。

4. You will spend the day assembling furniture from IKEA.
你得花一整天跟他们一起组装宜家家具。

5. They drink and eat all kinds of weird shit just because they like the packaging.
他们向来不管什么都往嘴里倒，只因为他们喜欢那些食物的包装。

6. They hate each other.
他们讨厌彼此。

7. You’ll come out the last out of the movies because you have to see the full list of credits.
欣赏完一部电影之后，你会是最后一个走出影院的人，因为你得陪他看完演职员字幕才能走。

8. They cant change a light bulb or without making a sketch.
他们换不了一个灯泡，或者说，他们得先画张草图才行。

9. They fuck up all the tables with their cutters.
如果有人打扰到他们，他们会掀桌子给你看。

10. They rather study the paisley pattern on your outfit than listen to what you have to say.
他们宁愿研究你外套上的佩斯利涡漩花纹，也不会想去听你说什么。

11. They will fill your house with magazines and whatever is out there that has drawings.
他们会在你家堆满杂志，或者随便什么有着图画的东西。

12. You never know if it is really an original or a copy.
你永远不会知道那是原版的还是仿制的。

13. They make collages with your photos.
他们会拿你的照片玩拼图。

14. They do not know how to add and subtract, they just understand letters.
他们不懂什么是加减，他们只认字母。

15. They idolize people who nobody knows and speak of them as if they were his colleagues.
他们崇拜着没人知道的某号人物，聊起此人来仿佛就像他们是同事一样。

16. They take pictures almost daily and all are cut in weird shapes.
他们几乎每天都要拍照，并且都喜欢裁成怪异的形状。

17. They ask your opinion about everything but they do whatever they want.
他们什么都要问你的意见，然后他们爱干什么就干什么。

18. Everything is left justified, right or center unless they arrive late.
什么东西都要左对齐、右对齐，或是居中对齐，除非他们晚点了。

19. They hate Comic Sans with the same passion they love Helvetica.
他们狂热地讨厌着 Comic Sans 字体正如他们狂热地偏爱 Helvetica 字体一样。

20. They use iPhone for everything, because everyone has one.
他们用iPhone做每一件事，因为他们人手一台。

21. You can not decorate the house without consulting them.
你不能在咨询他们的意见之前就装饰你的房子。

22. They steal street signs.
他们偷走街头的路牌。

23. Always carry their hands painted with something.
他们的手总是染着某种色彩。

24. They buy dolls unfinished for them to paint.
他们买玩偶的半成品，就为了自己可以来上色。

25. Everything becomes something other than what it really is: cards as tickets, cards as …
任何事物在他们的观念中总不是事物的原本定义。比如说拿卡片当作门票，拿卡片当作XX等等。。。

26. When arguing, you will be nicknamed like the OSX spinning wheel (not affectionately)
当你们斗嘴时，你会被取个类似“苹果平台的彩色转轮”之类的绰号。（当然不是昵称）

27. Do not know how to dress without consulting the Pantone book.
不看国际标准色卡他们简直就不知道该穿什么。

28. They hate Excel.
他们讨厌 Excel 这类试算表软件。

29. They read comics.
他们看漫画书。

30. They want to save the world only with a poster.
对他们来说做个海报就像是拯救世界的大事。

31. You will spend the day brainstorming.
你会花一整天来和他一起做头脑风暴。

32. On vacation they will take you to countries that you do not know exist and have no beach.
他们会带你去你从没听说过的国家度假，而且保证是个你找不到海滩的地方。

33. Museums are their second home.
博物馆是他们的第二个家。

34. They know more positions than the Kamasutra.
他们想得到的姿势比印度爱经都多。

35. They can’t go to a restaurant without secretly critiquing the menu design.
在没有私下品评过某餐馆的菜单设计的前提下，他们是不会去那家餐馆的。

36. They listen to music you have never heard of.
他们听你从没听过的音乐。

37. They can´t cook a normal dish, they always have to experiment with new ingredients.
他们不会做一道正常的菜，缘于他们总喜欢尝试新作料。

38. They read rare books: stories of children, Semiotics …
他们总看些奇怪的书：儿童故事、语言符号学等等。

39. When you are going to tell you something, everyone has read it in their facebook and twitter.
当他要跟你说什么事的时候，你们所认识的所有亲朋好友都会从他们的脸书和推特上看到。

40. They have own iPods before you knew they existed.
你在知道他们存在之前就已经知道他们都有自己的iPod了。

41. The orgasm they remember is when they heard that Adobe was acquiring Macromedia.
他们能记得的性高潮是发生在他们听说 Adobe 收购 Macromedia 的那一刻。

42. They have their own shops just for them and there are the most expensive in the city.他们有固定采购的店铺，而那里的东西往往是全城卖得最贵的。

43. They want to spend all the money in the Apple Store.
他们愿意在苹果专卖店宣布破产。

44. You will never understand their gifts.
你永远不懂他们送你的礼物。

45. They see ordinary objects and laugh.
他们会看到寻常物件时开怀大笑。

46. You wake up in the middle of the night hearim them screaming “When is the deadline?”
你会在半夜里被他们惊叫“什么时候截稿？”而吓醒。

47. They see CMYK and RGB like Neo sees the Matrix.
他们看到的 CMYK 和 RGB 如同《黑客帝国》的 Neo 看待矩阵。

48. They dream of the day nobody will make a single change to their designs.
他们总妄想着有天没有人会改动他们任一的设计细节。

49. They rather pay for a font than for a special birthday gift.
他们宁愿花钱买字体也不会想去买份特别的生日礼物。

50. They are always sleepy because they work 24/7.
他们永远在缺觉状态，因为他们每周工作七天，每天工作24小时。

原文链接：50 reasons not to date a graphic designer

译文原文：http://www.skydesign.cn/blog/post/707.html

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