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翻译�形台”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（a narrow path, raised above the ground, often built for workers to walk on outside a building that is being built or repaired），这大概就是为什么用 catwalk 来表示时装表演的舞台的缘故吧。
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
（高速公路的引接式坡道）也可以指时装模特表演的舞台。请看 WordNet Dictionary 对 runway 的定义:
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：
Experience:
Catwalk/Runway Fashion Parades; Photographic (ad campaigns, fashion,
photographic showcases/displays, portfolios); ...
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in Print, Sport, Glamour, Catwalk/Runway, Art, Promotional, Stage,
TV/Film,...
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 runway with black and
white walls and black stripe
"T" shape
runway with 8' and 12' high walls
"T" shape runway with 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.
结论：翻译时不能够想当然，必须要有“回译”意识。有些从英文翻译过来的中文是意译而不是直译的，那么在将其回译成英文时，就不能按照中文的字面意思去进行直译，而必须还原成英语原来的说法。
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