你这个小说拾掇拾掇
“If you polish this novel up,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
真的
“Really.”
你 这个 小说 拾掇拾掇
“If you polish this novel up,”
可以发篇《读者文摘》
“you could publish it in "Reader's Digest."”
“Your story is cliché and messy, but with editing it might pass for a sentimental magazine filler.”
Reader's Digest (Duzhe Wenzhai) in China is famous for sentimental, middle-brow moral stories; referencing it implies warm but non-prestigious literature.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to tidy up, edit, or spruce up
Northern colloquialism used for cleaning, fixing, or polishing things, applied here figuratively to text.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Do her makeup and dress her up. She'll look younger.”
“I just skimmed through the original novel.”
“This is penny-wise and pound-foolish.”
“A steal? Really? Of course. What do you know?”
“a piece of trash like me out of the dumpster.”
“But now I'm going to pick myself up.”