娛樂時尚:搞怪的另類諾貝爾獎獲獎名單
Designers of a bra that turns into gas masks and a team who found that named cows produce more milk were among the winners of the 2009 Ig Nobel prizes.
胸罩可以改裝成防毒面具，有了名字的奶牛可以產更多的奶，以上都是“另類諾貝爾獎”的獲獎課題。
The aim of the awards is to honour achievements that "first make people laugh and then make them think".
“另類諾貝爾獎”的目的就是獎勵那些“先讓人開懷大笑，繼而發人深省”的發明或成就。
The peace prize went to a Swiss research team who determined whether it is better to be hit over the head with a full or empty bottle of beer.
此次的“另類諾貝爾和平獎”授予了瑞士的一個研究小組。該小組通過研究證明了用一瓶啤酒或一隻空啤酒瓶打人的腦袋，哪個造成的損害更小些。
The ceremony was organised by the magazine Annals of Improbable Research.
“另類諾貝爾獎”由《不可能研究年鑑》雜誌組織。
Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson from the agriculture, food and rural development department of Newcastle University were the only UK recipients.
來自英國紐卡斯爾大學農業、食品與農村發展系的凱瑟琳·道格拉斯和彼得·羅林森成爲本年度“另類諾貝爾獎”唯一一對英國獲獎者。
Dr Douglas, who was unable to attend the ceremony held at Harvard University in Cambridge, US, told BBC News that she was "thrilled" to have been selected and was a "big fan of the Ig Nobel awards".
道格拉斯博士雖然沒有參加在美國哈佛大學舉行的頒獎儀式，但是她在接受BBC採訪時表示，能夠得獎她相當激動，她是“另類諾貝爾獎的狂熱粉絲”。
She said that discovering cows with names were more prolific milk-producers emerged during research into improving dairy cow welfare.
她表示，在提高奶牛福利的研究中發現，“有名有姓”的奶牛牛奶產量更多。
The overall aim of the study was to reduce stress and fear by improving "the human-animal relationship".
研究主要目的是通過改善“人與動物的關係”來減少動物的壓力和恐懼。
"[This research] showed that the majority of UK dairy farmers are caring individuals who respect and love their herd," she said.
她說：“（這項研究）顯示絕大多數英國奶農懂得體貼關心，他們尊重並愛護他們的牧羣。”
Dr Douglas dedicated the award to Purslane, Wendy and Tina--"the nicest cows I have ever known".
道格拉斯同時將這份殊榮獻給馬齒莧、溫迪與蒂娜，它們是“我所知的最友好的奶牛”。
The Ig Nobel Prizes were presented to the winners by genuine Nobel laureates.
“另類諾貝爾獎”的獎項由真正的諾貝爾獲獎者頒發。
Dr Elena Bodnar won the public health prize for the bra that, in an emergency, can be converted into two gas masks.
頒獎典禮上，獲得“公共衛生獎”的埃琳娜·博德納爾博士當場演示瞭如何將胸罩改裝成兩隻防毒面具。
She demonstrated her invention and gave one to each of the Nobel laureates as a gift.
她不僅展示了發明，還將兩隻面具作爲禮物贈送給了爲其頒獎的兩位諾貝爾獎得主。
Appropriately, the prize for economics went to the executives of four Icelandic banks.
“另類諾貝爾經濟學獎”恰如其分地授予給了四家冰島銀行的負責人。
The governor of Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank received the prize for mathematics for printing bank notes with such a wide range of denominations.
津巴布韋儲備銀行的行長獲得了“另類諾貝爾數學獎”，因爲其印製的鈔票面額由小到大差異巨大。
The full list of winners 全部獲獎名單:
Veterinary medicine 獸醫獎:
Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, UK, for showing that cows with names give more milk than cows that are nameless.
英國紐卡斯爾大學學者凱瑟琳·道格拉斯和彼得·羅林森發現有名字的奶牛比未起名的奶牛產奶量高。
Peace 和平獎:
Stephan Bolliger, Steffen Ross, Lars Oesterhelweg, Michael Thali and Beat Kneubuehl of the University of Bern, Switzerland, for determining whether it is better to be smashed over the head with a full bottle of beer or with an empty bottle.
瑞士伯爾尼大學病理學家斯特凡·博利格爾、史提芬·羅斯、拉斯·奧斯滕赫維格、邁克爾·塔利以及彼特·努布爾發現了空啤酒瓶與裝滿酒的酒瓶擊打頭骨哪個更有破壞力。
Biology 生物獎:
Fumiaki Taguchi, Song Guofu and Zhang Guanglei of Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences in Sagamihara, Japan, for demonstrating that kitchen refuse can be reduced more than 90% in mass by using bacteria extracted from the faeces of giant pandas.
該獎由日本北里大學醫學科學研究生院的田口文昭、宋國富（音譯）與張光磊（音譯）共同獲得。他們研究證明使用大熊貓糞便中提取的細菌能有效分解超過90%的廚房垃圾。
Literature 文學獎：
Ireland's police service for writing and presenting more than 50 traffic tickets to the most frequent driving offender in the country--Prawo Jazdy--whose name in Polish means "Driving Licence".
文學獎由愛爾蘭警方獲得，獲獎理由是他們給看起來叫做PrawoJazdy的經常超速者開出了50多張罰單。而在波蘭語中，PrawoJazdy意爲“駕照”。
Medicine 醫學獎:
Donald Unger of Thousand Oaks, California, US, for investigating a possible cause of arthritis of the fingers, by diligently cracking the knuckles of his left hand but not his right hand every day for more than 60 years.
來自美國加州紹森歐克斯的唐納德·昂格爾60多年來每天不斷敲打左手指關節，並跟右手對照，研究會否導致關節炎。
Economics 經濟學獎：
The directors, executives, and auditors of four Icelandic banks for demonstrating that tiny banks can be rapidly transformed into huge banks, and vice versa (and for demonstrating that similar things can be done to an entire national economy).
四家冰島銀行的負責人、行政主管以及審計員向世人證明了小銀行可以迅速成長爲大銀行，反之亦然。（同樣的道理也會發生在整個國民經濟當中。）
Physics 物理獎:
Katherine K Whitcome of the University of Cincinnati, Daniel E Lieberman of Harvard University and Liza J Shapiro of the University of Texas, all in the US, for analytically determining why pregnant women do not tip over.
美國辛辛那提大學的凱瑟琳·K·惠特科姆、哈佛大學的丹尼爾·E·利伯曼、得州大學的莉莎·J·夏皮羅研究出孕婦不會失去重心向前撲倒的原因。
Chemistry 化學獎:
Javier Morales, Miguel Apatiga and Victor M Castano of Universidad Nacional Autonoma in Mexico, for creating diamonds from tequila.
化學獎由墨西哥國立自治大學科學家哈維爾·莫拉萊斯、米格爾·阿帕提嘉和維克托·M·卡斯塔諾共同獲得。他們通過實驗將龍舌蘭酒轉變爲鑽石薄膜。
Mathematics 數學獎:
Gideon Gono, governor of Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank, for giving people a simple, everyday way to cope with a wide range of numbers by having his bank print notes with denominations ranging from one cent to one hundred trillion dollars.
津巴布韋儲備銀行及行長吉迪恩·戈諾天天鍛鍊人民的數學能力，因爲銀行印製的鈔票面額從1分到100萬億不等。
Public Health 公共衛生獎:
Elena N Bodnar, Raphael C Lee, and Sandra Marijan of Chicago, US, for inventing a bra that can be quickly converted into a pair of gas masks--one for the wearer and one to be given to a needy bystander.
美國芝加哥的埃琳娜·N·博德納爾、拉斐爾·C·李以及桑德拉·瑪珍研究出將一隻胸罩快速改裝成兩個防毒面具的方法——一隻防毒面具給自己用，另一隻可以給身邊有需要的人使用。
