Many people that I met were curious about China, but their impressions of China would end up with words like ‘communist,’ ‘pollution’ and ‘no Facebook.’ While many facts are true, the contemporary, living and multifaceted Chinese life is rarely heard of.
我遇到的許多人都對中國十分好奇，不過他們對中國的印象往往止于“社會主義”，“污染”，“沒有臉書網(wǎng)”等字眼。雖然大多數(shù)這樣的字眼都是符合事實的，但當(dāng)代的，活生生的，多姿多彩的中國式生活卻是鮮為人知的。

I started "tiny eyes" comics a year ago in the hope of sharing Chinese culture through everyday life. In lots of my comics, I compare Chinese culture to western culture. Through comparison, we realise how differently we act in front of the same situation and how we tend to think in a certain way instead of another. In the end, every culture is "weird" in its way, but it’s also the weirdness that makes it interesting.
一年以前我開始創(chuàng)作“小眼睛”漫畫，希望能描繪中國人日常生活的樣子，分享中國文化。在我的許多漫畫中，我將中國文化與西方文化進行了對比。通過對比，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在相同的情景中做出的反應(yīng)非常迥異，我們傾向于以特定的思考方式思考，而不是另外的思考方式。最后，所有的文化都有其“古怪”之處，而正是這古怪之處讓文化充滿趣味。

1.French Culture
法國文化

（從左至右）：main dish主菜 salad沙拉 snail蝸牛 main dish主菜 fish魚 butter黃油 dessert甜點

Chinese culture
中國文化

Everything所有的東西

2. I love you, mom.
我愛你，媽媽。

Look after your health mom. Remember to put on more clothes, it’s getting cold. I bought you a pair of wool gloves.
保重身體，媽媽。天冷了，記得多穿一件衣服。我給你買了一雙羊絨手套。

3. Hey I got a tattoo in Chinese.
看，我紋了一個漢字紋身。

—— Cool, can I see it?
太酷了。我能看看嗎？

——Sure.
好呀。

Does it mean “l(fā)ove and peace”？
這幾個字的意思是不是“愛與和平”？

—— No. It says “chicken soup”.
不，它的意思是“雞湯”。

4. You guys never age ？
中國人都不會變老嗎？

5. Beauty product ads in China: immediate whitening effect
中國的護膚品廣告：立現(xiàn)美白功效

Beauty product ads in the West: beautiful tan today
西方的護膚品廣告：今天擁有小麥色皮膚

6. Inseparable friends on tables
餐桌上形影不離的好朋友

In the west: salt and pepper
在西方：鹽與胡椒粉

In China: soy sauce and vinegar
在中國：醬油與醋

7. British：You have to share your dorm room with one person?
英國人：你要和一個人同住一間宿舍？

Chinese: You share your dorm room with only one person?
中國人：你只和一個人同住一間宿舍？

8. I’m from China, Nice to meet you.
我來自中國。很高興認識你。

——don’t eat my cat.
不要吃我的貓。

9. She never looks at me when she talks.
她跟我說話的時候從來不看著我。

——Well she is probably lying.
好吧，也許她在說謊。

10. This is my friend Theo.
這是我的朋友Theo。

Glad to meet you.
認識你很高興。

Did he just kissed me?
他剛剛是不是親了我一下？

11.I eat to work.
我吃飯是為了工作。

——I work to eat.
我工作是為了吃飯。

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12. But how do you eat soup with chopsticks ?
不過你怎么用筷子喝湯呢？

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（翻譯：小木）