Room Service 是客房服务吗？
<p>英语中有一些词汇，假如望文生义，很容易产生误解，比如<span word="busboy">busboy</span>，容易被认为是公共汽车售票员，但其实该单词的意思是餐馆的清洁工，其在餐馆里的地位比<span word="waiter">waiter</span>或者 <span word="waitress">waitress</span>要低一级，通常做清理桌子、把脏盘子搬运到厨房准备清洗、打扫厕所、吸地、干些杂活如择菜，包外卖等活儿。又如，<span word="serviceman">serviceman</span>这个单词容易被误解为“服务人员”，而事实上其通常指“军人”， <span word="The">The</span> <span word="term">term</span> <span word="serviceman">serviceman</span>, <span word="alternatively">alternatively</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="member">member</span>, <span word="refers">refers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="non">non</span>-<span word="commissioned">commissioned</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="armed">armed</span> <span word="forces">forces</span>. 还有，<span word="rose">rose</span> <span word="hip">hip</span>不是“玫瑰臀部”，而是“玫瑰果”。</p><p>在参与制定公共服务领域外文译写国家标准的过程中，课题组成员曾经遇到一个引起争议的词条，即“客房服务”所对应的英语是否就是<span word="room">room</span> <span word="service">service</span>？答案是否定的。这里的<span word="room">room</span> <span word="service">service</span>切不可望文生义，其真正含义是指旅馆的“送餐服务”，即旅馆应客人之要求，把客人点的饭菜送到客服，供客人享用的服务。</p><p>网络百科辞典维基百科关于<span word="room">room</span> <span word="service">service</span> 有如下解释：</p><p><span word="Room">Room</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="or">or</span> "<span word="in">in</span>-<span word="room">room</span> <span word="dining">dining</span>" <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="hotel">hotel</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="enabling">enabling</span> <span word="guests">guests</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="choose">choose</span> <span word="menu">menu</span> <span word="items">items</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="delivery">delivery</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="hotel">hotel</span> <span word="room">room</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="consumption">consumption</span> <span word="there">there</span>. <span word="Room">Room</span> <span word="Service">Service</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="organized">organized</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="subdivision">subdivision</span> <span word="within">within</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Food">Food</span> & <span word="Beverage">Beverage</span> <span word="Department">Department</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="high">high</span>-<span word="end">end</span> <span word="hotel">hotel</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="resort">resort</span> <span word="properties">properties</span> 从上文不难看出，所谓的<span word="room">room</span> <span word="service">service</span> 就是指高级宾馆为客人提供的送餐服务。</p>
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