A Japanese scientist has won the spoof Ig Nobel medicine prize for a study that revealed kissing could reduce allergic reactions in humans.
一名日本科學家研究發現，接吻可以緩解人體的過敏反應，這項研究讓他贏得了搞笑諾貝爾醫學獎。

“I wish that people will understand the new effect of kissing and I also hope that kissing will bring not only love but also attenuation of allergic reaction,” Hajime Kimata, who could not attend last week’s 25th annual event, said in a videotaped acceptance speech.
“我希望人們能了解接吻的新作用，我也希望接吻不僅能帶來愛情，也能夠弱化過敏反應。”木全肇沒能出席上周的25周年頒獎禮，他通過視頻發表了獲獎感言。

“I am honoured to be awarded the Ig Nobel Prize and I appreciate it very much.”
“我非常榮幸能獲得搞笑諾貝爾獎，非常感謝?！?/p>

Kimata received the prize jointly with three Slovakian scientists who also studied the “medical effects of kissing.” The Slovakian group looked at how long male DNA stays in a woman’s mouth after “intense kissing.”
木全肇和三位斯洛伐克科學家共同贏得了這一獎項，他們也研究了“接吻的醫學作用”。這三位科學家關注的是“激吻”之后，男性的DNA會在女性嘴里停留多久。

After the medical award was announced, some couples in the audience, prompted by the master of ceremonies, responded by embracing and kissing each other.
醫學獎宣布之后，觀眾席上一些情侶受主持人的鼓動，相擁親吻。

The award ceremony - which the science humour magazine “Annals of Improbable Research” gives in 10 categories as a parody of the Nobel Prizes - was held at Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre. It was the ninth straight year for an Ig Nobel prize to go to Japanese recipients.
頒獎儀式在哈佛大學桑德斯劇院舉行，主辦方科學幽默雜志《不可思議研究年報》頒發了10個滑稽的諾貝爾獎項，這是日本人連續第九年獲得搞笑諾貝爾獎。

Kimata, who runs an allergy clinic in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, said: “Using the natural healing powers that humans have, I have been working towards alleviating allergic reactions in people.”
木全肇在大阪的寢屋川市經營一家過敏診所，他說：“我一直在研究人類擁有的天然康復能力，為緩解人體的過敏反應而努力?！?/p>

Among other winners were scientists from the US and Australia for creating a way to “partially un-boil an egg” and a group of researchers at a Dutch linguistics institute for revealing the universality of the word “huh.”
在其他獲獎者中，來自美國和澳大利亞的科學家創造了一種方法將熟雞蛋“部分”變成生雞蛋。荷蘭一所語言學研究院的研究團隊發現，世界語言中普遍存在huh這個詞。

Last year, four Japanese researchers won the physics prize for their work measuring the friction that occurs when someone steps on a banana peel.
去年，四名日本研究人員測量了人踩到香蕉皮后的摩擦力，獲得了物理學獎。

Vocabulary

spoof: 戲弄，惡作劇
attenuation: 減弱
parody: 模仿滑稽作品

英文來源：scmp.com
譯者：洪宣
審校&編輯：丹妮