日本針對日式廁所對外國使用者的采訪調(diào)研結(jié)果

TOKYO — Between the futuristic "BladeRunner"-esque toilets and the slightly terrifying (but healthierfor you)traditional squatters, Japanese restroomscan be a bit intimidating for afirst-time user. Andeven for those who have lived in Japan for a while,usinga public toilet can still be a daunting task. Soto better understand restroom woes for thosecoming from overseas, Japanese toilet manufacturerToto recently surveyed 600 foreigners living in Japanabout toilets in the country and what confuses themmost.

東京——在未來式的“銀翼殺手”式的廁所和有點令人恐懼的(但對你來說更加健康的)傳統(tǒng)蹲廁之間，日本廁所對于首次使用者來說可能有點嚇人。即使對于那些在日本已經(jīng)住過一段時間的人來說，使用日本的公廁仍然是令他們感到畏懼的。所以為了更好的了解外國人在使用日本公廁時所遭受的痛苦，日本廁所制造商Toto(東陶公司)最近對生活在日本的600名外國人進行了采訪。

 

 

First up on Toto's toilet survey was aquestion about toilet choice. That is, if you were at apublic restroom with Western-style (aka one you sit on) or traditional Japanese squat toilets,which stall would you go into? Unsurprisingly, over 80% answered that they preferred to sitrather than squat.The next question asked those surveyed to think back to when they firstcame to Japan and to remember the biggest problems they had when answering the call ofnature in a public restroom. Mostpeople said that they had no idea how to use a Japanesesquat toilet when theyfirst saw one. Even foreigners who came from countries with squattoilets werea little confused exactly how to use the Japanese ones. One of the Americanspolledsaid that he actually thought you were supposed to sit right on the toilet bowl.

這個調(diào)研中的第一個問題有關(guān)于廁所的選擇。即在一個同時擁有西式座圈馬桶和傳統(tǒng)日本蹲式廁位的公廁里時，你會選擇哪一個?不出所料，超過80%的外國人都更喜歡坐式的。第二個問題是要求這些外國人回想自己第一次來日本時在使用公廁時所遇到的最大問題。大部分人回答說他們首次看到蹲式側(cè)位時根本不知道要如何使用蹲式廁所。即使是那些來自擁有蹲式廁所的國家的外國人也不是很清楚要怎么使用日本式的蹲式廁所。其中一位美國人說他以為是要直接坐在日式蹲廁的坐便器上。

And besides the squatters, many people recalled their utter confusion the first time they satdown on a modernJapanese "washlet" toilet (see photo below). The many buttons on the seatornearby control panel overwhelmed many and utterly confused people used tosimpler toiletsthat don't need to be plugged in. And until you can read Japanese, you have to rely on the littledrawings that still won't help you outmuch. The futuristic toilets of Japan may look cool, butmany people were intimidated at first.

除了蹲式廁所，很多人還回憶了首次坐在日本現(xiàn)代式的“衛(wèi)洗麗”坐便器上。坐便器或者說附近控制板上的那么多按鍵讓很多人無所適從。除非你懂日文，否則僅靠上面的一些圖示真是相當困難。這種未來式的日本廁所看起來可能很酷，但是很多人第一次使用時都被嚇到了。

 

 

When asked about if they use the bidet function on the modern Japanese toilets, the numberone answer was that it dida good job of cleaning up and some said they even preferred thebidet to toilet paper. And for others, they liked to use the bidet because they were alreadyusedto using water via the bum gun to clean themselves in their home country.

當被問及是否使用過其中的坐浴盆功能時，人們最多的回答是這種功能確實很利于清潔，有些人說比起廁紙他們更喜歡使用這種清潔功能。而有些人回答說他們之所以喜歡使用這種功能，是因為在他們自己國家他們就已經(jīng)習(xí)慣這么做了。

Perhaps the answer that should make Japan the proudest was when 93.6% of those surveyedsaid that Japanese publics are cleaner than those back home. And at the end of the day, evenwith the squatting and the confusing computer-like toilets, you can't argue with a nice,cleanpublic restroom.

或許最讓日本人感到驕傲的回答是有93.6%的人說日本公廁比自己國家的公廁都更加干凈。雖然傳統(tǒng)和現(xiàn)代的日本公廁讓這些外國人在首次使用時有點不太適應(yīng)，但是日本公廁的干凈美好是無可置疑的。