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A popular sitcom is accused of copying classic U.S. series such as Friends, The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother.
一部在中國大熱的情景喜劇被指抄襲美國經(jīng)典電視劇 “老友記”，“生活大爆炸” 以及“老爸老媽羅曼史”。
The show, iPartment, adheres the old sitcom trope of following a group of 20-something friends as they experience life in a big city.
這部名叫《愛情公寓》的電視劇，用老套的情景喜劇的方式將大城市里20歲左右年輕人的生活經(jīng)歷結(jié)合在了一起。
But sharp-eyed fans have noticed that the series seems to be uncomfortably close to some specific American hits.
但眼尖的粉絲馬上注意到這部電視劇似乎有諸多模仿某些火爆的美劇的痕跡。
The stars of the series live together in two neighbouring apartments in a tower block - exactly the situation in Friends, but with New York transferred to Shanghai.
劇中的主角住在同一棟高樓里的兩間相鄰的公寓里，這和《老友記》的背景一樣，只不過把紐約換成了上海而已。
One of the characters is a university lecturer, and another a radio host - not a world away from palaeontologist Ross and actor Joey.
其中一個主角是大學(xué)老師，另一個是廣播節(jié)目主持人——與老友記中古生物家的Ross和演員Joey的身份角色也沒有差太遠(yuǎn)。
The bizarre parallels led to an online backlash from Chinese watchers of iPartment, who took to micro-blogs to express their anger and post screenshots and video clips highlighting the similarities.
這個異乎尋常的巧合導(dǎo)致了中國觀眾在網(wǎng)上對愛情公寓的熱議，他們使用微博來表示自己的憤怒，并貼上劇照以及視頻來標(biāo)明相似處。
'Many lines and scenes have been completely ripped off from American shows,' a web user named Grace told the Global Times. 'I thought it was shameful to do this. It is an insult to the American TV producers and an insult to the screenwriters and producers of original Chinese TV shows.'
一位叫Grace的網(wǎng)民對《金融時報》表示：“很多的臺詞和劇情都是完全從美劇照搬過來的。我認(rèn)為這是極大地恥辱。這是對美國電視制作人的侮辱，也是對中國原創(chuàng)電視制作人和劇作家的侮辱。”
Another incredulous fan wrote, 'Is [iPartment] only intended for those born after 1990, who have not watched Friends?', according to the Daily Telegraph.
據(jù)《每日電訊報》稱，另一個粉絲寫到：“《愛情公寓》是不是為那些沒有看過《老友記》的90后孩子們準(zhǔn)備的？”
Last weekend, producers were forced to admit taking ideas from others, as they publicly apologised for using a comedian's jokes without attribution, and offered to compensate him for the plagiarism.
上周末，制片人已經(jīng)被迫承認(rèn)的確從別的作家那借鑒了想法，也為在沒有告知的情況下使用了喜劇作家的段子公開致歉，愿意為剽竊對他進(jìn)行賠償。
However, a spokesman for the programme denied stealing from Western shows - and instead blamed the similarities on a lack of imagination in resorting to sitcom clichés.
然而該劇的發(fā)言人拒絕承認(rèn)從國外電視劇中剽竊，反而開始指責(zé)由于想象力的缺乏造成情景喜劇陳詞濫調(diào)的出現(xiàn)。
'We didn't copy the American sitcom,' he said. 'Comedies have stereotypes, like the handsome man, the gorgeous woman, the cheap man and so on. They have that in many comedies. 'Our creation is not plagiarism, but more a homage to the American sitcom.'
“我們并沒有抄襲美國室內(nèi)劇，”他說。“喜劇都有著原型，就像帥哥，美女，屌絲等等。很多喜劇中都存在。我們的創(chuàng)作并非剽竊，而更像是對美國情景喜劇的一種致敬。”
