自拍”、“美颜”,英语怎么说

“自拍”、“美颜”等现在流行的操作如何用英语描述？

自拍直白的说就是take self-portrait take one's own picture
但是还有更精简常用的说法就是take selfies
相信很多人都曾 默默自拍过，或高调发布自拍到网上任凭大家评头论足。对着镜子摆出完美pose，自拍早已成为一
种 生活消遣。

我们来看一段解释selfie的相关英文报道。

A selfie is a photo someone takes of themselves, usually on a smartphone. Often they are snapped in front of a mirror for
ease of framing, and in social websites like twitter they are uploaded thick and fast.
There need be no particular context for a selfie. They are not generally photos of people on holidays or doing something
out of the ordinary; they are essentially self-portraits shared with anyone who cares to view them using social media.
自拍是指自己给自己拍的照片。通常 ，人们拿着智能手机，为了取景方便，站在镜子面前，“咔嚓”一声便是一张
自拍。随后，照片便迅速地 被大量上传至推特之类的社交网站上。
自拍可以没有任何实际内容。自拍不是为了记录假期时光或什么 精彩瞬间，它只是一种分享，给愿意通过社交网站
关注自己的人看。

上文中就提到了selfie，self-portraits等词。

第一段中的snap是动词“拍摄”，因本身有“劈啪作响”之意，因而多用来指“快拍”。
此外，snap还有名词“快照、照片”之意，如“街拍”的表达便是street snap。

另外，第一段末的thick and fast指“大量而急速地（频频；密集地）”，是一个副词词组；与之类似的有thick and thin：
艰难险阻。

自拍有许多姿势，我们一起来看下

比如：
duck face 嘟着嘴像亲嘴一样的表情，也称kissy face；
puckered lips 嘟嘟嘴；
grimace [?ɡr?m?s, ɡr??mes] 扮鬼脸；
pout 撅嘴；
act younger 装嫩；
victory signpeace sign 剪刀手.
自拍有些时候也不是一个人的自拍，而是一群人一起自拍，这样的自拍就是groupie.
当然爱自拍的人可能会被人说narcissistic nɑrs?ˋs?st?k自恋的

比如我们可以说

He was insufferable at times- self-centred and narcissistic.
我有时候真是受不了他——他是一个既自恋又以自我为中心的人。

（来源：Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's Dictionary 5th Edition）

话虽如此，自拍却越来越流行，管别人怎么说。现在国外就流行起一种新的自拍方式，那就是击掌自拍。

我们再来看一段相关的英文报道

For those of you who cynically believed selfies were just a passing fad and would never take off, prepare to eat your words.
对那些嘲笑自拍已经过时，不会再成为流行时尚的人们来说，准备好食言吧。

Selfies are in fact constantly evolving, though whether for better or worse is up for debate. Nowadays high five selfie
becomes a trendy selfie method.
其实自拍在不断花样翻新，尽管是好是坏还存在争议。现在击掌自拍成为一种新的自拍方式。

North Carolina student Seth Schneider's post on Twitter has been shared more than 170,000 times. He successfully took a
picture of him high-fiving himself. Now everyone with a smart phone wants a taste of this glory.
美国北卡罗来纳州立大学 的学生赛斯?施耐德在其推特上的推文至今已有超过17万人转推了。他成功拍下跟自己击
掌的照片。现 在所有智能手机用户都想尝试一番。

文中的high five selfie就是“击掌自拍”的意思，其中selfie为网络用语，意为“自拍照”

如：
He is a selfie-hater and has never taken a selfie of himself.
他不喜欢自拍，也从来没自拍过。

high five短语表示“举手击掌”的意思
如：
The two men gave each other a high five.
两人击掌打了招呼。

我们再来看下关于自拍的其他用语

自拍机 Self-timer ST Snapeee

Use the self-timer or a remote shutter release to minimise camera shake.
使用自拍模式或者线控快门，以减少相机振动的影响

自拍杆叫做selfie stick.英语解释如下

A selfie stick is a monopod used to take selfie photographs by positioning a smartphone or camera beyond the normal
range of the arm.
自拍杆是一个单脚架，用于将智能手机或相机置于臂长以外的位置来自拍。

当然也有人不喜欢自拍，如果不喜欢自拍
就可以说：I'm a selfie- hater. I've never taken a selfie.

而不喜欢拍照的人可以笼统的说camera-shy.

而与自拍应运而生的就是修图软件picture-enhancing apps，对于有些人来说，不修图简直再无法上传。修图软件属
于图片编辑应用photo editing app.

比如
MeituPic is one of the most popular photo editing apps in China.
美图秀秀是中国最流行的图片编辑应用

而美颜就是Web Glow.请看英语解释

Web glow refers to the fact that a person looks better in online photos than they do in person. They probably have good
looks in their photos on the Internet, while in reality, they do not look attractive at all. A lot of women nowadays tend to
use the digital face beautification tools before posting their photos online. That's why this term is coined because the glow
only exists on the Internet.

这下就知道了这个牛逼的词的内涵。

我们来看一个对话加深理解
Jack Yo, bro. Did you go on a date with Jenny, you know, the one you have the hots for
Brian Yeah, but I soon regret it. I'm telling you, it was all web glow. She's butt ugly.
it was all web glow. She's butt ugly.她丑爆了，哈哈。

美颜也可以说retouch，修饰。如
We had the wedding photos retouched to make it seem like a sunny day.
我们把结婚照进行了修饰，这样看上去就像是在晴天照的一样。

而美颜时常会进行磨皮smooth skin.如
Smoothing skin in Photoshop is pretty easy.
在PS中磨皮很简单。

Internet celebrities love to have their selfiesretouched,usually by smoothing skin and changing color, and they will post
those pictures on photo sharing platform.

而photo sharing platform就是图片分享平台。著名的有Instagram.

Instagram is an online mobile photo- sharing platform and it enables its users to take pictures and share them.
Instagram是一个在线图片分享平台，用户在这个平台上可以拍照并且分享这些照片。