（译）Furry
#原文地址http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Furry
This article is about the term. For other uses, see Furry (disambiguation).
这篇文章是关于这个术语的，对于其他的义项，参见Furry（消歧义）[http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Furry_(disambiguation)]
The word furry (adj, f'eree), has several meanings, dependent on the context in which it is used. Predominantly, it means "consisting of or resembling fur".[1] It also pertains to an interest in anthropomorphic animals and/or mythological or imaginary creatures which possess human or superhuman capabilities.
Furry(形容词, f'eree)有许多意义，取决于语境。主要来讲，意思是“由毛皮组成的/像毛皮的”。它也属于一个有着人类或超人能力的拟人化生物、神话与/或幻想生物的兴趣群。
The plural form of furry in all its contexts is furs or furries; the subjects of furry interest are also known as furries. Because people in the fandom tend to identify closely with their avatars (or fursonas), the word is often used to mean a group of furry characters in art or roleplay.
在所有的内容中，这个词的复数形式是furs或furries；对兽喜好的话题与观点[?]也是furries。由于兽圈中多数人倾向于通过他人的兽设与他们亲近，因而，这个单词常常意味着在艺术作品或角色扮演中的一组兽人角色。
Contents\内容
1 What it means to be furry\成为兽喜好者[区别于兽信仰者]的意义
2 Furry's gamut of interests\兽兽们的兴趣范围
2.1 Cartoons and games\卡通与游戏
2.2 Spirituality\精神与信仰
2.3 Art and creativity\艺术与创造
2.4 Fursuiting\兽装与扮演
2.5 Sexuality\性
3 Other contexts of Furry\其他的兽圈背景
3.1 Non-furry furries\不是毛茸茸的Furry
4 See also\另见
5 References\参考文献
6 External links\外部链接
What it means to be furry\成为兽喜好者的意义
Someone who says they are furry is generally expressing an interest in anthropomorphic animals and/or creatures (and perhaps some affiliation to furry fandom). They may express that that interest in a variety of ways - through art and stories through to roleplay and performance. How deep or meaningful an interest in Furry is varies greatly from person to person.
一些称自己是Furry的人[Furry在中文里头有很多种称呼，包括“兽”、“ 兽人”、“ 兽迷”、“ 兽人迷”、“ 兽爱好者”、“ 兽人爱好者”]，通常对拟人化角色与/或生物表现出兴趣（也许还有一些对兽圈的兴趣）。他们会将之表现于不同的途径，例如艺术或通过角色扮演与表演而进行的故事。对Furry的兴趣度往往因人而异。
Furry's gamut of interests\兽兽们的兴趣范围
Below is a list of common interests with which a fur is likely to identify. A furry may be interested in any or all of them, to any degree.
下面是一些常见的兴趣，是兽兽喜欢参与的。一个兽兽也许会对其中一个或所有，有着不同程度及角度的兴趣。
Cartoons and games\卡通与游戏
Interest in anthropomorphic animals and/or creatures can be as simple as the many popular furry cartoon characters, known as funny animals. These may include Bugs Bunny, Tony the Tiger, Sly Cooper, Star Fox, etc. However, someone who merely happens to like these characters is not necessarily a furry; the degree and nature of one's interest is relevant here.
对拟人化动物与生物的兴趣，简单来说可以是对许多流行兽漫的角色（作为有趣动物而被熟知）的喜爱。这包括Bugs Bunny, Tony the Tiger, Sly Cooper, Star Fox, 诸如此类。但是，仅仅对这些角色有着兴趣还是不足以称为furry的；一个人兴趣的程度和性质与此有关。
Spirituality\精神与信仰
Some furs believe they have a spiritual connection to a particular animal which is typically their fursona, but also may be a totem. Strong spiritual believers may often say that they are "an animal in a human body" (and in fact may identify themselves as otherkin, weres and/or therians which are their own categories and not linked to the furry fandom just by interest). Some join and find the furry fandom to be a place to be themselves, as most of these groups are underground and the furry fandom is more open to the world. However, not all therians have their theriotype as their fursona.
一些兽兽相信他们和他们的兽设有着精神上的联结，但也可能是一种图腾式信仰。强烈的精神信仰者常常说他们只是“受困于人类身体内的动物”（而事实上他们常将自己划为otherkin[外族]、were[兽化族]或therian[兽信仰者]等，而不同于兽圈这一仅由兴趣而结合凝聚的群体）。这些强烈的精神信仰者找到并加入兽圈中，并自成一个属于他们自己的团体，而这些群体大多数还是地下的、不开放的，但兽圈更向外部世界开放。尽管如此，并非所有兽信仰者都有着兽人型的兽设。
Art and creativity\艺术与创造
Some furs may be interested only in the creative aspects of the furry fandom. Furry content, both online and off, is easy to obtain, and available in vast amounts, and furs produce new works regularly. Furry artwork is also done by many nonfurries as well in targeting the fandom. Others may disassociate themselves from the fandom and refer to themselves as funny animal artists. Furries may also enjoy role-playing a particular furry character or fursona, sometimes writing about this character or recording their online interactions for posterity.
有的兽兽可能仅对兽圈的创造性方面感兴趣。兽向内容，不论线上的或线下的，都很轻松地就能获得，并且数量可观，且兽兽们也会定期创作新内容。兽圈艺术也可能被非兽喜好者创作，并且同样是面向这个群体。有些创作者会拒绝承认自己是兽圈中的一员，而把自己归类到单纯的兽圈艺术创作者。兽兽们也乐于扮演一个特定的兽人角色或兽设，有时关于这些角色的作品或记录会呈现给新兽兽。
Fursuiting\兽装与扮演
Some furries enjoy the practice of dressing up in a costume that is typically designed after a fursona.[2] These "fursuits" are usually worn at conventions, and a few are even designed to accommodate sexual situations. Some furries opt to wear a "partial" suit, consisting of a head, tail, and paws, instead of a full fursuit; others may just wear a tail or various other pieces. While only a minority (about 15-20%) consider themselves fursuiters, they tend to be highly visible at events where many furries are present.[3]
一些兽兽喜欢穿上按照兽设而设计的“戏服”。兽装通常是在兽展中穿着，但极少数的一部分是出于性目的。有些兽兽选择穿半装（由头、尾、爪组成）而不是全装；而其他的也许只带一条尾巴或其他部件。尽管只有少数兽装者（约15～20%），在许多兽兽在场时他们仍然是高度可辨识的。
Sexuality\性
To some furs, the sexual attraction to anthropomorphic animals is a part of what makes them furry. This is a topic of much controversy, as it has been the subject of early media attention (such as that from Wired Magazine and Vanity Fair), leading to its becoming a common stereotype of the furry community at large. This has spawned a few groups in response (such as the Burned Furs) with a desire to discourage this angle, or create a clear distinction between these furries and the rest of the community.
对一些兽兽来说，拟人化动物性方面的吸引力是令他们成为Furry的重要原因。这个话题有着许多争议，并且也成为了一些早期媒体的关注点（例如Wired Magazine and Vanity Fair），使其成为了兽圈的陈腔烂调。这也导致了一些回应性的组织建立（例如the Burned Furs）[我是不是该说参见“兽圈的历史”]，带着阻止这一不正确方面的渴望，或者将这些兽兽与社区内剩余的兽兽们划清界限。
Other contexts of Furry\其他的兽圈背景
From within the fandom, anything classified as an anthropomorphic animal and/or creature could be called a furry. That could be anything from Scooby Doo to various sports mascots to Omaha the Cat Dancer. Since mainstream characters are generally not created with furries in mind, the furry context is presumed by most outsiders to not be present despite subcultural interest.
兽圈之中，任何被分类为拟人化动物或生物的都可以叫做Furry。可以是从Scooby Doo等不同种类的体育吉祥物至Omaha the Cat Dancer的多种。介于主流的角色通常并不会考虑到兽兽，尽管人们对这种亚文化感兴趣，此类兽向内容常常被圈外人士假定为不存在。
Any art showcasing anthropomorphic animals is generally considered furry artwork. Artwork that contains furries in sexual situations may be called yiff or spooge art.
任何展示对拟人化动物的喜爱的艺术作品常被称为兽向艺术。而那些包含了性成分的兽向艺术常常被称为yiff或spooge art。
Non-furry furries\不是毛茸茸的Furry
Anthropomorphic creatures that are also considered to be furry (even with the lack of pelt or fur) include (but are not limited to): dragons and lizards (also known as scalies and herps, respectively), Cetaceans (dolphins and Orcas), birds and gryphons (also known as featheries or avians), and taurs (centaurs being the prime example).
一些非覆毛的拟人化生物也被划为Furry之列，包括但不限于：龙、蜥蜴（不论鳞片种还是爬虫种）、鲸类（海豚、虎鲸），鸟类和狮鹫（以具羽而似鸟的外貌而为人所知），以及Taurs（半人马是最早的例子）。
See also\另见
Furry fan（http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Furry_fan）
Furry fandom（http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Furry_fandom）
Furvert（http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Furvert）
Fursuiter（http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Fursuit）
Lifestyler（http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Lifestyler）
#furry（http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Furry_(IRC)）
Aesop's Fables（http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Aesop%27s_Fables）
Furry fandom on Wikipedia（http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry_fandom）
Furry on the SL History Wiki（http://www.slhistory.org/index.php/Anthro）
Furry fandom on RationalWiki（http://rationalwiki.com/wiki/Furry_fandom）
Search for "Furry" on Fur Affinity（https://www.furaffinity.net/search/?q=furry）
Search for "Furry" on LiveJournal（http://www.livejournal.com/interests.bml?int=furry）
References\参考文献
furry at Wikipedia（http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furry）
UC Davis posts furry survey results（http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/News:UC_Davis_posts_furry_survey_results）
According to the Furry Survey（http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Furry_Survey） at [1], about 16% of respondents (1242 out of 7760) describe themselves as fursuiters. In addition, during the three year period ending September 2009, there were 20 conventions which had an attendance of at least 500 and a fursuit parade count. Of those, the percentage of attendees who participated in the fursuit parade ranged from 12.4 to 21.5, with most falling between 14 and 18.
External links\外部链接
PeterCat's Furry InfoPage（http://www.tigerden.com/infopage/furry/intro.html）
FAQ for alt.fan.furry（http://www.tigerden.com/infopage/furry/furfaq.txt）
Rabbiting On - a personal view of furry（http://www.loganberry.furtopia.org/essays/rabbitingon.html）
译者的话
文中有时保留Furry这个单词，请自行理解；
（杂聊）这篇文章原文有点水，太少，译者也就没多少话啦（笑
