血型决定性格:科学还是传说?

The beliefs surrounding blood groups have been used in unusual ways.
血型理论还被应用到许多不同寻常的事物中去。

The women’s softball team that won gold for Japan at the Beijing Olympics is reported to have used blood type theories to design training for each player. Major companies reportedly make decisions about assignments based on employees’ blood types.
北京奥运会上夺取冠军的日本女子垒球队便针对每个队员的不同血型进行训练。据说，大多数公司会参考血型来为员工安排任务。

In 1990 the Asahi Daily newspaper reported that Mitsubishi Electronics had announced the creation of a team made up entirely of AB workers, because of “their ability to make plans”.
1990年，《朝日新闻》的一篇报道称，日本三菱电器组建了一个完全由AB型血员工组成的团队，认为“他们企划能力强”。

These beliefs even affect politics. Last year, the country’s Minister for Reconstruction Ryu Matsumoto was forced to resign after only a week in office, after a bad-tempered encounter with local officials was televised. In his resignation speech he blamed his failings on his blood type.
血型学说甚至波及到政坛。去年，日本复兴担当大臣松本龙由于脾气暴躁而与日本地方官员发生冲突，该事件被电视报道后，上任仅一周的松本龙就被迫辞职。在辞职演说中，他将自己的过失归咎于血型。

“My blood is type B, which means I can be irritable and impetuous, and my intentions don’t always come across,” said a remorseful Matsumoto.
松本龙十分懊悔地表示：“我是B型血，这意味着我容易烦躁和冲动，我的本意经常被误解。”

Not all see the craze about blood types as harmless fun, and the Japanese now have a term for it, “bura-hara,” meaning blood-type harassment.
并非所有的人都将这股热潮视为无伤大雅的玩笑，现在在日本有一个专门术语叫“bura-hara”，意思就是血型骚扰。

People with blood B and AB are especially looked down upon because according to their blood types they are strange and can’t get along with others. The negative images are so widely acknowledged that people with these blood types are reluctant to “come out”. It even affects their willingness to become blood donors.
B型和AB型的人尤其遭到人们的白眼，因为这些血型的人性格古怪，无法与他人相处。这些负面形象得到人们的广泛认同，使得这些血型的人十分抗拒站出来。这甚至还影响到他们想献血的意愿。