另类欧洲地图受热捧

一位保加利亚艺术家制作的一系列另类欧洲地图近来在网络上受到热捧。在这些地图中，每个国家和地区的名字都用别国国民对其固有的印象来标注，例如，在名为“美国眼中的欧洲”的地图上，法国被标注为“气味难闻的人们”，德国被标为“下流的色情”，而英国则被标为“木乃伊”。

Europe According to USA

A series of maps of Europe labeled according to national stereotypes¹（国民刻板印象） has become an internet sensation with half a billion hits.

Yanko Tsvetkov, a Bulgarian designer and illustrator living in London, has produced seven maps in which countries and regions are labeled according to the stereotypes of their inhabitants held by the people of other nationalities.

In a map titled Europe According to USA, Russia is blocked out in red and labeled "Commies" while France reads "Smelly People" and Germany reads "dirty porn". Britain is simply labeled: "Mummy".

In the map of Europe according to Britain, the mainland is labeled "Evil Federated Empire of Europe" while Ireland reads "Rascals²" and Turkey is labeled "No Pork Meals Here".

Mr Tsvetkov, 33, said he was inspired to create the first map in the series during the gas row between Ukraine and Russia in 2009.

In the first map, titled Where I Live, Russia is labeled "Paranoid Oil Empire", while Ukraine is labeled "Gas Stealers".

The graphic³ designer（美术设计员） said: "I created the first one in 2009 because at that time there was an energy crisis in Europe. I just created it to amuse my friends but when I put it up on my website so many people liked it that I decided⁴ to really focus on the project of mapping the stereotypes based on different places in Europe. I was surprised by the reaction because I never really expected it to take off（起飞，脱下） like this."

Mr Tsvetkov's website has been inundated⁵ with（淹没，充满） around half a billion visitors since he published the series, called Mapping Stereotypes.

As well as maps of Europe according to the US and Britain, the continent is shown as seen by France, Germany, Italy and Bulgaria.