Funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival named

华裔小哥荣获爱丁堡国际艺穗节笑话奖

A joke about the new pound coin has been named the funniest of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

一句关于新英镑硬币的笑话当选2017爱丁堡艺穗节最佳冷笑话，作者是一位名叫Ken Cheng的华裔喜剧演员。

Ken Cheng won the 10th annual award for Dave's Funniest Joke Of The Fringe with the line: "I'm not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change."

这句话是，我不喜欢新款一英镑的银币，不过我本来也讨厌所有零钱（改变）。Ken Cheng的这句话在爱丁堡艺穗节（也称“爱丁堡边缘艺术节”）第十届'大卫最有趣玩笑奖'评出的15个笑话中名列第一。

The joke, from his show Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian, won 33% of a public vote on a shortlist of gags picked by comedy critics.

该奖项由喜剧评论家们投票决定，Ken Cheng的这句话获得了33%的选票。

Previous winners of the award include Tim Vine, Stewart Francis and Zoe Lyons.

著名喜剧演员提姆·宛恩斯图尔特·弗朗西斯和Zoe Lyons此前也获得过此奖。

Cheng studied maths at Cambridge for a year before dropping out to play online poker professionally.

Ken Cheng 曾经在著名的剑桥大学学习数学，但后来退学成为一名网络扑克手。

On winning the Dave prize, Cheng said: "I am very proud to have won. As a tribute, I will name my firstborn son after this award and call him 'Joke of the Fringe'."

获奖后，Ken Cheng 说：“我为此感到骄傲，为了表示我的感谢，我将为我的第一个儿子取名为‘边缘的玩笑’。”

The award, which was voted on by 2,000 people, lists jokes anonymously to avoid any bias towards well-known comedians.

本次投票的公众总数为2000人，为了避免名人效应，候选笑话的作者都是保密的。

翻译：（进击的Meredith）

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