6.  Around 1870，the term "sneakers" came in on little cat feet， as word got out that the new soft shoes were much fencied by“snack thieves.

                                                                                           — ibid.，p, 18
據(jù)此，就其詞源而論，以“橡皮底帆布鞋”譯“sneakers”不如以“小偷鞋”譯之為是。您說呢？

筆者以為，按目前市場的行情，在“跳蚤市場賣小偷鞋”還挺合適的呢。卻說現(xiàn)在“跳蚤市場”上的“小偷鞋”歷史上還曾經(jīng)有過一個蕓花一現(xiàn)的芳名——felony shoes (簡稱“felonies” )呢:.

7.“Felony shoes, ”or “ felonies, ”failed to catch on, but“gurnshoe, ”for the sneaker-shod detective, did -- with a vengeance.
                                                                                          一 ibid.
如果運用糊涂科學(xué)，“難得糊涂”一下，姑且（對不起）馬虎一點，把例6的“detective”譯作“警察”、把“ felonies ” 譯作“小偷”的話，那么把西方這種“橡皮底帆布鞋”即“sneakers”譯作“瞥察與小偷鞋”，準(zhǔn)能利市百倍的！