The rules are now confusing, so that instead of guarding the borders between friendship and acquaintance, Sie and du often now smuggle coded messages across them.

• 德国的规矩现在让人困惑，因此，相对于以前对相知和相识关系的区分，他们彼此之间“您”和“你”的称谓所传达的信息已经变成了一种密码。