The whole idea of kissing,

亲吻这个习俗
by the way, is terribly important in France,

顺便说一下在法国意义重大
but that's mostly a late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century thing.

虽然那是十九世纪末二十世纪初的事物
People really kept their distance,

人们是很注意保持距离的
whereas now if you live in Paris you kiss twice,

若你现在生活在巴黎见面要亲吻两次
or in the Sixteenth or in the Sixteenth Arrondissement not at all;

或者在第十六区当然也不是所有的地方
you merely shake hands.

你只需要握手
If you live in the Parisian suburbs, often you kiss four times.

而在巴黎郊区通常就得亲吻四次
If you live in the south of France, you kiss three times.

法国南部则是三次
In the Department of the Herault,

在埃罗省
which is Bas-Languedoc, if you live in Beziers,

即下朗格多克区如果你住在贝济耶
you kiss three times.

就得亲吻三次