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第21届中译英研讨会热词3

1. 火车票实名制
real name ticket booking system
 
2. 点钞费
(coin-) counting fee
 
3. 囤地
land hoarding
land reserves(储备地)
 
4. 小产权房
houses with limited property rights
house with incomplete property rights
apartment with incomplete property rights
 
5. 阶梯计价
differential pricing/tiered pricing
 
6. 转型跳槽
career shifting
career hopping/job change
 
7. 三网融合(电讯,电话,互联网“三网”)
three network convergence/TCI convergence
 
8. 广告标王
top bidder
 
9. 地王
top bidder
 
10. 住房空置率
(housing) vacancy rate(宾馆)
occupancy rate 入住率
 
11. 家电下乡
government subsidized home appliances for rural villagers
White-Goods-Go-Rural Scheme
subsidize sales of home appliances in rural areas
 
12. 雷人
shocking/weird/wacky
 
13. ��
 
embarrassing
 
14. 打酱油
See no evil, hear no evil...
none of my business...
I am just passing by...
no comment
 
15. 给力
gelivable/thrilling/cool(目前网上的流行说法是(un)geiliable;转成动词energize, perk up)
 
16. 宅女
stay-in girls
 
17. 宅男
otaku/stay-in boys
 
18. 两餐半人
meal skipper
 
19. 橡皮人
'plasticine' men
the jaded (indifferent to the world)
 
20. 换草运动
acquaintance blind date/to swap date