中国特色词语的翻译

A

·爱心工程 Loving Care Project 

·安家费 settling-in allowance

·安慰奖 consolation prize

·暗箱操作 black case work

·按资排辈 to assign priority according to seniority

·按揭贷款 mortgage loan

·按揭购房 to buy a house on mortgage; to mortgage a house

B

·把关 guard a pass

·霸权主义 hegemonism

·吧台 bar counter

·把握大局 grasp the overall situation

·拔河(游戏) tug-of-war

·摆花架子 a metaphor for presenting an attractive facade but in reality lacking substance

·拜金主义 money worship

·百年老店 century-old shop

·白热化 be white-hot

·摆脱贫困 shake off poverty; lift oneself from poverty

·拜把兄弟 sworn brothers

·摆架子 put on airs

·白马王子 Prince Charming

·拜年 pay New Year call

·摆谱儿 put on airs; show off; keep up appearances

·班车 shuttle bus

·半拉子工程 uncompleted project

·板楼,板式楼 slab-type apartment building

·斑马线 zebra stripes

·班门弄斧 teach onea"> pedestrian overpass

·不以物喜,不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses

·不正之风 bad (harmful) practice; unhealthy tendency

C

·擦边球 "edge ball, touch ball"

·菜篮子工程 shopping basket program

·菜鸟,新手 green hand

·采取高姿态 show magnanimity

·财务报表 financial statement

·参拜靖国神社 visit to the Yasukuni war shrine

·参政、议政 participate in the management of State affairs

·仓储式超市 stockroom-style supermarket

·层层转包和违法分保 multi-level contracting and illegal sub-contracting

·茶道 sado

·差额选举 competitive election

·查房 make/go the rounds of the wards

·拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul

·拆迁户 households or units relocated due to building demolition

·禅 dhyana

·产粮大省 granary province

·产品积压 overstocked products

·产品结构 product mix

·产品科技含量 technological element of a product

·产品生命周期分析 LCA (Life Cycle Analysis)

·产权明晰、权责明确、政企分开、科学管理 "clearly established ownership, well defined power and responsibility, separation of enterprise from administration, and scientific management "

·产权制度、产权关系 property relations; property order

·唱高调 mouth high-sounding words

·长江三角洲 Yangtze River delta

·长江中下游 the middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River

·长期共存、互相监督、肝胆相照、荣辱与共 "long-term coexistence, mutual supervision, sincere treatment with each other and the sharing of weal or woe "

·畅通工程 Smooth Traffic Project

·常务理事 executive member of the council

·超前消费 pre-mature consumption; overconsuming; excessive consumption; spend beyond one: Tahoma"> major and serious criminal cases

·大专生 junior college student

·大专文凭 associate degree

·待岗 "await job assignment, post-waiting"

·代培 train on contract; be commissioned to train; directional training

·代销店 commission agent

·带薪分流 assign redundant civil servants to other jobs while allowing them to retain their original rank and benefits

·带薪假期 paid holiday

·待业 job-waiting

·待业人员 job-waiting people

·呆帐 dead account

·代职 function in an acting capacity

·单边主义 unilateralism

·党风建设 construction of the Party conduct

·党群关系 Party-masses relationship

·党政机关 Party and government organizations

·盗版VCD pirated VCD

·德智体美劳 "all around development of moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetics and labour education "

·邓小平外交思想 Deng Xiaopingblack; FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: Tahoma; mso-hansi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi- language: AR-SA">

·分流 reposition of redundant personnel

·分期付款 installment payment

·疯牛病 mad cow disease; bovine spongiform enceohalopathy (BSE)

·风险基金 VC funds

·风险投资 venture capital; risk investment

·浮动工资 floating wages; fluctuating wages

·复读机 repeater

·覆盖率 coverage rate

·富贵病 rich man: AR-SA"> 1.one: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi- language: AR-SA">呼啦圈 hu la hoop

·胡子工程 long-drawn-out project (a project which takes so long that young workers become bearded)

·滑板车 scooter

·画中画 picture-in-picture (PIP)

·坏帐 bad account

·会考 unified examination; general examination

·回扣 kickback

·灰色经济 grey economy

·婚前同居 premarital cohabit

·婚前协议 prenup

·婚纱摄影 bride photo

·婚外恋 extramarital love

·活到老,学到老 One is never too old to learn.

·火炬计划 Torch Program (a plan to develop new and high technology)

J

·基本国情 fundamental realities of the country

·基本路线要管一百年 The basic line must be followed unswervingly for a very long time to come.

·基地组织 al-Qaeda group

·计划单列市 city specifically designated in the state plan

·计划经济 planned economy

·计划生育责任制 responsibility system of family planning

·集体观念 groupism; collective spirit

·集体婚礼 collective wedding ceremony; group wedding

·集体经济 collective economy

·吉祥如意 Everything goes well

·继续深化国有企业改革、使企业真正成为市场竞争的主体 to deepen SOE reform to enable them to become main players in the market competition;

·积压产品 overstocked commodities (inventories)

·嘉宾 "distinguished guest, honored guest"

·假唱 lip-synch

·假动作 "deception, feint"

·甲骨文 oracle bone inscriptions

·假冒伪劣产品 counterfeit and shoddy products

·假球;黑哨 soccer fraud; black whistle

·假日经济 holiday economy

·家庭联产承包责任制 the household contract responsibility system

·减负 alleviate burdens on sb.

·渐进式台独 gradual Taiwan independence

·见面会 meet-and-greet

·减员增效 downsizing for efficiency; cut payroll to improve efficiency

·脚踩两只船 sit on the fence

·假帐 accounting fraud

·借调 temporarily transfer

·借读生 transient student

·解放生产力 emancipate the productive forces

·解放思想、实事求是的思想路线 ideological line of emancipating the mind and seeking truth from facts

·近水楼台先得月 "First come, first served; A water-front pavilion gets the moonlight first--the advantage of being in a favored position."

·金无足赤,人无完人 Gold can-family: 宋体; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast- language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> 啦啦队 cheering squad

·来电 fall in love with someone

·老三届 junior and senior high school graduates of 1966~1968; school leavers of 1966~1968

·老少边穷地区 "former revolutionary base areas, areas inhabited by minority nationalities, remote and border areas and poverty-stricken areas "

·老生常谈,陈词滥调 cut and dried, cliché

·老油条 wily old bird; old slicker

·老字号 an old and famous shop or enterprise; time-honoured brand

·利改税 substitution of tax payment for profit delivery

·礼仪小姐 ritual girl

·联产承包责任制 system of contracted responsibility linking remuneration to output; contract system with remuneration linked to output

·练摊 to be a vendor

·廉政建设 construction of a clean and honest administration

·廉政、勤政、务实、高效政府 an honest, diligent, pragmatic and efficient government

·两岸直航促进会 Association for Promotion of Cross-Straits Direct Transportation

·两弹一艇 "A-bomb, H-bomb and nuclear-powered submarine"

·两弹一星 atomic bomb, hydrogen bomb and artificial satellite

·两个文明一起抓 place equal emphasis on material and ethical progress

·两会 two Conferences (i.e. the National Peoplemso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-font-kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi- language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">·盲流 blind influx (labourers aimlessly flowing from rural areas into large cities)

·盲流和倒流人员 transient from the countryside

·每逢佳节倍思亲 On festive occasions more than ever one thinks of onea; mso-fareast-font-family: 宋体; mso-font- kerning: 1.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> throw good money after bad

·配套政策 supporting policies

·碰钉子 get snubbed

·碰头会 "brief meeting ( A brief, small-scale, informal meeting with no fixed agenda, the main purpose of which is to exchange information.) "

·碰一鼻子灰 be sent off with a flea in one