Translation of Expressions with Chinese Characteristics.ppt

Translation of Expressions with Chinese Characteristics 新词的翻译 Translate with equivalent or by explaining 减员增效to cut people to improve efficiency/to downsize for efficiency/to cut payroll to improve efficiency 扶贫计划poverty-alleviation programs/anti-poverty schemes 打破行业垄断to break down sector monopolies 继续扩大内需to continue to stimulate domestic demand 脱贫 to get out of poverty trap 春运 the peak transportation period during China’s lunar new year holidays 公积金public housing fund 家庭装修home decor 工薪阶层people on fixed incomes 不良资产proportion of non-performing assets 银行股份制改造to turn a bank into a share holding one 票贩子tickets tout (scalper) 春晚Spring Festival Eve Entertainment Party/China’s Spring Festival Eve Gala 拉面hand-pulled noodles 黑车unlicensed taxis 扫墓to make a pilgrimage to the tomb (s) of one’s ancestors or beloved ones 跳槽job-hopping/ship-jumping 费改税tax for fee reform 亲子鉴定paternity testing 退耕还林to return reclaimed farmland to forest (pasture) 从事家教to participate in paid out-of-school tutoring for students 抓大放小to hold onto the big (enterprises) and let go of the small (firms)/to invigorate large enterprises while relaxing control over small ones/to focus on the restructuring of major enterprises and leave minor ones to fend themselves 一次性餐具throwaway tableware/disposable tableware 国有股减持to reduce state’s stake in listed companies/to unload the state’s dominant holdings in listed companies/to unwind the large holdings of non-tradable shares /to reduce the huge state shareholdings in listed companies 政治体制改革political restructuring 摸着石头过河to cross the river by feeling the stones 发展是硬道理Development is of overriding importance. Development is the absolute need. Development is the irrefutable fact. Development is the bottom line. Adding cultural annotation 严打Strike Hard Operation, campaign to crack down relentlessly on criminal activities/Strike Hard Drive, aimed at ridding the country of thieves, rapists and murders 双拥 （拥军优属，拥政爱民）The government supporting the army and taki