新词新译:闪婚/老大难/退耕还林/现金池/生活家/翘课/自闭症儿童

闪婚
flash marriage
In a metropolis like Shanghai, speed is everything. So, the “eight-minute speed dating” has become quite popular, particularly among young white-collar workers. Over the weekend, several hundred single men and women participated in a “flash marriage” event, hoping to find their Mr/Miss Right there and then tie the knot in a matter of days or even hours, if not minutes.

老大难
nagging problem, nuptially challenged
This is a very common Chinese term as everyone could face some “old, big problems”(if translated verbatim). However, it is also frequently used to call bachelors or spinsters who have passed the best marrying age and now find it difficult to find a desirable person to marry.

退耕还林
grain for green project
In order to restore the ecological balance in west China, the central government has initiated a program to offer grain subsidies to local farmers and encourage them to turn low-yielding farmland back to forest and pastures. The Chinese government has allocated 61.7 billion yuan (US$7.63 billion) for this project over the next five years.

现金池
cash pool
This is a sophisticated system for managing funds for corporations. It optimize the interest results of a group of businesses. China Merchants Bank in October initiated the foreign exchange cash pool, the first of its kind on the Chinese mainland.

生活家
life-ist
The pompous term is popular with those who claim to know how to make the best of their life, even on a meager income.

翘课
cutting classes
Five foreign students were expelled from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics for not attending enough classes in the current semester.

自闭症儿童
autistic child
There are reportedly more than 10,000 children suffering from autism in Shanghai and there is no know cure. Japan recently donated US$80,000 to a Shanghai kindergarten to improve the treatment for such children.

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