“山寨”等流行语被收入牛津词典

“山寨”等流行语被收入牛津词典

The115?year?oldprestigiousOxfordDictionarywillnowincludepopularnewChinesetermslike“shanzhai”and“youtiao”,aspartofthemodernChineselanguage.

AsChinaplaysamoreandmoreimportantroleintheworldeconomy,theChineselanguageisforeverevolving,attractingmoreattentionfrompeoplewhowanttounderstandthisancientyetvibrantlanguage.

AlltheseneworoftenfashionabletermscanbefoundinthenewOxfordEnglish?Chinese,Chinese?EnglishdictionarythatwasunveiledintherecentlyconcludedBeijingInternationalBookFair.

ThisdictionaryisthelargestsinglevolumeEnglish?Chinese,Chinese?Englishdictionaryandcontains670,000wordsandphrasesafterfiveyearsofpreparation.SixtyeditorsfromtheOxfordUniversityPressanditspartnerinChina—theForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress—workedtogetherontheproject.AccordingtoJulieKleeman,thedictionary?schiefeditor,mostofthefirm?seditorsareChinese,whileaboutonefourthatrnativeEnglishspeakers.

“Wedon?twanttomakeitflorid,wewantittobemodernandconversational...manyofthewordsinthepresentdictionaryarenolongerinuse,”saidKleeman.“TheneedforstudyingChinesebyforeignerstodayistotallydifferentfromdecadesago...Precise,nativeandpractical—thatisourcoreadvantage,”shesaid.

Sheaddedthedictionaryalsohasasidebarsectionthatexplainswordsthatpackintoomuchculturalinformation,like“hutong”,atraditionalarchitecturestyleinthenarrowlanesofBeijing.Anotherwouldbe“youtiao”,thepopularChinesebreakfaststapleusuallyeatenwithsoybeanmilk.

AccordingtotheForeignLanguageTeachingandResearchPress?pressrelease,termsincludedinthenewversionofdictionaryareselectedfromboththeOxfordEnglishCorpusandtheCityUniversityofHong?sLIVACSynchronousCorpus.

Kleemansaidnewerpublication,updateswillbeavailableonlyfortheonlineversionaslanguageoftenchangestooquicklyforbookversionstokeeppace.TheonlineversionwillalsoofferaChinesephoneticpronunciationguide.

Theonlineversion,allowingaccessviadifferentplatformsfromthePCtotheiPad,willbeready“assoonaspossible”,Kleemansaid.

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