意译 意譯 yì yì meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation 今译 今譯 jīn yì modern language version / modern translation / contemporary translation 梅瑟 méi sè Moses (Catholic translation) / also 摩西 (Protestant translation) 功夫流感 gōng fu liú gǎn Chinese translation of "kung flu", a term used by US President Trump in 2020 to refer to COVID-19 as a "Chinese" disease 特工 tè gōng secret service / special service / secret service agent / special agent syn 英文笔译处 English Translation Service 翻译和编辑处 Translation and Editorial Service 法文笔译处 法文筆譯處 French Translation Service 俄文笔译处 俄文筆譯處 Russian Translation Service 阿拉伯文笔译处 阿拉伯文筆譯處 Arabic Translation Service 西班牙文笔译处 西班牙文筆譯處 Spanish Translation Service 天路历程 天路歷程 tiān lù lì chéng Pilgrim's Progress, 1678 novel by John Bunyan (first Chinese translation 1851) 汉英互译 漢英互譯 hàn yīng hù yì Chinese and English two-way translation 中文笔译和文本处理科 中文筆譯和文本處理科 Chinese Translation and Text-Processing Section 心灵鸡汤 心靈雞湯 xīn líng jī tāng (often used disparagingly) feel-good motivational story or quote (from the Chinese translation of the title of the 1993 self-help bestseller "Chicken Soup for the Soul") 国语 國語 guó yǔ Chinese language (Mandarin), emphasizing its national nature / Chinese as a primary or secondary school subject / Chinese in the context of the Nationalist Government / Guoyu, book of historical narrative c. 10th-5th century BC syn 华侨 華僑 huá qiáo overseas Chinese / (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 华裔 華裔 huá yì ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry syn 字头 字頭 zì tóu single-character headword (in a dictionary) / first character of a Chinese word / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable 夔 kuí one-legged mountain demon of Chinese mythology / Chinese mythical figure who invented music and dancing / Chinese rain god / surname Kui 峇峇娘惹 bā bā niáng rě Peranakan Chinese (Baba-Nyonya), an ethnic group of Chinese residing in the Malay peninsula (also known as Straits Chinese) 二毛子 èr máo zi lit. secondary foreigner / (derogatory term for Chinese Christians and others associated with foreigners, used at the time of the Boxer Rebellion) / (coll.) westernized Chinese person / (derog.) person of mixed Chinese and Russian blood / (slang) Ukraine / German shepherd dog / (dialect) two-year-old goat 开通 開通 kāi tōng to open (a new road or railway line) / to set up (a hotline) / to launch (a service) / to subscribe to (a members-only service) syn 运营 運營 yùn yíng to be in operation / to do business / (of train, bus etc) to be in service / operation / service syn 客户服务 客戶服務 kè hù fú wù customer service / client service 车次 車次 chē cì train or coach service ("service" as in "they run 12 services per day between the two cities") 志愿服务 zhì yuàn fù wù volunteer service / voluntary service 追悼会 追悼會 zhuī dào huì memorial service / funeral service 停航 tíng háng to stop running (of flight of shipping service) / to suspend service (flight, sailing) / to interrupt schedule 功 gōng meritorious deed or service / achievement / result / service / accomplishment / work (physics) syn 救捞局 救撈局 jiù lāo jú sea rescue service / lifeboat service 统一服务条件 tǒng yī fù wù tiáo jiàn harmonized conditions of service / harmonization of conditions of service 单位产出物料密度 material intensity per unit of service / material intensity per service unit 地雷行动处 United Nations Mine Action Service / Mine Action Service 预制服务单元 service unit / service module 海牙送达公约 Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters / Hague Service Convention 外勤人员职等 wài qín rén yuán zhí děng Field Service level / Field Service 一个联合国气候变化训练服务平台 一個聯合國气候變化訓練服務平台 yī gè lián hé guó qì hòu biàn huà xùn liàn fù wù píng tái One United Nations Training Service Platform for Climate Change / One UN Training Service Platform for Climate Change 以色列安全总局 以色列安全總局 General Security Service of the State of Israel / General Security Service / Shabak / Shin Bet 安全总局 安全總局 ān quán zǒng jú General Security Service of the State of Israel / General Security Service / Shabak / Shin Bet 联合国塞萨洛尼基公务员专业化中心 聯合國塞薩洛尼基公務員專業化中心 United Nations Thessaloniki Centre for Public Service Professionalism / Thessaloniki Centre for Public Service Professionalism 塞萨洛尼基公务员专业化中心 塞薩洛尼基公務員專業化中心 United Nations Thessaloniki Centre for Public Service Professionalism / Thessaloniki Centre for Public Service Professionalism 火箭塔架 huǒ jiàn tǎ jià service structure / gantry / service tower 公益告示 gōng yì gào shì public service announcement / community service announcement 公共服务插播 公共服務插播 gōng gòng fù wù chā bō public service announcement / community service announcement 公益插播 gōng yì chā bō public service announcement / community service announcement 汽油、机油和润滑油 汽油、機油和潤滑油 petroleum, oil and lubricants service / POL service 供油服务 供油服務 petroleum, oil and lubricants service / POL service 公务员制度和公众就业处 公務員制度和公眾就業處 Civil Service and Public Employment Service 东帝汶监狱处 東帝汶監獄處 Prison Service for East Timor / Prison Service 监狱处 監獄處 Prison Service for East Timor / Prison Service 与非政府组织联络处 與非政府組織聯絡處 United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service / Non-Governmental Liaison Service 选发信息服务 選發信息服務 Selective Dissemination of Information Service / SDI Service 就业服务 就業服務 jiù yè fú wù employment service / job placement service / jobseeker assistance 犬马之劳 犬馬之勞 quǎn mǎ zhī láo lit. the service of a dog or a horse (idiom) / fig. faithful service syn 4S店 4S - diàn authorized full-service car dealership (offering sales, spare parts, after-sales service and customer support) 定点茶 定點茶 dìng diǎn chá (Tw) (euphemism) prostitute service at a massage parlor or other place designated by the service provider 文本 wén běn a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text syn 翻译 翻譯 fān yì to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter / translation / interpretation / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn 天子 tiān zǐ the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) syn 原著 yuán zhù original work (not translation or abridged) 换算 換算 huàn suàn to convert / conversion / (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation syn 猪八戒 豬八戒 zhū bā jiè Zhu Bajie, character in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记, with pig-like characteristics and armed with a muckrake / Pigsy in Arthur Waley's translation 贴切 貼切 tiē qiè close-fitting / closest (translation) syn 酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir 阎王 閻王 yán wáng same as 閻羅王|阎罗王 / Yama, King of Hell / translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja syn 译本 譯本 yì běn translation (translated version of a text) 临床应用 臨床應用 clinical translation 走失 zǒu shī lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation) syn 平移 píng yí translation (geometry) syn 笔译 筆譯 bǐ yì written translation 玄学 玄學 xuán xué Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals / translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学) syn 直译 直譯 zhí yì literal translation 互译 互譯 hù yì two-way translation 英译 英譯 yīng yì English translation 死亡笔记 死亡筆記 sǐ wáng bǐ jì Death note (Japanese: デスノート), translation of cult manga series by author ŌBA Tsugumi 大場鶇|大场鸫[Da4 chang3 Dong1] (pen-name) and illustrator OBATA Takeshi 小畑健[Xiao3 tian2 Jian4] 酋长国 酋長國 qiú zhǎng guó Emirate / Sheikdom / used as translation for country under a chief 天演 tiān yǎn natural change / evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化|进化) 摘译 摘譯 zhāi yì quoted (from) / translation of selected passages 同声翻译 同聲翻譯 tóng shēng fān yì simultaneous translation 天演论 天演論 tiān yǎn lùn the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論|进化论) 重译 重譯 chóng yì to translate again (i.e. to redo the same translation) / to translate repeatedly from one language to the next (so multiplying errors) syn 鈤 rì archaic translation of element germanium Ge32 鍺|锗[zhe3] 机器翻译 機器翻譯 jī qì fān yì machine translation 地址的转换 地址的轉換 dì zhǐ de zhuǎn huàn address translation 机械翻译 機械翻譯 jī xiè fān yì machine translation 都会传奇 都會傳奇 dū huì chuán qí urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都市傳奇|都市传奇 改译 改譯 gǎi yì to correct (improve) a translation 会士 會士 huì shì member of religious order / penitent / frater / translation of French agregé (holder of teaching certificate) 译自 譯自 yì zì translation from / loan from (e.g. English word) 译词 譯詞 yì cí (linguistics) an equivalent / a translation of a term into the target language 都市传奇 都市傳奇 dū shì chuán qí urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都會傳奇|都会传奇 网络地址转换 網絡地址轉換 wǎng luò dì zhǐ zhuǎn huàn (computing) network address translation 借译 借譯 jiè yì loan translation / to calque 名词、参考资料和计算机辅助翻译科 名詞、參考資料和計算機輔助翻譯科 Terminology, References and Computer Aids to Translation Section 翻译处 Translation Services 笔译和出版司 Directorate-General for Translation and Publishing 翻译和阿拉伯语化项目 Translation and Arabization Project 翻译股 fān yì gǔ Translation Unit