海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 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 天子 tiān zǐ the (rightful) emperor / "Son of Heaven" (traditional English translation) syn 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 文本 wén běn a text (article, script, contract etc) / version of a text (copy, translation, abridged version etc) / (computing) text syn 贴切 貼切 tiē qiè close-fitting / closest (translation) syn 原著 yuán zhù original work (not translation or abridged) 直译 直譯 zhí yì literal translation 阎王 閻王 yán wáng same as 閻羅王|阎罗王 / Yama, King of Hell / translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja syn 换算 換算 huàn suàn to convert / conversion / (in accounting, referring to currency conversion) translation syn 群落 qún luò community / (science) biocoenosis / ecological community syn 平移 píng yí translation (geometry) syn 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 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 译本 譯本 yì běn translation (translated version of a text) 翻译 翻譯 fān yì to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter / translation / interpretation / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 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 临床应用 臨床應用 clinical translation 笔译 筆譯 bǐ yì written 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 今译 今譯 jīn yì modern language version / modern translation / contemporary translation 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] 社区 社區 shè qū community / neighborhood 群体 群體 qún tǐ community / colony syn 败类 敗類 bài lèi scum of a community / degenerate syn 小区 小區 xiǎo qū housing estate / community / neighborhood / (telecommunications) cell 插队 插隊 chā duì to cut in line / to jump a queue / to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution) syn 族群 zú qún ethnic group / community 商界 shāng jiè business world / business community syn 种群 種群 zhǒng qún population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants) 混迹 混跡 hùn jì mixed in as part of a community / hiding one's identity / occupying a position while not deserving it syn 共同体 共同體 gòng tóng tǐ community syn 警民 jǐng mín the police and the community 欧共体 歐共體 ōu gòng tǐ abbr. for 歐洲共同體|欧洲共同体, European Community (old term for the EU, European Union) 网民 網民 wǎng mín netizen / Internet user / online community member 生活区 生活區 shēng huó qū living community 国际社会 國際社會 guó jì shè huì the international community 社会团体 社會團體 shè huì tuán tǐ social group / community organization 社区服务 社區服務 shè qū fù wù community service 社群 shè qún community / social grouping 圈内 圈內 quān nèi among insiders / within the community (of publishers, cyclists or cosplayers etc) / (esp.) in show business circles 虚拟社区 虛擬社區 xū nǐ shè qū virtual community 公益金 gōng yì jīn public welfare funds / community chest 共同财产 共同財產 gòng tóng cái chǎn community property 书坛 書壇 shū tán the calligraphic community syn 僧伽 sēng qié (Buddhism) sangha / the monastic community / monk 新市镇 新市鎮 xīn shì zhèn new town / planned community 梅瑟 méi sè Moses (Catholic translation) / also 摩西 (Protestant translation) 有生力量 stakeholders / citizens / community leaders 集居 jí jū community / living together 吴仁宝 吳仁寶 wú rén bǎo Wu Renbao (1928-2013), former CCP chief of Huaxi Village 華西村|华西村[Hua2 xi1 Cun1], responsible for turning it into a modern rich community 欧洲共同体 歐洲共同體 ōu zhōu gòng tóng tǐ European Community, old term for EU, European Union 歐盟|欧盟[Ou1 meng2] 机器翻译 機器翻譯 jī qì fān yì machine translation 植物群落 plant community / phytocoenosis 社区森林管理 shè qū sēn lín guǎn lǐ community-based forest management / community forest management 社区的恢复力 resilience of a community / recovery capability of a community 能源共同体条约 Treaty establishing the Energy Community / Energy Community Treaty 网络社区 網絡社區 web community / web-based community 片警 piàn jǐng community police officer / police officer responsible for a particular neighborhood or community 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 天路历程 天路歷程 tiān lù lì chéng Pilgrim's Progress, 1678 novel by John Bunyan (first Chinese translation 1851) 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) 汉英互译 漢英互譯 hàn yīng hù yì Chinese and English two-way translation 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 英文笔译处 English Translation Service 笔译和出版司 Directorate-General for Translation and Publishing 翻译和编辑处 Translation and Editorial Service 翻译和阿拉伯语化项目 Translation and Arabization Project 翻译股 fān yì gǔ Translation Unit 承包笔译股 chéng bāo bǐ yì gǔ Contractual Translation Unit 法文笔译处 法文筆譯處 French Translation Service 笔译和编辑科 筆譯和編輯科 Translation and Editorial Section 翻译和编辑司 翻譯和編輯司 Translation and Editorial Division 网络地址端口转换 網絡地址端口轉換 network address port translation 翻译总局 翻譯總局 fān yì zǒng jú Directorate-General for Translation 法文翻译股 法文翻譯股 fǎ wén fān yì gǔ French Translation Unit 计算机辅助翻译和名词学国际年度会议 計算機輔助翻譯和名詞學國際年度會議 International Annual Meeting on Computer-Assisted Translation and Terminology 中文笔译处 中文筆譯處 Chinese Translation Service 协理笔译支助干事 協理筆譯支助幹事 Associate Translation Support Officer 德文笔译科 德文筆譯科 dé wén bǐ yì kē German Translation Section 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 