Snowclone

The term "snowclone" describes the practice of transforming cliches, axioms and pop culture catchphrases into modern analogies. For example, the catchphrase, "To be or not to be, that is the question", can be turned into, "To eat or not to eat, that is the question."

“雪克隆”指的是把一些陈词滥调、公理、流行文化名言改编成现代版本的行为。例如，名言“生，还是死，这就是问题的所在”可以变成“吃，还是不吃，这就是问题的所在”。

A snowclone can be formed simply by borrowing a timeworn but familiar cliche and injecting the specific topic into its basic syntax. The movie catchphrase in Alien, "In space, no one can hear you scream", for example, can be turned into the business-related snowclone, "In space, no one can hear you negotiate".

雪克隆可借用一些过时但却脍炙人口的陈词滥调，在其基本句式中加入具体话题。举例来说，电影《异形》的名句“在太空中，没有人能听到你的尖叫”可以改编成跟商业有关的雪克隆：“在太空中，没有人能听到你的谈判”。

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Graycation

Graycation is a family vacation that's spent with grandparents to share costs.

同堂假期是和祖父母一起度假来分担费用的家庭假期。

An estimated 2.7 million families are planning to holiday in the UK this year with children, parents and grandparents all in the same resort, according to a survey. Researchers say that the total number has soared this year, thanks to the rising price of foreign holidays and the opportunities for sharing costs on a graycation.

据调查，英国今年预计有270万个家庭计划和孩子、父母及祖父母在同一地方度假。调查者称，选择同堂度假的人数增多，一方面是因为境外游的价格上涨，另一方面是因为可以分担开支。

In addition to the economic benefits of multigenerational vacationing, many of those surveyed said graycations were appealing because they allowed grandparents and grandchildren to spend more time together.

此外，许多受访者称，同堂假期这么有吸引力，除了经济利益方面的原因，还因为这种假期让祖父母和孙子孙女有更多的时间共处。

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一个 iPad 商标，引发了一场知识产权的血战，也引发了网友的围观。苹果公司在与唯冠科技(深圳)有限公司的商标侵权案中一审判决败诉，唯冠申请禁售令，苹果公司iPad在中国各地的专卖店遭遇下架。

Trademark infringement就是指“商标侵权”，是指行为人未经商标权人许可，在相同或类似商品上使用与其 trademark registration(注册商标)相同或近似的商标，或者干涉、妨碍商标权人使用其注册商标，损害商标权人legitimate interest(合法权益)的其他行为。行为人销售明知或应知是counterfeit registered trademark(假冒注册商标)的商品, right to exclusive use of trademark(商标专用权)被侵权的natural person(自然人)或者legal entity(法人)在civil affairs(民事)上有权要求侵权人cessation of infringement(停止侵害)、eliminate ill effects(消除影响)、redress damage(赔偿损失)。

For example:

The tablets have been confiscated from shelves in many retail shops and electronic stores due to a Chinese company's lawsuit against the Apple Inc over the trademark infringement, in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei province.

在河北省省会石家庄市，由于苹果公司商标侵权案，使得多处零售商店和电子产品商店中的iPad平板电脑遭遇下架的命运。唯冠科技(深圳)有限公司是在2011年年初提出上诉，起诉苹果公司iPad商标侵权，并开始了court proceedings(法律诉讼程序)。公司还向北京工商管理部门提出投诉，并向其他三地的法院申请禁售令。双方自此陷入了trademark infringement(商标侵权)的诉讼混战中。

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Cog in the machine

I am not an important person in this company. I'm just a lowly cog in the machine.

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My comments:

Cogs are essential parts of a machine. They're gears that work together to make machinery work their magic. Without cogs, machines and, indeed, the entirety of modern-day industry would grind to a halt. And so it is curious that cogs are considered unimportant. And perhaps it's not so curious. Cogs are considered unimportant because they're commonplace — there are thousands upon thousands of them in an assembly line, for instance.

Hence, people who work jobs that are mundane routines in an organization or business call themselves "cogs".

A lower cog is a lower-ranking staff member. Zhang Xin, who writes a column for Language Tips, has been with China Daily since 1988.

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最近，一个名为“休假式治疗”的新词在中华大地飘然降临并异军突起，变成了2012年年初爆红网络的流行语。那么它的英文表达是怎样的呢？纵观各路媒体，大致的说法有以下几种：

1. vacation-style treatment

这是“休假式治疗”最常规的一种译法，vacation就是指“休假，假期”，style是指“样式，风格”，treatment是指“治疗，疗法”。

2. vacation-style therapy

这种译法将treatment一词换成了therapy。therapy和treatment都是“治疗”的意思，区别不大，经常可以互换使用，但是相比之下therapy一词不太用来指“用药物治疗”。

3. “therapeutic” leave

有媒体直接译作了take “therapeutic” leave。Therapeutic是therapy的形容词形式，意思是“治疗的；有疗效的”。另外”take ... leave”也是一种固定用法，我们平时说“请病假”就是take sick leave。

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中国国家副主席习近平2月对美国进行为期五天的正式访问。一名高级外交官员说，中国和美国之间存在“信任赤字”，希望国家副主席习近平此次对华盛顿的访问可以有助于增进两国间的互信。

Trust deficit就是指“信任赤字”，deficit就是指“赤字，不足额”，例如fiscal deficit(财政赤字)，trade deficit(贸易逆差；贸易赤字)。

For example:

Vice-President Xi Jinping's visit to the United States provides a very important opportunity to enhance bilateral mutual trust, as a "trust deficit" exists that contrasts with booming bilateral ties, a top Chinese diplomat said on Thursday.

中国一名高级外交官员周四说，中美日益兴起的双边关系存在“信任赤字”，国家副主席习近平进行的美国之访对提升双边互信起着非常重要的作用。

国家副主席习近平此次访美的主要目的是为了削减中美之的“trust deficit (信任赤字)”，增强中美互信、减少猜疑，共同建设相互尊重、互利共赢的cooperative partnership (合作伙伴关系)达成的共识，进一步推动合作伙伴关系的发展。

除此之外，加强China-invested enterprise (中资企业)对美投资，也是此行的重点。作为中美关系中的重要组成部分，双边经贸问题在此次访美中尤为重要，双边市场开放、trade disputes (贸易争端) 解决、合作空间拓展等将成为主要经贸议题。预计未来中美利益交融、相互依存的格局将进一步加深。在知识产权、新能源、energy saving and environmental protection (节能环保)、医药、smart grid (智能电网)、航空、engineering contract (工程承包)等领域的合作将稳步推进。

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