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English to Chinese: Western Union General field: Bus/Financial Detailed field: Finance (general)
Source text - English BANK WESTERN UNION® MONEY TRANSFERSM SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Money transfers will normally be paid in cash, but some Service Providers/Agents may pay by cheque or a combination of cash and cheque or may offer or the receiver may choose other ways to receive funds and some money transfers may be paid to accounts. All cash payments are subject to availability, receivers showing documentary evidence of their identity and providing all details about the money transfer required by Western Union, including sender’s and receiver’s names, country of origin, approximate sum, MTCN and any other conditions or requirements applicable at the Service Provider/Agent location. The sender authorizes Bank and Western Union to honor the receiver’s choice of method to receive funds even if it differs from the sender’s. Cash money transfers shall be paid to the person that Service Providers/Agents deem entitled to receive the transaction after verification of identity often through examination of identification documents. Such payment can be made even when the form filled out by the receiver contains minor errors. Neither Western Union nor its Service Providers/Agents carry out a comparison of the “To Send Money” form against the “To Receive Money” form to verify the address given for the receiver. In some destinations the receiver may be required to provide identification, a test question answer or both to receive funds in cash. Test questions are not an additional security feature and cannot be used to time or delay the payment of a transaction and are prohibited in certain countries.
Chinese to English: Japan Economy General field: Bus/Financial Detailed field: Economics
Source text - Chinese 具体而言，二战后日本的贸易强国方略是指通过贸易手段实现国家繁荣，由此再在亚太地区建立新版“大东亚共荣圈”。总体上看，其主要经历了两个发展阶段。从20世纪50年代起的第一个阶段，日本首先很好抓住了冷战格局中美国欲扶植其作为东北亚对苏“桥头堡”的天赐良机，积极配合美国进行民主化改革并建立市场经济体制，制定以出口导向为经济增长点的产业发展规划，迅速实现经济起飞。而在70年代经历了两次石油危机以后，日本迎来了其经济发展的第二个阶段。此时，已完成生产现代化的日本深刻认识到国内资源匮乏对其经济进一步发展的负面影响，故将其经济增长方式转变为主要依靠知识密集型技术产品的研发。
Translation - English To be specific, after World War II, Japan's trade power strategy refers to realizing the national prosperity through trade means, thus, to establish a new version of "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Circle" in the Asia-Pacific region. Overall, it has gone through two development stages. From the first stage of 1950’s, Japan firstly seized the great opportunity in the Cold War pattern when United States wanted to foster it as the “bridgehead” in Northeast Asia against Soviet Union. Japan actively cooperated with US in democratization reform as well as established a market economy system, formulated industrial development plans with export-orientation as the economic growth point, and rapidly realized economic take-off. After two oil crises in 1970's, Japan welcomed its second stage of economic development. At this stage, Japan, which had completed production modernization, was deeply aware of the negative impact on the further development of its economy from lack of domestic resources. Thus, Japan changed its economic growth mode to mainly depending on knowledge-intensive technology products' research and development.
Abroad, while the appreciation of Japanese Yen inhibited exports of its products, it also brought about superficial positive impact which eventually led to Japan's "overreach of its financial empire". The appreciation of JPY although firstly hit the export sector, objectively it provided motivation to the upgrade of the export sector, at the same time increased Japan's import capacity. Secondly, it brought opportunities to develop its tertiary sector to improve its economic structure. Finally, it increased overseas investment by enterprises. However, the benefits from the JPY appreciation had over-inflated Japanese self-confidence, especially the major companies and individuals who felt their financial resources are significantly better than those in the US, had heavily invested in the US. Given the Japanese political power could be enhanced through financial expansion, the government strongly supported overseas mergers and acquisitions by many consortia and was happy to see Japanese people investing in overseas assets. Mitsubishi purchased the US national symbol Rockefeller Center at $1.4 billion; Sony bought the US entertainment giant, one of the US cultural symbols, Columbia Pictures at $3.4 billion.
Chinese to English: Paper Publishing by Chinese Researchers General field: Other Detailed field: General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Source text - Chinese 近年来，我国科研人员在国际学术期刊上发 表的论文数量大幅增长。然而，国外期刊撤稿事件频发，也将矛头直指国内第三方机构提供种种论文服务的灰色产业链。第三方机构提供的学术论文润色、代投、代写等服务涉及怎样的灰色产业链？如何规范管理？如何让学术界远离 “ 脏 ” 论文的侵蚀？本报就此推出系列调查报道。 2015 年 12 月 18 日，自然出版集团宣布撤下 3 篇来自中国的医学论文。这也成为继现代生物出版集团、施普林格、爱思唯尔世界三家大型出版集团之后的第四起撤稿事件，而被撤论文的主角大都是中国作者。
Translation - English In recent years, the number of papers published by Chinese researchers in international academic journals has increased dramatically. However, the frequent withdrawal by foreign journals also pointed to the grey industrial chain of domestic third-party institutes providing various of paper services. What kind of grey industrial chain is involved in academic paper editing, casting, writing, and other services provided by third-party institutes? How to standardize management? How to keep academia away from the corrosion of "dirty" papers? We roll out a series of investigative reports on this. On December 18, 2015, Nature Publishing Group announced the withdrawal of three medical papers from China. This has become the fourth withdrawal case after those happened in the world’s three large publishing groups, BioMed Central, Springer, and Elsevier. And most of the authors of these withdrawn papers are Chinese.
English to Chinese: Cat Adoption & Meditation | EN - Traditional Chinese General field: Other Detailed field: Business/Commerce (general)
Source text - English Cat Adoption
If you’re thinking of rehoming a cat, don’t automatically opt for the usual cute, fluffy kitten. Although we all love these tiny bundles of fun, there are so many benefits to adopting an older cat that many have never considered. A more senior cat may very well be a better fit for a busy lifestyle and will come home with an established, unique personality already fully formed.
Find a comfortable position sitting or lying down. Notice how you are feeling right now...physically and mentally.
Take a deep breath in through your nose, and release the breath through your mouth.
Take another breath, and allow your breathing to relax you as you exhale fully.
Breathe in gently... and as you breathe out, let the air carry the tension out of your body.
Continue to breathe slowly and gently as you begin to focus on relaxing your body.
Notice where your body is tense. Focus your attention on one of these areas. As you breathe, picture that part of your body becoming slightly more relaxed than it was before. With each breath, that part of your body becomes a little more relaxed.
English to Chinese: The Carolina Reaper Chile pepper & Tea General field: Marketing Detailed field: Agriculture
Source text - English The Carolina Reaper Chile pepper
Just a heads-up – This pepper is NOT for the faint of heart! The Carolina Reaper chile pepper which was developed in South Carolina by Ed Currie received its first Scoville rating of 1,474,000 units, eventually earning it a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2013.This chile pepper has a wrinkled appearance and a sweet, fruity taste with hints of cinnamon and chocolate, in addition to intense heat, which in turn comes from the amount of capsaicin present in it. Chile peppers contain high amounts of vitamin C, almost twice that of citrus. The red Carolina Reaper also contains beta-carotene, as well as antioxidants in the form of bioflavonoids. As a matter of fact, antioxidants can protect against the cell damage that free radicals cause, known as oxidative stress.
Tea
Originated in Southwest China, tea is the most widely consumed drink in the world and is commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant. It is worth noting that the term ‘herbal tea’ refers to drinks not made from this shrub, but rather by infusing fruit, leaves, or other parts of the plant, such as steeps of rosehip or chamomile. In addition, tea – this amazingly aromatic beverage - may be consumed early in the day to heighten calm alertness, as it contains L-theanine, theophylline, and bound caffeine. In fact, the benefits of tea go far beyond refreshment, as there is plenty of research showing that drinking it can actually improve your health. At the very least, it’s a flavorful way of getting enough fluid into your body each day. On top of that, studies have shown teas can help protect your teeth and your heart, as well as possibly even helping to stave off cancer. But wait, there’s more! Tea may help with weight loss and may also help protect your bones and boost your immune system.
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