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ysun wrote:

那女孩在服毒后不久曾呕吐。这有利于减轻中毒程度。她撑了18天之后才去世。这说明她中毒并非十分严重。百枯草固然剧毒，但据报道，当中毒剂量在15 mL以下时还是有希望救活的。这种事情若是发生在垂死的、腐朽的资本主义国家里，医院是绝不敢因病人没钱而拒之门外的，必须全力以赴地抢救。最后，病人家属也许付不起巨额账单，但这条命是必须救的。至于最后谁来埋单，那又是另一回事。

不过话说回来，那女孩即使被救活，前景也将十分黯淡。愿她在天堂里安息吧！

ysun wrote:


如果规定“龙”必须译为Loong，但不知将dragon 译成中文时应该如何译？难道译成“魔”？:D

ysun wrote:

一旦loong 进了《牛津字典》，就又产生了一个新问题，就是dragon不能再译为“龙”了，于是所有的英汉词典、汉英词典都得修改。这似乎是中国人自找麻烦。:D

cxyz wrote:

请教大家，与翻译相比，一般译审是如何收费啊？我怕不会定价，把客人吓跑了。

hj58 wrote:

一点也不麻烦，反而能够因为出版新版本辞典而赚钱。

J.H. Wang wrote:




对于欧美客户， 25-35 美元/小时；0.04-0.06 美元/单词。

对于不同经济发展水平的国家的客户收费会有所差异。

The End of Driving (as We Know It)
- Michal Lev-Ram

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What’s (ahem) driving the trend? The rise of a new kind of city living–and working–is a big factor. Young professionals, including those with families, are increasingly opting for urban life. And cities, even Los Angeles, are responding with new or improved public-transportation systems, bike-sharing programs, and more pedestrian-friendly thoroughfares. Companies, in turn, are moving back to cities or opening satellite offices downtown to be close to the talent.

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In addition to bike lanes throughout the city’s main roads, the “new” Santa Monica is overhauling its bus system and widening sidewalks. More significantly, a light-rail line, scheduled to open by early 2016, will connect downtown Los Angeles and the coastal city of Santa Monica for the first time. The so-called Subway to the Sea will allow Angelenos to make the normally hellish trek in about 45 minutes–yes, even during rush hour. “We’re realistic,” says Stefan as she shows me the soon-to-be-operational Colorado Avenue light-rail station, where men in hardhats are still laying down track. “We’re trying to shepherd transition in a reasonable way.”

Santa Monica says it has already seen a 67% increase in walking and biking across the city. Of course, not everyone is a fan of the changes; some residents and businesses have fought to open more auto lanes rather than invest in alternative transportation or bigger sidewalks. But ultimately, over the past few years both the money and votes have come out in favor of making the city more walkable. The same trend is taking place across the larger L.A. region, where the percentage of people who walked, biked, or took public transportation to work instead of driving has doubled, to 22%, since 2001, according to a survey conducted by the California Department of Transportation. Driving, meanwhile, has fallen 12%. “There is a very strong movement toward living, working, socializing, and entertaining closer to home,” says Rick Caruso, a California real estate developer. “If you don’t have to get into a car, it’s golden.” (The real estate tycoon, who owns the Grove entertainment and retail complex in central L.A., says 30% of traffic to the popular shopping destination is by foot.)