时代飞速发展

时代飞速发展，汉语新难词不断涌现，翻译时颇难下笔，还有一些政策性很强的词句，翻译时颇费斟酌。故而，中国译协中译外委员会（由来自外交部、中央编译局、中国外交局、新华社、中国国际广播电台、中国日报社的专家学者组成）定期组织研讨会议，讨论并规范目前外宣工作中的汉语新难词，向社会公布，以正视听。以下选摘部分（均已注明出处，以显有据可稽）。

安居工程housing project for low-income urban residents

信息化information-based; informationization

智力密集型concentration of brain power; knowledge-intensive

外资企业overseas-funded enterprises

下岗职工laid-off workers

分流reposition of redundant personnel

三角债chain debts

素质教育education for all-round development

豆腐渣工程jerry-built projects

社会治安情况law-and-order situation

民族国家nation state

“台独” "independence of Taiwan"

台湾当局Taiwan authorities

台湾同胞Taiwan compatriots

台湾是中国领土不可分割的一部分。Taiwan is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory.

西部大开发Development of the West Regions

可持续性发展sustainable development

风险投资risk investment

通货紧缩deflation

扩大内需to expand domestic demand

计算机辅助教学computer-assisted instruction ( CAI )

网络空间cyberspace

虚拟现实virtual reality

网民netizen ( net citizen )

电脑犯罪computer crime

电子商务the e-business

网上购物shopping online

应试教育exam-oriented education

学生减负to reduce study load

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The Paradox of Our Time

The Paradox of our time in history is that

we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers;

wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints;

we spend more, but have less;

we buy more, but enjoy less.

We have bigger houses and smaller families;

more conveniences, but less time;

we have more degrees, but less sense;

more knowledge, but less judgement;

more experts, but more preblems;

more medicine, but less wellness.

We fave multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk to much, love too seldom, hate too often.

We learned how to make a living, but not a life.

We've added years to life, but not life to years.

We've been all the way to the moon and back,

but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.

We've conquered outer space, but not inner space;

we've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul;

we've split the atom, but not our prejudice;

we have higher incomes, but lower morals;

we've become long on quantity, but short on quality.

These are the times of tall men, short character,

steep profits, and shalow relationships.

These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare;

more leisure, but less fun;

more kinds of food, but less nutrition.

These are the days of two incomes, but mroe divorce;

of fancier houses, but broken homes.

It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stockroom;

a time when technology can bring this article to you,

and a time when you can choose either to make a difference or just hit delete.

历史的自相矛盾是：

我们有越来越高的大厦和更短促的耐心；

有越来越来宽的高速路和更狭窄的视野；

我们花费更多，拥有更少；

买越来越来多的商品却享用更少.