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英16歲女生創業爲中國寶寶取名字 收穫4.8萬鎊

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A 16-year-old girl has made 48,000 pound from a website she made to give Chinese babies English names.

一名16歲的女孩設計了一個網站,專門用於給中國的小孩取英文名字,並從中賺得了4.8萬英鎊。

Beau Jessup, a British A-level student from Gloucestershire, came up with the idea after a family visit to China.

博·傑賽普是一個來自英國格羅斯特郡的優秀學生,她在隨她的家人到中國探親之後產生了這個想法。

They were out for a meal with friends when she was asked to give an English name to a newborn baby.

這一家人和朋友外出吃飯,期間有人請求她爲一個剛出生的嬰兒取一個英文名字。

In China it is considered important to have an English name for future study or business with the UK.

中國人認爲一個英文名字對未來在英國的的學業或是商業來說,都是非常重要的。

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In China they name their child based on the elements and Beau wanted a similarity between how they pick their Chinese name and how they pick their English name.

中國人在給自己的孩子取名字的時候會考慮很多方面的因素,而博也希望在給孩子們取英文名字的時候,採取一種與命名中文名字相似的方式。

And she does this by assigning personality traits to each English name.

她通過給每個英文名字羅列其所蘊含的性格特徵來做到這一點。

The three chosen names are then shared with family and friends on We-Chat, China's WhatsApp equivalent, to help make the final decision.

用戶會將被選中的三個名字通過微信(相當於中國版的WhatsApp的一種社交軟件)分享給家人和朋友,在確定最終的名字之前徵求他們的意見。

Each suggestion is printed on a certificate with its meaning and an example of a famous person with that name.

每一條建議都會被打印在一份證書上面,同時證書上面還有名字的內涵以及使用同一名字的一位名人。

Beau says it's quite strange to know she's named more than 200,000 babies. The site's success has been a pleasant surprise.

博對於自己已經爲超過20萬孩子取了英文名字感到非常地震驚。對她來說,網站的成功是個大大的驚喜。