A 16-year-old girl in England earns 48,000 pounds from starting a business to name a Chinese baby

2016-09-19 「 1443 words / 3 minute 」
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一名16岁的女孩设计了一个网站,专门用于给中国的小孩取英文名字,并从中赚得了4.8万英镑。
A 16-year-old girl has made 48,000 pound from a website she made to give Chinese babies English names.
博·杰赛普是一个来自英国格罗斯特郡的优秀学生,她在随她的家人到中国探亲之后产生了这个想法。
Beau Jessup, a British A-level student from Gloucestershire, came up with the idea after a family visit to China.
这一家人和朋友外出吃饭,期间有人请求她为一个刚出生的婴儿取一个英文名字。
They were out for a meal with friends when she was asked to give an English name to a newborn baby.
中国人认为一个英文名字对未来在英国的的学业或是商业来说,都是非常重要的。
In China it is considered important to have an English name for future study or business with the UK.
中国人在给自己的孩子取名字的时候会考虑很多方面的因素,而博也希望在给孩子们取英文名字的时候,采取一种与命名中文名字相似的方式。
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.
她通过给每个英文名字罗列其所蕴含的性格特征来做到这一点。
And she does this by assigning personality traits to each English name.
用户会将被选中的三个名字通过微信(相当于中国版的WhatsApp的一种社交软件)分享给家人和朋友,在确定最终的名字之前征求他们的意见。
The three chosen names are then shared with family and friends on We-Chat, China's WhatsApp equivalent, to help make the final decision.
每一条建议都会被打印在一份证书上面,同时证书上面还有名字的内涵以及使用同一名字的一位名人。
Each suggestion is printed on a certificate with its meaning and an example of a famous person with that name.
博对于自己已经为超过20万孩子取了英文名字感到非常地震惊。对她来说,网站的成功是个大大的惊喜。
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.