Shin-Ru Pearce’s Profile and Translation Work

active listening

When a person is paying attention and internalising the words of a speaker. The listener will tend to respond with nonverbal cues such as nods.

主动倾听

当一个人注意倾听和想着说话者的话时。倾听者常会使用非语言线索回应，如点头。

Communication; Body language

zipper worm

A plastic worm that features a flat body with ridges that look like a zipper on clothing.

拉链蠕虫

一个塑胶的蠕虫，它的特点是扁体上的隆起部分看起来像衣服上拉链。

Sports; Fishing

lot

A lot is 150 cases with 30 dozen eggs in each case. One lot equals 4,500 dozen eggs or 54,000 eggs in total.

一批

一批是 150箱，每箱内有30打蛋。一批等于 4,500 打鸡蛋或总数54,000 个鸡蛋。

Meat products; Poultry

nap

Short period of sleep at a time separate from the major sleep period, especially during the day.

打盹

跟主要睡眠期分开，尤其是发生在白天的短时间的睡眠。

Health care; Sleep disorder

artificial sweeteners

A category of sugar substitutes that have no nutritional value. Because they have unique attributes, they should not be substituted for other sweeteners unless a recipe calls for them specifically.

人工甜味剂

这一类的糖替代品没有任何营养价值。因为他们有独特的属性，除非食谱中特别表明要用他们，他们应该不能代替其他甜味剂。

Culinary arts; Cooking

basmati rice

An aromatic, long grain brown or white rice from India and California. Basmati rice is nutty and fluffy. Use as you would regular long grain rice.

香米

从印度和加利福尼亚来的芳香，长粒褐色或白色米。印度香米大米有坚果味和蓬松。使用方法跟长粒香大米一样。

Culinary arts; Cooking

escheat

In the context of payroll, the turning over of unclaimed wages to the state after a period of time determined by state law.

被没收

在發薪水的情况下，由国家法律规定，在一段时间后，把无人认领的工资交给国家。

Accounting; Payroll

old wive’s tale

A proverb or piece of advice that is commonly accepted as truth and is handed down the generations, but is normally false.

古老（但不一定真实）的信仰

一句被大众认为是真理的谚语或忠告，代代相传，但通常不是真的。

Language; Idioms

tachnid fly

This fly has a metallic silver head and brown eyes. The body is a glossy metallic blue green, with bronze tinge towards end of abdomen.

寄蝇蒼蠅

这种苍蝇有银头和棕色的眼睛。身体是有光泽的金属蓝绿色，腹部端是青铜色彩。

Animals; Insects

tanner staging

A growth chart used to assess the stage of puberty based on pubic hair growth, the development of genitalia in boys and breasts in girls.

青春期性征分期

根据阴毛生长，男孩生殖器发育和女孩的乳房发育来评估青春期阶段的增长图表。

Health care; General

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