致富机会：去首尔发现标牌错误有奖金

 　　Seoul's city government is asking people for help to correct poorly translated street signs - with prizes on offer for those who spot the most errors.

　　首尔市政府发动广大群众帮助纠正翻译质量低下的道路标志牌，发现错误最多的人将有奖励。

　　It's running a two-week campaign calling on Koreans and foreigners alike to keep their eyes peeled for mistakes in English, Japanese and Chinese text, the Korea Times reports.

　　据《韩国时报》报道，该市正在进行为期两周的纠错活动，呼吁本国人和外国人擦亮眼睛发现英语、日语以及中文翻译的错误。

　　There's a particular focus on public transport signs, maps and information signs at historic sites, as part of a drive to improve the experience of foreign tourists in the South Korean capital. Anyone spotting a confusing or incorrect translation is being asked to snap a photo and report the details via email.

　　该活动主要关注公共交通标志、地图以及历史遗迹的信息牌的翻译，希望以此提升外国游客在首尔的旅游体验。发现错误翻译后需要现场拍照并通过电子邮件通报给活动方。

　　致富机会：去首尔发现标牌错误有奖金

　　As an added incentive¹, the government is stumping² up 1.6m won ($1,430) in gift vouchers⁴, with the top error-spotter getting an "award of excellence⁵" and a 200,000 won voucher³ ($180).

　　首尔市政府专门拿出160万韩元（约合1430美元）的购物礼券作为奖励，发现错误最多者将获得“突出表现奖”，并得到20万韩元（约合180美元）的购物礼券。

　　While the campaign's promotional poster uses fairly innocuous typos as examples, the internet is awash with more amusing - and sometimes embarrassing - errors, particularly on tourist menus. Earlier this year, South Korea's government announced plans to crack down on baffling menu translations.

　　该活动的宣传海报上用一些无伤大雅的拼写错误作为示例，网络上则涌现出大量令人捧腹，有时甚至有些尴尬的翻译错误，尤其是菜单翻译。今年早些时候，韩国政府曾经宣布要清除令人迷惑的菜单翻译。

　　While Seoul is trying to adopt more visitor-friendly signage, its own tourism campaigns have run into language troubles in the past. Last year, "I.Seoul.U" was chosen as a slogan to promote the city internationally, and was promptly⁶ mocked for making little sense in English.

　　这边首尔市政府在努力提供游客友好型的公共标牌，而该市的旅游宣传活动却在去年遭遇了语言危机。去年，该市选择"I.Seoul.U"作为国际宣传口号，结果被取笑，称该口号不符合英语语法习惯。

1 incentive   

n.刺激；动力；鼓励；诱因；动机

参考例句：

• Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.在许多职业中，钱仍是主要的鼓励因素。
• He hasn't much incentive to work hard.他没有努力工作的动机。

2 stumping   

僵直地行走，跺步行走( stump的现在分词 )； 把（某人）难住； 使为难； （选举前）在某一地区作政治性巡回演说

参考例句：

• She's tired of stumping up for school fees, books and uniform. 她讨厌为学费、课本和校服掏腰包。
• But Democrats and Republicans are still dumping stumping for the young. 但是民主党和共和党依然向年轻人发表演说以争取他们的支持。

3 voucher   

n.收据；传票；凭单，凭证

参考例句：

• The government should run a voucher system.政府应该施行凭证制度。
• Whenever cash is paid out,a voucher or receipt should be obtained.无论何时只要支付现金，就必须要有一张凭据或者收据。

4 vouchers   

n.凭证( voucher的名词复数 )；证人；证件；收据

参考例句：

• These vouchers are redeemable against any future purchase. 这些优惠券将来购物均可使用。
• This time we were given free vouchers to spend the night in a nearby hotel. 这一次我们得到了在附近一家旅馆入住的免费券。 来自英语晨读30分（高二）

5 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。

6 promptly   

adv.及时地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He paid the money back promptly.他立即还了钱。
• She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。