【精英翻譯】的部落格

Bank introduces credit card function for phones (2014/02/20)

A local bank has introduced a new credit card function for smartphones. Clients who save their banking information onto their phone’s memory card can use the phone as a digital wallet and eliminate the need to carry a plastic credit card. 

For the first time in Taiwan, three stages of cryopreservation used to impregnate woman (2014/02/20)

A rare procedure carried out in Taiwan has brought great joy to a couple from Shanghai. The pair came to Taiwan seeking their first child and ended up with a baby girl after the cryopreservation of the husband’s sperm, a donated egg and the embryo. A doctor who helped with the procedure said this was only the fifth time worldwide that all three types of cryopreservation were successfully used. 

0220 BRIEFS  (2014/02/20)

Hot Springs Inflation
Resorts in Beitou have maintained 50 percent discounts on hot spring baths there for the past seven years, but prices are about to climb back up. Some operators in the Beitou resort area plan to raise prices 3-5 percent in July to reflect rising costs, and hot spring resorts in the hills east of Beitou could hike prices 10-20 percent in September.

Lively teacher brings about major turnaround in problem student (2014/02/20)

Next we have a touching story from Taitung where a teacher changed the life of one of his students. At one time, Wen Jun-wei was a problem child who hated school. But inspired by a lively math teacher, Wen developed a love of learning and got an A on a test after previously turning in an exam that scored just two points. 

Canadians get a taste of agricultural Taiwan (2014/02/20)

Kaohsiung is trying a novel approach to market its fruit in Canada. It invited eight Canadian backpackers to work on local farms for 11 days and get a firsthand taste of Taiwan’s high-quality fruit, hoping that they will serve as fruit ambassadors when they get back home. 

Cherry blossoms are transformed into an attractive display for the home (2014/02/19)

Cherry blossom season is in full bloom. In Kaohsiung, one teacher of floral arranging shows you how to transform cherry blossoms into an attractive display for the home. 

Local universities peddle school clothing and other items online (2014/02/19)

Local universities are generating extra revenue by selling everything from clothing to soy sauce. By applying their logos to these items, the schools are able to advertise their names while boosting loyalty among students and alumni. 

Labor broker says Taiwan facing shortage of foreign caregivers (2014/02/19)

Higher pay for caregivers in Hong Kong and better job opportunities across Southeast Asia are putting pressure on the local supply of foreign caregivers. One labor broker says she used to be able to provide clients with several applicants to choose from but now has trouble providing more than one. 

More and more businesses willing to accept Chinese yuan (2014/02/19)

Chinese yuan are accepted at a growing number of places in Taiwan. From souvenir shops to night markets, the yuan can be used in many of the same places that Chinese tourists are known to frequent. 

Chunghwa Post offers direct Chinese yuan remittance services (2014/02/19)