I’m willing to bet that you too have found that at times the translations on packaging or pamphlets from items Made in China are a bit wacky, and the same goes for the famous “fortune cookies”. Most of the time though things aren’t so easy: translating from one language to another...
I didn’t bring my own deodorant, he’s right about the coffee (unless you want to spend a fortune at Starbucks), I didn’t notice much urine smell but I also wasn’t a student. I can’t say I carried cigarettes around with me and at least in the world I lived in (semiconductor...
Photo illustration by Fortune; Original photo by Getty Images Having a household budget can help you stay on top of bills, pay off debt, save for retirement, and achieve other long- and short-term financial goals. But there are many ways to go about it, including using abudgeting appor ...
Lily’s fears and condemnations (women can’t write, women can’t paint), her sudden revelations, her dreamy habitation of her work during boring dinner conversation – all of these were familiar to me, for of course in writing of painting Woolf was writing about writing. What I want to ...
How red packets are used During Chinese New Year, 27 is (are) put inside red packets which are then handed out to younger generations by their parents, grandparents, relatives, and even close neighbours and friends. The 28 Red represents luck and good fortune in Chinese cult...
Good Fortune and How to Attract it 作者:Hardie, Titania 页数:160 ISBN:9781844001224 豆瓣评分 目前无人评价 评价: + 加入购书单
“I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense o
“A prosperity tree sculpture will stand tall at the event space and hangs in abundance with red packets. Guests are invited to view the tree, write their Chinese New Year messages on the paper flowers laid beneath the tree, and hang the flowers to receive red packets in return. The tree...
Brush with * Good Fortune; Story of How RAF Pilot and a Very Special Chinook Proved Lifesaver for TV PresenterWhen presenter Mike Brewer travelled to Afghanistan to make a TV programme, he never thought for a moment he'd become part of the story....
In the pre-industrial period, these waves were governed by Malthusian dynamics: inequality would rise as countries enjoyed a spell of good fortune and high incomes, then fall as war or famine dragged average income back to subsistence level. With industrialisation, the forces creating Kuznets waves...