Imprint of the times: the past three decades Chinese Loanwords new development
 
China Network china.com.cn Time: 2009-01-19
30 years of reform and opening up, with the domestic and foreign economic and cultural exchanges increasingly frequent, as international economic integration in-depth development, Chinese foreign words have been moving forward, the new foreign words have emerged, such as cloning, the Internet, IELTS, blog, WTO, CPI (consumer price index). During this period the development of Chinese Loanwords the most distinguishing feature is the appearance of large numbers of foreign letter words, the rapid development, such as the 20th century 80's emerging karaoke OK, GRE, 90 occurred during BP machine, BBS, 2000 years after the emergence of the ATM machine , PK.

Chinese foreign words from a foreign language usually refers to the word transliteration, which constitute the main form there are two types of pure transliteration, such as coffee (coffee), is a transliteration + paraphrase, such as beer (beer). Written in the form of direct borrowing on the pretext usually be regarded as Chinese foreign words, such as album, Story. Since reform and opening up, Chinese foreign words a large number of letters generated, which, by shape and by the sound of words become Chinese Loanwords new members, and is developing rapidly.

30 years of reform and opening up, foreign words from different aspects of a clear reflection of the tremendous changes in Chinese society. 80 In the late 20th century, "Kara OK" was all the rage, which in turn develop into a "KTV" form, is still very popular form of entertainment. "Disco" This kind of dance forms from the mid-80s to enter people's lives, and then derived from Disco,迪吧,蹦迪words, popular so far, while the late 80's fad break dance (Break Dance) is a flash in the pan. 20th century 80's, AIDS plague of the century began to show in the world, its name was initially transliteration for "AIDS", after the mainland in 1986 in order to avoid misunderstanding renamed "AIDS", Hong Kong and Taiwan still use the term "AIDS" in have been translated into, and in Singapore, who as "a disease of love." Letter word is also used forms of AIDS, are associated with HIV, AIDS orphans and so on. "Bikini" swimsuit during this period also began on the mainland shows that social attitudes are changing from conservative to open. PC-emergence began to change people's lives. TOEFL, GRE thermal test reflects China's new round of study heat shows that the East-West cultural exchange in the once stalled after the increasingly active.

90 In the early 20th century worldwide rise of the Internet has greatly advanced the progress of science and technology, but also profoundly changed people's way of life. Because of this period can not find a suitable translation, Chinese first direct introduction of internet and Internet form of external two-letter word, followed by the Internet, the Internet, the Internet, such as translation of CNCTST in 1997, the Commission formally recommended to be called the "Internet", experienced a confused period of years, "the Internet" This unity was finally been translated into public acceptance. With the Internet from a large number of foreign words and letters transliteration words, such as e-mail, BBS, FTP, P2P software, hackers, Trojans, ICQ, MSN. With the network of cultural development in 2005 "blog," The rise of network culture had more in-depth development, and thus bring about many relevant terms, such as Bowen, Bo Lord, Bo Friends. Communications technology during this period has also made tremendous progress, the early 90s pop BP machine in 1994, GSM mobile phone standard in mainland China the emergence of mobile phones from analog era into the digital age, CDMA mobile phones in 2002 occurred in China since the beginning of 3G mobile phones in the people's vision.

The 21st century, the economic field, many foreign words become active, such as the WTO, CEPA, QFII (qualified foreign institutional investor), QDII (Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors), green GDP, in recent years, CPI, PPI (industrial ex-factory price index) started to appear frequently in media reports, become quite familiar with and concerned about the economic indicators. This period, DC (digital camera), DV machine (digital camera) into ordinary life. GPS technology is getting more mature, the increasingly widespread use in car navigation, outdoor sports, such as mobile positioning applications have. 90s of the last century began to emerge "IC card" during this period is widely available, such as second-generation ID cards, transport IC cards. Old-fashioned CRT television, the LCD display has been replaced. HDTV concept in the last century 80's appearance in 2008, the mainland's cable TV viewers can watch four sets of HDTV television programs, began to experience high-quality audio-visual enjoyment.
 
Source: Zhongqing online - China Youth Daily