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02:38 Oct 5, 2011

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Education / Pedagogy

Chinese term or phrase: 择校热

I need a short term not a long phrase in the translation. Thank you.

karrol KudoZ activity Questions: 224 (4 open) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 69
Local time: 06:14

Summary of answers provided

School Sponsorship Fever

Jun Ng

school transfer frenzy

Vladys

Discussion entries: 6

Answers

3 hrs confidence:

school transfer frenzy

Explanation:
more vivid?

Example sentence(s):

Late transfer frenzy puts gloss on a shambolic summer ... who had always been bullied in school who now found out that he has a brother

Reference: http://arsenaleffect.com/2011/09/late-transfer-frenzy-puts-g...

Vladys
Local time: 01:14
Native speaker of:

English,

Russian

14 hrs confidence:

School Sponsorship Fever

Explanation:
In China, you have to buy yourself into good schools by paying a 择校费 or 赞助费. China Daily and many others have translated this into "sponsorship fee". Personally, I would prefer "enrollment buying fever", as "sponsorship fee" sounds like candy coating this discriminative system. "School Transfer" simply means switching to a different school, and doesn't point out the monetary side of the story for this unique phenomenon in China.

As to the translation of 热, I think it's just simplier and more commonly used.

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Note added at 14 hrs (2011-10-05 17:04:05 GMT)
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Fever
n. 2.
a.A condition of heightened activity or excitement: a fever of anticipation.
b.A contagious, usually short-lived enthusiasm or craze: disco fever.

Example sentence(s):

With the new policy, non-native students are exempted from *sponsorship fees* - set at around 10,000 yuan annually.

Reference: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/language_tips/news/2010-05/26/c...
Reference: http://www.answers.com/topic/fever

Jun Ng
Local time: 15:14
Native speaker of:

Chinese

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