Ren-ci, pinyin is Ré n c ? c ?, a Chinese word, and its interpretation is a compound quantifier, representing several times of sum.
The number of people, a Chinese word, is pronounced as rén shù, which means the total number of people, a quantity corresponding to the number of people. Usually, figures are used for specific statistics, and sometimes rough ranges are used for estimation.
How to correctly express "person-time" in English?
Unfortunately, no English word or phrase can directly correspond to the concept of "person-time" and can only be handled flexibly according to the context.
Generally speaking, there are two general principles.
1. Simplify the headcount to headcount. This method is simple, rude and convenient, but it is not accurate enough and is not suitable for all contexts.
2. Count how many times this happened. This treatment is more accurate in logic, but sometimes it is difficult to find a suitable expression.
Example 1
For example, in 2006, China citizens traveled abroad105,000 person-times.
1) In 2006, 5438+0 China residents earned 10.5m? Travel abroad. From the economist.
2) In the first year of the new millennium, a modest 10.5 million? Traveling overseas? It was made by China residents. From the daily telegraph.
3)200 1, China tourists earned 10.5 million? Travel abroad.
Analysis: The number of tourists is easy to handle in English and can be expressed by trip/visit. Simplifying it to "people" is not accurate. Many people leave the country more than once a year, so the number of outbound tourists in that year is definitely far less than that of outbound tourists.
Example 2
Hong Kong Disneyland receives 6 million to 7 million visitors every year.
1) Does Hong Kong Disneyland receive 6 million to 7 million? Visitors? Once a year. From the English version of Wikipedia.
2) Does Hong Kong Disneyland receive 6 million to 7 million? Visiting? One year.
3) year? Attendance? Hong Kong Disneyland is 6 million to 7 million.
Analysis: Considering that the holders of season cards, year cards and various cards in Disneyland may play many times a year, strictly speaking, visitor is inaccurate, but visitor is the most frequently used in Disney English statistics. I think maybe as a commercial propaganda, I intentionally blurred the line between the number of people and the number of people? The meaning of the latter two versions is more accurate.
Example 3
Example: In 20 18, the annual passenger throughput of the Capital Airport exceeded 1 100 million.
1) Beijing Airport? Deal with it? More than1100,000? Passengers? On 20 18. From official website.
2) passengers? Throughput? Capital Airport broke through18 in 201100,000. From official website, slightly adjusted.
Analysis: The first version is not accurate, but it is widely used. Not only the Capital Airport, but also many official website passengers, including Heathrow Airport, use travelers or travelers.
In this context, visiting and traveling are definitely not feasible. After all, tourists don't come to visit the airport. Throughput refers to throughput, but generally speaking, it is cargo throughput and passenger volume.
Example 4
For example, there will be 35 million vocational skills training this year and next.
More than 35 million vocational skills this year and next? Training opportunities? Will be provided. From the 2020 government work report.
Analysis: Our official translation is still very rigorous. Planning training opportunities is very useful, but if you have trained … individuals, you can use the attendance rate. According to the actual situation, some trainings are basically only accepted once by one person during the statistical period, and can also be directly regarded as …
Example 5
Example: PCR detection in a country exceeded100000 person-times.
* * PCR has been performed? Testing.
Analysis: We know that a case may be tested many times. In this context, the number of people and the number of people must not be confused, which will cause ambiguity.