Anti-theft system

Hông-tō an-chôan hē-thóng

An inside job

Ke-sîn thong gōa-kúi

Literally: the house god going through (i.e. using) the outside ghosts.

連外交零用金也Ａ

This is the headline from an editorial in today’s China Times Mandarin edition. You’ll see the letter ‘A’ used like this from time to time in Taiwanese newspapers, almost always in articles about money. ‘A’, pronounced ē in Taiwanese, means to get something for free, either as a gift or givaway, or through corruption. The latter, in this case. It must be a relatively new word, because I can’t find it in any of my dictionaries.

The whole article is below, and the original editorial is here.

熱門話題－連外交零用金也Ａ

項城／北縣新莊(文字工作者)

　高檢署特偵組在偵辦陳前總統任內出訪十一次的外交零用金去向，竟出現阿扁每次都留下三萬美元款項，挪用為其子陳致中的留學費用支出，此筆公款私用計達三十三萬美元，約台幣一千萬左右，而且還把當時的外交部高官也捲入。

　一千多萬和海角數億比起來，當然是「小汙」見「大汙」，可是對民進黨和至今仍死忠挺扁的民眾而言，那可能是一記難堪的耳光。暫且不論扁搖身一變成美國人，要越洋告美國政府的國際笑話。就以任內一再自誇的烽火外交，和突破中共打壓，為台灣生存而努力自許，竟也成了個人拚經濟的貪腐行徑。

　還有更傷國人感情的就是拿人民血汗錢的外交零用金，匯去自家兒子身上成為求學所需，這對全國那些吃不起營養午餐，那些得靠助學貸款才能讀書上學的大專院校學生，真會有別人家的孩子死不完的被剝削痛苦感。這種嚴重傷了年輕一代情感與公平競爭行為，不就是民進黨不及早切割阿扁下的自食惡果嗎？

　阿扁在競選時以陳致中當兵服役，去修理國民黨高官，那些不用為國盡義務的子女耍特權。而今日卻用人民的錢替子女鋪上黃金地毯，此種招惹全民公憤之事若也能用建國基金去包裝，那民進黨還想重返執政之路可能永遠是場夢。

Legitimate goods (i.e. not fake)

Kong-si-hòe

 

Example:

Lí m̄-bián kiàⁿ, che cho̍at8-tùi sī kong-si-hòe.

Don’t worry, these are legit goods for sure.

Computers being attacked by viruses

Tiān-náu khì hō∙ pēⁿ-to̍k8 lâi ji̍p8-chhim

Personal information was leaked

Kò-jîn chu-liāu khì hō∙ lâng sia̍p – - lāu-khì.

Activity with an acceptable level of risk

 Chi̍t8-ê ē-tàng mō∙-híam ê oa̍h8-tāng 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intellectual property (IP)

Tì-hūi châi-sán

Tì-hūi châi-sán-kôan

Intellectual property rights (IPR)

Tâi-ôan Tì-hūi Châi-sán Kio̍k

Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO)

Sam-chhit-á

A pimp

Hòan-bōe jîn-kháu

Trafficking in persons

Bí-kok chèng-hú ē poah chi̍t ek Bí-kim ê chîⁿ lâi táⁿ-kek hòan-bōe jîn-kháu ê o̍ah-tōng.

The U.S. government will appropriate 100 million dollars to fight human trafficking activities.