《新華字典》成吉尼斯最受歡迎字典及最暢銷書

Guinness World Records Tuesday confirmed that the Xinhua Dictionary published by China's The Commercial Press is the "most popular dictionary" and the "best-selling book" in the world.

本週二，吉尼斯世界紀錄有關方面證實，《新華字典》是世界上"最受歡迎的字典"和"最暢銷的書籍"。

As of July 28, 2015, Xinhua Dictionary, the first modern Chinese dictionary since the founding of the People's Republic of China, has sold 567m copies globally, announced Marco Frigatti, SVP Records of Guinness World Records, at the presentation ceremony.

在吉尼斯世界紀錄發佈儀式上，該機構全球高級副總裁馬克·弗里加迪宣佈，截至2015年7月28日，作爲中國建國之後第一部現代漢語字典的《新華字典》在全球發行量達5.67億本。

"Over the past year, our teams have completed extensive data investigation, collection and examination for these two records and we are delighted to verify that Xinhua Dictionary is the most popular dictionary and the best-selling regularly updated book," said Marco Frigatti.

馬克·弗里加迪說道："在過去的一年中，我們團隊對這兩個記錄做了大量的數據調查、收集和審查，最終確定《新華字典》是世界最受歡迎的字典和最暢銷的常規更新書籍。"

"China Publishing Group has many time-honored member publishing houses and comprehensively recognized publications, among which The Commercial Press and Xinhua Dictionary are typical examples. The 'Most popular dictionary' and 'Best-selling book (regularly updated)' record titles themselves are the epitome of Sino-Foreign cultural exchange, showing the increasing international influence of Chinese language from a micro level," said Tan Yue, President of China Publishing Group.

中國出版集團主席檀先生表示："中國出版集團有很多歷史悠久的出版社和大量廣爲人知的出版物，商務印書館和《新華字典》就是其中典型的代表。'最受歡迎的字典'和'最暢銷的書籍'兩項記錄頭銜是中外文化交流的典範，從微觀上展現了漢語日漸增長的國際影響力，"

Yu Dianli, President of The Commercial Press, said the two Guinness World Records titles would bring more opportunities for cooperation between globally famous cultural institutes and the press.

商務印書館主席於殿利表示，《新華字典》獲得這兩項世界吉尼斯記錄會給全球著名文化機構和出版社之間的交流合作帶來許多機會。

Dubbed the "National Dictionary," Xinhua Dictionary has been a tool for several generations of Chinese people, bearing the culture of the country and impacting the linguistic lives of billions. It is also a good tool for foreigners all over the world who are learning the Chinese language.

被譽爲"國民字典"的《新華字典》由商務印書館出版，是新中國成立以來的第一部現代漢語字典。它是我國幾代人的工具書，承載着我國的文化，影響着幾十億人的語言生活。它也是全球各地外國漢語學習者的良好工具書。