英16歲女生創業爲中國寶寶取名字 收穫4.8萬鎊

A 16-year-old girl has made 48,000 pound from a website she made to give Chinese babies English names.

一名16歲的女孩設計了一個網站，專門用於給中國的小孩取英文名字，並從中賺得了4.8萬英鎊。

Beau Jessup, a British A-level student from Gloucestershire, came up with the idea after a family visit to China.

博·傑賽普是一個來自英國格羅斯特郡的優秀學生，她在隨她的家人到中國探親之後產生了這個想法。

They were out for a meal with friends when she was asked to give an English name to a newborn baby.

這一家人和朋友外出吃飯，期間有人請求她爲一個剛出生的嬰兒取一個英文名字。

In China it is considered important to have an English name for future study or business with the UK.

中國人認爲一個英文名字對未來在英國的的學業或是商業來說，都是非常重要的。

In China they name their child based on the elements and Beau wanted a similarity between how they pick their Chinese name and how they pick their English name.

中國人在給自己的孩子取名字的時候會考慮很多方面的因素，而博也希望在給孩子們取英文名字的時候，採取一種與命名中文名字相似的方式。

And she does this by assigning personality traits to each English name.

她通過給每個英文名字羅列其所蘊含的性格特徵來做到這一點。

The three chosen names are then shared with family and friends on We-Chat, China's WhatsApp equivalent, to help make the final decision.

用戶會將被選中的三個名字通過微信（相當於中國版的WhatsApp的一種社交軟件）分享給家人和朋友，在確定最終的名字之前徵求他們的意見。

Each suggestion is printed on a certificate with its meaning and an example of a famous person with that name.

每一條建議都會被打印在一份證書上面，同時證書上面還有名字的內涵以及使用同一名字的一位名人。

Beau says it's quite strange to know she's named more than 200,000 babies. The site's success has been a pleasant surprise.

博對於自己已經爲超過20萬孩子取了英文名字感到非常地震驚。對她來說，網站的成功是個大大的驚喜。