A survey by the British Institute for Verbatim Reporters (BIVR) has identified the most mispronounced names and words of the year.

英國逐字記者協(xié)會的一項調查列舉了今年最容易被人們讀錯的名字和單詞。

Entries include electronics firm Huawei (WA-way), specific (spe-SI-fik) and papoose (pa-POOSE).

其中包括電子公司華為(WA-way)、specific (spe - SI -fik)和papoose (pa-POOSE)。

Some of 2018’s most commonly mispronounced words:

2018年最常被誤讀的單詞：

BBC Sports Personality of the Year Geraint Thomas (ger-aint, with the "ain" to rhyme with "wine") won the Tour De France in July

杰蘭特.托馬斯(Geraint，英文名“ain”與“wine”押韻)贏得環(huán)法自行車賽冠軍，今年7月被BBC評為年度體育人物。

Coorie (COO-rie) - Scotland’s answer to the cosy lifestyle trend

Coorie (COO-rie)——蘇格蘭語中形容舒適生活潮流的單詞。

Irish-American actress Saoirse Ronan (SIR-shuh ROE-nun) bagged her latest Oscar nomination earlier this year in Lady Bird

愛爾蘭裔美國女演員西爾莎.羅南(SIR-shuh ROE-nun)在今年年初憑借《伯德小姐》斬獲奧斯卡提名。

The Belgian city of Ypres (EE-pruh) was a focal point for the centenary commemorations for the end of World War One

比利時城市伊普雷斯(EE-pruh)是紀念一戰(zhàn)結束一百周年的活動中心。

In October, journalist Jamal Khashoggi (ja-MALL ka-SHOG-gi) was killed in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul.

今年10月，記者賈邁勒·哈索吉(ja-MALL ka-SHOG-gi)在沙特駐伊斯坦布爾領事館被殺。

Mrs Plieninger also had some advice for those of us who itch to correct peers committing a linguistic faux pas.

但是，對于渴望糾正自己英語讀音的人，普利寧格女士提供了自己的建議。

If you understand what the other person meant, it’s usually fine. As long as you get your message across, it’s all good.

“如果你能理解了對方的意思，那就沒問題。只要你正確傳達了你想要傳達的信息就可以了。”