年中國網民關注的那些事
In 2015, China’s citizens wanted to find out about health, money, the law and love — or marriage, at least.
在2015年，中國網民想要了解關於健康、金錢、法律和愛情——至少是婚姻——的事情。
And they were preoccupied with deadly explosions, the erratic stock market, second children and a very public sex act in a dressing room.
但是他們卻不得不全神貫注於致多人傷亡的爆炸、飄忽不定的股市、二孩政策以及一間更衣室裏的公開性行爲。
Those topics dominated China’s national psyche this year, if Internet searches are any indication, according to a year-end review by Baidu, the country’s most popular search engine.
如果網絡搜索可以作爲風向標的話，根據中國最受歡迎的搜索引擎百度所做的年終回顧，正是這些話題在今年佔據了中國國民的精神世界。
While not a formal survey, and subject to the limits of online censorship, the results are a snapshot into the thinking of China’s more than 668 million Internet users. The results broadly agree with other lists of topics discussed on social media in China over the past year.
雖然這並非一項正式調查，而且礙於網絡審查的限制，但是結果讓人得以一窺逾6.68億中國網友的想法。它與其他一些有關過去一年中國社交媒體討論話題的榜單大體一致。
The news of the year was led by the Sept. 3 military parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory over Japan in World War II. A rather less sanctioned display, of a couple who filmed themselves in a Uniqlo fitting room, was fourth on the list. The deadly explosions in Tianjin in August and the ending of China’s “one-child” policy were second and third.
位於年度新聞排行榜之首的是9月3日爲紀念二戰戰勝日本70週年舉行的閱兵儀式。排行第四的表演可就沒怎麼獲得批准：一對情侶在優衣庫(Uniqlo)試衣間自拍影片。排第二和第三的分別是8月的天津大爆炸，以及中國終止“獨生子女政策”。
A separate list, ranking the top questions posed on the search engine, was led by inquiries about how quickly people could marry. Baidu users asked about the legal age of marriage — it is 20 for women and 22 for men — and the necessary paperwork.
另外有一個榜單列出的是搜索引擎上的熱門問題，位居第一的是人們多快可以結婚。百度用戶問了法定結婚年齡——答案爲女性是20歲，男性是22歲——以及結婚需要準備的文件。
Several questions related to health and safety: What are the best foods to eat during menstruation? What color car should one buy for safety reasons? Are the nitrites in food really so terrible?
其中幾個問題涉及了健康與安全：月經期間吃什麼好？買什麼顏色的汽車會比較安全？食品中的亞硝酸鹽真的那麼恐怖嗎？
The list included a question that permeates much online activity: Why do people get bored?
榜單中還包括一個在網絡間廣泛流傳的問題：爲什麼人會感到無聊？
Perhaps the most mysterious question was: “How is our subconscious leaking our secrets?” Part of the answer might be online search queries.
或許最玄妙的問題是：“潛意識是如何泄露我們的祕密的？”一部分的答案或許就是上網詢問。
