纽约时报： he said, "we'll adjust our policies accordingly. If you place five ounces of pressure on our businesses, we'll remove eight ounces of their burdens."
中国人都知道成语"半斤八两"，因为古制一斤十六两，半斤自然就是八两了。纽约时报的记者翻译不应该不知道这一点，我相信他们比不少中国人还中国通。目的太明显，这多出来的3盎司完全改变了句子的原意。作者立场如此鲜明地歪曲事实，我算是又见识到美国媒体妖魔化中国的实例了。
If the Journalist knew a little bit more about Chinese Culture, he should know where does this half 'pound ', 8 'ounces' thing come from. The Chinese unit 'Jin' (斤) simple equals to 16 'Liang' (两). Therefore, half Jin equals to 8 Liang, period. I don't know whether someone was so ignorant not knowing this, or it was just an intentional 'mistake' made to sabotage the meaning of the original sentence.