Tran Nguyen Que Tran

Logbook
TRANSLATION 1
 Unit 1:
Culture and Language
 Unit 1: Culture and Language
WORD AND ENGLISH VIETNAMESE
EXAMPLE
IPA MEANING MEANING

My beliefs about the

importance of
Beliefs ideas shared among a
niềm tin education have
/bɪˈliːf/ group of people
shaped my career
choices.

Cultural
Institution The museum is a
established
renowned cultural
/ˈkʌltʃərəl organization working tổ chức văn
institution that
ˌɪnstɪ for the preservation hóa houses a vast
ˈtjuːʃən/ of culture
collection of artifacts.

the primary person or

Take a group responsible for The United States
leading role initiating, guiding, or took a leading role in
dẫn đầu
/teɪk ə directing a particular the international
ˈliːdɪŋ roʊl/ activity, project, or negotiations.
initiative

to draw plans
The design of the new
Design showing the look and
thiết kế car is sleek and
/dɪˈzaɪn/ function of any object
modern.
before it is made

The different regions

form of a language
Dialect of Scotland each have
specific to a region or phương ngữ
/ˈdaɪəlekt/ social group
their own unique
dialect.

form of a language The diffusion of

Diffusion
specific to a region or sự khuếch tán responsibility led to
/dɪˈfjuː.ʒən/ social group no one taking action.
 Unit 1: Culture and Language
Make it career /meɪk ɪt kəˈrɪr/: theo đuổi sự nghiệp
Form their own opinion /fɔrm ðɛr oʊn əˈpɪnjən/: có
chính kiế n
Made significant contributions /meɪd sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt
kɑntrɪˈbjuʃənz/: có đóng góp quan trọng

Different societies and quan điểm khác nhau

cultures have different
attitudes towards love and
marriage. Even within our own
society there are many
different views. For example,
khẳng định
some people claim that
marriage is outdated, that is, có nghĩa là
two people should live
together if they want to trải qua/ thực hiện
without having to go through
some formal ceremony. nghi thức trang trọng
Unit 1: Culture and Language

Shines through the eyes: to be seen,

expressed, or shown clearly.
Go to the local graveyard: đi tới nghĩa
trang địa phương.
Spilling flour on your front doorstep: đổ
bột mì trước cửa nhà.
Trick or Treat: “Cho kẹo hay chọc ghẹo”
Apple bobbing: Gắ p táo bằ ng miệng.
 Unit 2:
Education
 Unit 2: Education

pedagogue: valedictorian: fraternity:

/ˈped.ə.ɡɒɡ/ /ˌvæl.ə.dɪkˈtɔː.ri.ən/ /frəˈtɜː.nə.ti/
người đứng đầu lớp hội nam sinh
giáo viên

janitor: sorority:
hit the book:
/ˈdʒæn.ɪ.tər/ /səˈrɒr.ə.ti/
bắt tay vào học
lao công hội nữ sinh

fall behind: truant:

colloquium:
tụt lại phía sau /ˈtruː.ənt/
/kəˈləʊkwiəm/
trốn học
hội thảo chuyên đề
 Unit 2: Education
WORD AND ENGLISH VIETNAMESE
EXAMPLE
IPA MEANING MEANING

to submit or turn in a
Hand in (an Make sure you hand
completed
assignment) nộp bài in your assignment
assignment to a
/hænd ɪn/ before the deadline.
teacher

An interdisciplinary
approach combines
Interdisciplinary
involving multiple knowledge from
/ˌɪn.tər.dɪs.ɪ liên ngành
academic disciplines different academic
ˈplɪn.əri/
disciplines to enrich
learning.

Put on your It’s time to put on

thinking cap to think seriously your thinking cap
suy nghĩ kỹ
/pʊt ɒn jʊər about something and solve this
ˈθɪŋ.kɪŋ kæp/ problem.

to succeed or pass
Pass with flying
something very She passed with
colors thành công
successfully, flying colors on her
/pæs wɪð ˈflaɪɪŋ rực rỡ
achieving high driving test.
ˈkʌlɚz/
marks or results

to say something Let me reiterate that

Reiterate
again or a number of lặp lại punctuality is
/riˈɪt.ə.reɪt/
times for emphasis essential for this job.

Read between to try to understand

You need to read
the lines someone's real
between the lines to
/riːd feelings or from hiểu ngầm
understand her
bɪˈtwiːn ðə laɪnz/ what they say or
feelings.
write

to leave school or Many students drop

Drop out
university before bỏ học out of college due to
/drɒp aʊt/
finishing financial issues.
Unit 3:
Society
 Unit 3: Society
WORD AND ENGLISH VIETNAMESE
EXAMPLE
IPA MEANING MEANING

shy and nervous; without

Timid Kieran is a timid
much confidence; easily nhút nhát
/ˈtɪm.ɪd/ child.
frightened

If I criticize him, he
showing anger and a
Aggressive gets aggressive
willingness to attack hung hăng
/əˈɡres.ɪv/ and starts
other people
shouting.

Let's resolve this

In a civilized dispute in a
behave in a polite,
fashion một cách văn civilized fashion,
courteous, and respectful
/ˈsɪvəlaɪzd minh without resorting
manner
ˈfæʃən/ to insults or
threats.

without the ability, Some kids leave

ill-equipped
qualities, or equipment to thiếu trang bị school ill-equipped
/ˌɪl.ɪˈkwɪpt/
do something for adult life.

She was brought

Bring up to care for a child until
nuôi dưỡng up by her
/brɪŋ ʌp/ they are an adult
grandmother.

The pursuit of
Material wealth the possession of tangible material wealth
của cải vật
[məˈtɪəriəl assets, such as money, often overshadows
chất
weəθ] valuable goods, ... other important
values.

India's rich
the cultural and religious
Spiritual spiritual heritage
traditions, beliefs, and
heritage di sản tinh is evident in its
practices that have been
/ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl thần diverse religions
passed down through
ˈherɪtɪdʒ/ and ancient
generations
philosophies.
 Unit 3: Society
mất tích
Every year thousands of children are reported
missing in the United State of America. Some
of these are children running away from home.
bỏ nhà đi
/dɪˈvɔːs/: ly hôn tranh giành quyền
nuôi con

Other are victims of divorce and custody battles. Still

others are snatched for the illegal adoption racket.

/snætʃt/: bị bắt cóc tội nhận con nuôi

bất hợp pháp

chính quyền
The problems has now
reached alarming proportions mức báo động

and authorities are warning

parents to keep a close eye on
theo dõi chặt chẽ
the whereabouts of their
children.
nơi ở
 Unit 4:
Health and Medicine
Unit 4: Health and Medicine
DESEASES
Flu /fluː/: cúm
Diabetes/ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/: bệnh tiểu đường
Asthma /ˈæsmə/: hen suyễn
Hypertension /ˌhaɪ.pəˈten.ʃən/: tăng
huyế t áp
Tuberculosis (TB) /tʃuːˌbɜː.kjəˈləʊ.sɪs/:
bệnh lao
Stroke /strəʊk/: đột quỵ

Arthritis /ɑːˈθraɪ.tɪs/: viêm khớp

Malaria /məˈleə.ri.ə/: số t rét
Pneumonia /njuːˈməʊ.ni.ə/: viêm
phổi
Chickenpox /ˈtʃɪk.ɪn.pɒks/: thủy đậ u
Hepatitis /ˌhep.əˈtaɪ.tɪs/: viêm gan
 Unit 4: Health Issues
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Stethoscope Catheter
/ˈsteθ.ə.skəʊp/ /ˈkæθ.ə.tər/
ống nghe ống thông

Ultrasound Stretcher
/ˈʌl.trə.saʊnd/ /ˈstretʃ.ər/
máy siêu âm cái cáng

Sphygmomanometer
Gauze /ˌsfɪɡ.məʊ.mænˈɒm.ɪ.tər/
/ɡɔːz/ máy đo huyết áp
băng gạc

MRI Placebo CT scan

/ˌem.ɑːrˈaɪ/ /pləˈsiː.bəʊ/ /siːˈtiː ˌskæn/
chụp cộng hưởng từ thuốc giả chụp cắt lớp vi tính
 Unit 4: Health Issues
VIETNAMESE
WORD AND IPA ENGLISH MEANING EXAMPLE
MEANING

someone who is still

Even though my
Alive and kicking full of energy and is còn sống và khỏe
grandma is 70 years
/əˈlaɪv ənˈkɪkɪŋ/ very active. Usually mạnh, tràn đầy sức
old she is alive and
despite health sống
kicking.
problems or old age

A clean bill of
a written or an oral After being anxious
health giấy chứng nhận
report that states a for 3 weeks, Cliff was
/ə ˈkliːn bɪl əv sức khỏe hoàn
person is doing well relieved to receive a
ˈhelθ/ toàn bình thường
physically clean bill of health.

To be as fit as a
My grandpa is 92 years
fiddle to be strong and rất khỏe mạnh và
old, but he is as fit as a
/əz ˈfɪt əz ə ˈfɪdl/ healthy dẻo dai
fiddle.

To be back on
one’s feet After being homesick
to be healthy again
/ˈbæk ɒn ˈwʌnz phục hồi sau một for 2 weeks, Tim is
after a period of being
fiːt/ thời gian khó khăn finally back on his
sick
feet.

To be sick as a Sorry, I haven’t been

dog around lately, it is just
to be very sick rất ốm
/tuː bi ˈsɪk əz ə that I have been sick
dɒɡ/ as a dog.

He blacked out after

To black out
ngất xỉu, mất ý seeing the doctor
/tuː ˈblæk ˈaʊt/ to lose consciousness
thức draw blood from his
brother’s arm.

Vim and vigor They approached the

nhiệt huyết và năng to be full of energy;
/ˈvɪm ænd ˈvɪɡə(r)/ task with vim and
lượng vitality
vigor.
 Unit 5:
Business and Commerce
Unit 5: Business and Commerce
WORD AND ENGLISH VIETNAMESE
EXAMPLE
IPA MEANING MEANING

The startup pivoted

to change the to a new business
Pivot
focus or direction thay đổi hướng model after its
/ˈpɪv.ət/ of something initial product
failed.

the process of The acquisition of a

Acquisition acquiring or taking sự mua lại, thâu smaller company
/ˌæk.wɪˈzɪʃ.ən/ control of another tóm will expand our
company market share.

We need to
to use something
Leverage tận dụng, khai leverage our brand
to maximum
/ˈliː.vər.ɪdʒ/ advantage
thác to enter new
markets.

Go-to-market
The company
strategy a plan to bring a chiến lược đưa developed a new
/ˌɡəʊ tə product or service sản phẩm ra thị go-to-market
ˈmɑː.kɪt to market trường strategy to target
younger consumers.
ˈstræt.ə.dʒi/

to spread or give
One of the
out something,
organization's aims
Disseminate especially news,
phân phối is to disseminate
/dɪˈsem.ɪ.neɪt/ information, ideas,
information about
etc., to a lot of
the disease.
people

a careful The company

Due diligence investigation of a conducted due
thấu hiểu, kiểm
/ˌdjuː business or person diligence before
tra kỹ lưỡng
ˈdɪl.ɪ.dʒəns/ before signing a making the
contract with them acquisition.
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WORD AND ENGLISH VIETNAMESE
EXAMPLE
IPA MEANING MEANING

The local residents

a person who lives
Resident were angry at the
or has their home cư dân
/ˈrez.ɪ.dənt/ in a place
lack of parking
spaces.

cloth or material This fabric is similar

Fabrics
for making clothes, vải to wool, only
/ˈfæb.rɪk/ covering furniture cheaper.

Go down the All our efforts will

drain to be wasted or bỏ phí, đổ sông go down the drain if
/ɡoʊ daʊn ðə lost đổ biển we don’t get
dreɪn/ funding.

the quality of being

I admire the
The simplicity simple,
sự đơn giản simplicity of his
/ðə sɪmˈplɪsɪti/ uncomplicated, or
designs.
uncompounded

A ballpark Can you give me a

an approximate
figure ballpark figure of
number or xấp xỉ
/ə ˈbɔːlpɑːk estimate
the project’s total
ˈfɪɡər/ cost?

A tough nut to
a difficult problem The new market is
crack một vấn đề khó
or person to deal proving to be a
/ə tʌf nʌt tə with
giải quyết tough nut to crack.
kræːk/
Unit 5: Business and Commerce
WORD AND ENGLISH VIETNAMESE
EXAMPLE
IPA MEANING MEANING

We need to clear
Backlog accumulated work this backlog
công việc tồn
/ˈbæk.lɒɡ/ or tasks that need before we can
to be completed.
đọng take on new
clients.

Big Picture the overall Let’s not get

perspective or tầm nhìn tổng bogged down in
/bɪɡ ˈpɪk.tʃər/
long-term view of thể details and look at
a situation the big picture

By the Book Our auditor is very

to follow the rules
strict and does
/baɪ ðə bʊk/ or regulations đúng quy trình
everything by the
exactly
book.

Dot Your I’s and

Make sure you dot
Cross Your T’s cẩn thận từng li your i’s and cross
to pay attention to
/dɒt jɔːr aɪz ənd từng tí your t’s before
details
krɒs jɔːr tiːz/ submitting the
report.

We can’t drag our

Drag One’s Feet to delay or be slow feet on this
chậm chạp, trì
/dræɡ wʌnz fiːt/ in doing project; the
something
hoãn deadline is
approaching.

the ability of a
Cloud computing
system, process,
offers greater
Scalability or organization to khả năng mở
scalability than
/ˌskeɪ.ləˈbɪl.ə.ti/ grow or increase rộng traditional IT
in size in a
infrastructure.
controlled manner
 Unit 5:
Science and Technology
 Unit 5: Science and Technology
WORD AND ENGLISH VIETNAMESE
EXAMPLE
IPA MEANING MEANING

Revolutionize to completely Newton's

change something discoveries
/ˌrev.ə cách mạng hóa
so that it is much revolutionized
ˈluː.ʃən.aɪz/ better physics.

There is a time and

Netizen a person who uses công dân place for
/ˈnet.ɪ.zən/ the internet mạng everything, a
netizen wrote.

a machine or
Humanoid creature with the người máy They are developing
/ˈhjuː.mə.nɔɪd/ appearance and hình người humanoid robots.
qualities of a human

crime or illegal The corporate battle

Cybercriminal
activity that is done tội phạm mạng against cybercrime
/ˈsaɪ.bə.kraɪm/ using the internet is unending.

With competition
a small machine or heating up, the
Gadget piece of electronic tiện ích, đồ latest gadgets have
/ˈɡædʒ.ɪt/ equipment that has dùng nhỏ added features to
a particular purpose: set them apart from
the competition.

Augmented images produced by

reality The augmented
a computer and
thực tế tăng reality is an
/ɔːɡˌmentɪd used together with a
cường extension of virtual
riˈæl.ɪ.ti/ view of the real
reality.
world
 Unit 5: Science and Technology
ENGLISH VIETNAMESE
WORD EXAMPLE
MEANING MEANING

a significant and The discovery of

pioneering discovery một khám phá penicillin was a
Groundbreaking
that changes or đột phá, mang groundbreaking
discovery
advances scientific tính cách mạng discovery in
knowledge medicine.

Self-driving cars are

the most advanced
Cutting edge công nghệ tiên an example of
or innovative
technology tiến nhất cutting-edge
technology available
technology.

Scientists are
pushing the
Pushing the exploring new and
đẩy mạnh giới boundaries of
boundaries of unknown areas of
hạn của khoa học science in their
science scientific knowledge
quest to understand
the universe.

The new hospital

the most advanced facility features
tiến bộ nhất, hiện
State-of-the-art and up-to-date state-of-the-art
đại nhất
technology available medical equipment
and technology.

Social media can be

something that has a double-edged
Double-edged vũ khí hai lưỡi, lợi
both positive and sword, both
sword hại đều có
negative effects connecting people
and causing harm.

The Industrial
những thay đổi
Earth-shaking significant and far- Revolution brought
đột ngột và lớn
changes reaching changes about earth-shaking
lao
changes to society.
 Unit 5: Science and Technology
WORD ENGLISH VIETNAMESE
EXAMPLE
AND IPA MEANING MEANING

directly opposite in Love and hate are

Antithetical trái ngược, đối
meaning or antithetical
/ˌæn.tɪˈθet.ɪ.kəl/ lập
character emotions.

A fatal a complete failure or The company

breakdown collapse, often with một sự cố suffered a fatal
/ə feɪtl serious nghiêm trọng breakdown in its
breɪkdaʊn/ consequences supply chain.

to present a danger Climate change

Pose a threat to gây ra mối đe dọa
or risk to something poses a threat to
/poʊz ə θrɛt tu/ cho
or someone our planet.

The car accelerated

Accelerate tăng tốc, thúc
to move faster as it approached the
/əkˈsel.ə.reɪt/ đẩy
finish line.

Absurd extremely silly or It's absurd to think

vô lý, ngớ ngẩn
/əbˈsɜːd/ unreasonable that the Earth is flat.

Don't be so
stupid or
ridiculous! I can't
Ridiculous unreasonable and
vô lý, lố bịch possibly afford to
/rɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ deserving to be
stay in a hotel like
laughed at
that.

A sense of
a feeling of pride The Olympics can
national pride tình cảm tự hào
and loyalty to one's inspire a sense of
/ə sɛns əv dân tộc
country national pride.
næʃənəl praɪd/
 Unit 5:
Nature and Environment
Unit 3: Environment and Nature
WORD ENGLISH VIETNAMESE
EXAMPLE
AND IPA MEANING MEANING

the process by which a

body of water becomes
Eutrophication can
enriched in nutrients,
Eutrophication lead to fish kills
especially phosphates sự phú dưỡng
/juːtrɒfɪˈkeɪʃən/ and harmful algal
and nitrates, leading to
blooms.
excessive growth of
algae and other plants

Mitigation
Mitigation the action of reducing sự giảm nhẹ, strategies are
/mɪtɪˈɡeɪʃən/ the severity, seriousness sự làm dịu needed to address
climate change.

Ecological Reducing our

the impact of human
footprint dấu chân sinh ecological
activities on the
/iːkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl thái footprint is crucial
environment
ˈfʊtprɪnt/ for sustainability.

Our natural
Deplete resources are
use up (a resource) cạn kiệt
/dɪˈpliːt/ being depleted at
an alarming rate.

The disease spread

Indiscriminately
in a random manner; bừa bãi, không indiscriminately
/ɪndɪ
without careful selection phân biệt through the
ˈskrɪmɪnətli/
population.

We need to curb
Curb restrain or limit kiềm chế, hạn
our reliance on
/kɜːb/ (something) chế
fossil fuels.

The hurricane
Devastate phá hủy, tàn
destroy or ruin devastated the
/ˈdɛvəsteɪt/ phá
coastal town.
Unit 3: Environment and Nature
WORD ENGLISH VIETNAMESE
EXAMPLE
AND IPA MEANING MEANING

You reap what

If you treat people
you sow you get what you gieo nhân nào,
poorly, you'll reap
/juː riːp wɒt juː deserve gặt quả nấy
what you sow.
soʊ/

(Get) soaked to
I got soaked to the
the skin
become completely wet ướt sũng skin walking home
/soʊkt tə ðə
in the rain.
skɪn/

the quality of being She lived a life of

Frugality sự tiết kiệm, sự
economical with money simplicity and
/fruːˈɡæl.ə.ti/ giản dị
or resources; thriftiness. frugality.

A storm in a The whole

teacup a lot of fuss about một chuyện bé argument was just
/ə stɔːrm ɪn ə something unimportant xé ra to a storm in a
ˈtiː.kʌp/ teacup.

The tsunami wiped

Wipe out tiêu diệt hoàn
to destroy completely out entire coastal
/waɪp aʊt/ toàn
villages.

Halt dừng lại, tạm The train halted at

to stop; cease
/hɔːlt/ dừng the station.

The magnitude of
Magnitude greatness of size, độ lớn, tầm
the earthquake
/ˈmæɡ.nɪ.tuːd/ strength, or importance quan trọng
was devastating.

Many species of
Die out animals have died
to become extinct tuyệt chủng
/daɪ aʊt/ out due to human
activity.