最牛暢銷書：新華字典獲兩項吉尼斯世界紀錄

LONDON, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Guinness World Records Tuesday confirmed here that Xinhua Dictionary published by China’s The Commercial Press is the "most popular dictionary" and the "best-selling book (regularly updated)."

倫敦，4月12日(新華)—本周二吉尼斯世界紀錄公布，由商務部出版的新華字典是“最受歡迎的字典”和“最暢銷的書籍”。

As of July 28, 2015 (last updated date), Xinhua Dictionary, the first modern Chinese dictionary since the foundation of the People’s Republic of China on Oct. 1, 1949, has sold 567 million copies globally, Guinness World Records announced at the presentation ceremony in London.

在倫敦吉尼斯頒獎典禮上介紹，2015年7月28日，新華詞典出版了最新版本，這是自1949年10月1日中華人民共和國成立以來第一個現(xiàn)代漢語詞典，到目前為止已經(jīng)售出5萬6700本。

"Over the past year, our teams have completed extensive data investigation, collection and examination for these two records and we are delighted to verify that Xinhua Dictionary is the most popular dictionary and the best-selling regularly updated book," said Marco Frigatti, SVP Records at Guinness World Records.

“在過去的一年中，我們團隊對這兩個記錄做了大量的數(shù)據(jù)調查、收集和審查，最終確定新華字典是世界最受歡迎的字典和最暢銷的常規(guī)更新書籍，”吉尼斯世界紀錄SVP記錄人員Marco Frigatti說道。

"China Publishing Group has many time-honored member publishing houses and comprehensively recognized publications, among which The Commercial Press and Xinhua Dictionary are typical examples. The ’Most popular dictionary’ and ’Best-selling book (regularly updated)’ record titles themselves are the epitome of Sino-Foreign cultural exchange, showing the increasing international influence of Chinese language from a micro level," said Tan Yue, President of China Publishing Group.

“中國出版集團有很多歷史悠久的出版社和大量廣為人知的出版物，其中商務印書館和新華字典就是典型的代表。‘最受歡迎的詞典’和‘最暢銷的書籍’兩項記錄頭銜是中外文化交流的典范，從微觀上展現(xiàn)了漢語日漸增長的國際影響力，”中國出版集團主席檀先生說道。

Yu Dianli, President of The Commercial Press, said the two Guinness World Records titles would bring more opportunities for cooperation between globally famous cultural institutes and the press.

商務印書館主席于殿利說道，新華字典獲得這兩項世界吉尼斯記錄會給全球著名文化機構和出版社之間的交流合作帶來很多機會。

Dubbed the "National Dictionary," Xinhua Dictionary has been a tool for several generations of Chinese people, bearing the culture of a great country and impacting the linguistic lives of billions. It is also a good tool for foreigners who are learning Chinese language and culture.

新華字典，又名“中國詞典”，已經(jīng)成為中國祖祖輩輩幾代人的學習工具書，包含著中國這一偉大國家的悠久文化，指引著幾十億人的語言學習。新華字典也是外國人學習中國語言和文化的很好的工具。