“预售、定金、尾款”用英文怎么说？双11购物节相关英语你都知道吗?

Single's Day shopping carnival

or Double Eleven（Double 11 shopping carnival）

Single's Day is an unofficial Festival, which is popular on the Internet and among the people.There are many opinions about its origin, and it is widely recognized that it originated from Nanjing University. In 1993,four senior students in Nanjing University held “sleeping talk” in the dormitory every night. The theme of the talk was to discuss how to get rid of the bachelor's state. They came up an idea to organize some activities on the upcoming November 11, named “Single'sday”. The four ones in 11.11 symbolize “bare branches”, a Chinese slang for bachelors. Since then the Single's Day gradually become an interesting campus culture in many universities. Many students confess feelings to that special one in heart on this day.With a group of students saying goodbye to the campus, this festival has been gradually brought into the society. Since about 2010, online retailers have transformed the holiday, also known as “Double 11”,into an epic online shopping carnival similar to Cyber Monday inAmerica.

译文：

双十一

光棍节是非官方节日，盛行于网络及民间。关于它的来历有多种说法，其中被广为认可的是起源于南京大学。1993年，南京大学的四个大四学生每晚都在宿舍举行“卧谈”，卧谈的主题都是讨论如何摆脱光棍状态，卧谈中创想出把即将到来的11月11日作为“光棍节”来组织活动。11.11象征着“光棍”，光棍是汉语中的俚语，代表单身人士。从此，光棍节逐渐发展成为大学里的一种校园趣味文化。很多学生借这个日子打趣，在这一天向自己心仪的对象表白。随着一批批学子告别校园，这个节日被渐渐带入社会。大约在2010年之后，又称“双11”的光棍节，被网络零售商转变成了和美国的“网购礼拜一”相似的网购狂欢节。

尾款的英文通常可以用balance来表达，这个词可以表示我们的账户的余额，也可以指我们所说的“尾款”，还可以表示（应付与所付的）结欠；借贷差额等。

He accumulated a healthy balance with the savings bank.

他在储蓄银行积累了相当的结余。

The balance of $500 must be paid within 90 days.

500元尾款必须于90天之内付清。

They were due to pay the balance on delivery.

他们定在货到时支付尾款。

相信很多小伙伴们知道deposit这个词是“存款”的意思，但同时，他还能表示“定金”“押金”的意思。例如大家的房租，设备租用前交的押金，就可以用deposit来表示。

A £50 deposit is required when ordering, and the balance is due upon delivery.

订货时需要交50英镑的订金，货到后余款结清。

It is common to ask for the equivalent of a month's rent as a deposit.

要求交一个月的房租作押金是很常见的。

We ask for one month's rent in advance, plus a deposit of $500.

我们要求先交1个月的租金，并且还要外加500美元的定金。

前缀pre-来源于拉丁语，意为“before”，即“事先、预先”的意思。

New generation smartphones are often pre-sold to customers eager to be ahead of the technological curve.

新一代智能手机通常预售给渴望走在技术曲线前面的客户。