Women Start to Make Mark as Software Engineers in China

Keywords

程序员 - chéngxùyuán - programmer
闯入 - chuǎngrù - to intrude / to charge in / to gate-crash
领地 - lǐngdì - territory / domain / estate
番 - fān - measure word for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance)
事业 - shìyè - undertaking / project / activity / cause (charitable, political or revolutionary)
编程 - biānchéng - to program / programming (computing)
音译 - yīnyì - transliteration / to transcribe phonetic symbols (characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or name when the correct characters may be unknown)
事务所 - shìwùsuǒ - office / firm
敏感 - mǐngǎn - sensitive / susceptible
用户界面 - yònghù jièmiàn - user interface
测试 - cèshì - to test / test (machinery, students etc.)
媒体 - méitǐ - media, esp. news media
运营者 - yùnyíngzhě - operator
逻辑 - luóji - logic (loanword)
人士 - rénshì - person / figure / public figure
属性 - shǔxìng - attribute / property
技巧 - jìqiǎo - skill / technique
刻板印象 - kèbǎnyìnxiàng - stereotype
普及 - pǔjí - to spread extensively / to generalise / widespread / popular / universal
熬夜 - áoyè - to stay up late or all night
通宵 - tōngxiāo - all night / throughout the night
确保 - quèbǎo - to ensure / to guarantee
温和 - wēnhé - mild / gentle / moderate
委婉 - wěiwǎn - tactful / euphemistic / suave / soft
先天 - xiāntiān - inborn / innate / natural
注重 - zhùzhòng - to pay attention to / to emphasise

Grammar

A + 占据 + Percent / Position - Expressing "A holds / occupies…(a place or %)" with "A + zhànjù + Percent / Position"
在中国，女性仅占据此类专业人员的12.71％。

日益 + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing that an action happens "more and more with each passing day" with "rìyì + Verb / Verb Phrase"
温州肯恩大学的计算机科学讲师王永福表示，随着计算机、互联网和信息行业的迅速发展和日益普及，越来越多人，特别是女性，开始对这一领域感兴趣。

为期 + Time / Time Period - Expressing "(to be done) by (a certain date) / lasting (a certain time)" with "wéiqī + Time / Time Period"
李小蝶的同事周谦（音译）是在报名参加了为期六个月的编程培训课程后，成功改行做程序员。

Grammar

A + 佔據 + Percent / Position - Expressing "A holds / occupies…(a place or %)" with "A + zhànjù + Percent / Position"
在中國，女性僅佔據此類專業人員的12.71％。

日益 + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing that an action happens "more and more with each passing day" with "rìyì + Verb / Verb Phrase"
溫州肯恩大學的計算機科學講師王永福表示，隨著計算機、互聯網和信息行業的迅速發展和日益普及，越來越多人，特別是女性，開始對這一領域感興趣。

為期 + Time / Time Period - Expressing "(to be done) by (a certain date) / lasting (a certain time)" with "wéiqī + Time / Time Period"
李小蝶的同事周謙（音譯）是在報名參加了為期六個月的編程培訓課程後，成功改行做程序員。

Proper Nouns

中国日报 - Zhōngguó Rìbào - China Daily
温州肯恩大学 - Wēnzhōu Kěnēn Dàxué - Wenzhou-Kean University
重庆邮电大学 - Chóngqìng Yóudiàn Dàxué - Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Idioms

毫不犹豫 - háobùyóuyù - without the slightest hesitation