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More than 51 million people in South Korea awoke today to find themselves a year or two younger -- at least, according to the law.
超过5100万的韩国人在今天一觉醒来，发现自己至少年轻了一两岁。
"I'm supposed to be 30 next year in the traditional Korean age system," she says, "but with this new age system, I became two years younger."
“按照韩国传统的年龄计算系统，我明年应该是30岁，”她说，“但在新的年龄计算系统下，我年轻了两岁。”
Canadians of South Korean descent explained the traditional age system considered people to be a year old at birth, then another year was added every January 1.
韩裔加拿大人解释称，传统的年龄计算系统认为，人们出生时就是一岁了，然后每年的1月1日再增加一岁。
"I'm prefer the old Korean system, because even though the baby didn't get a birth in the world, but it is still alive in the womb."
“我更喜欢传统的韩国年龄计算系统，因为即使婴儿没有在世界上出生，但它仍然是活在子宫里的。”
Going forward, age will be calculated from zero at birth.
今后，年龄将从出生时为零开始计算。
And yet, another system of age calculation some South Koreans use, a mash-up of their international age and Korean age for what they call a "calendar age".
不过，一些韩国人使用的另一种年龄计算系统，是他们的国际年龄和韩国年龄的混合体，他们称之为“日历年龄”。
It considers babies as zero years old at birth, but adds a year to their age every January 1st.
该系统认为婴儿出生时为零岁，但在每年的1月1日都要增加一岁。
For example, Gangnam Style singer PSY was born on December 31, 1977.
举个例子，《江南Style》的演唱歌手朴载相出生于1977年12月31日。
By International age, he's 45; by calendar age, he's 46; and by Korean age, he's 47.
按照国际年龄，他现在是45岁；但按照日历年龄计算，他现在是46岁；而按照韩国年龄，他已经47岁了。
Other East Asian countries have used traditional age-counting methods in the past and also dropped them.
其他东亚国家过去也曾使用传统的年龄计算方法，但后来也都摒弃了。
Japan switched to the international standard in 1950, and North Korea did the same in the 1980s.
日本在1950年改用了国际标准，朝鲜则是在20世纪80年代。
