英语热词：“奶奶企业家”来了 granpreneurs

[摘要]因为电子商务的普及，在家看孩子的主妇也能创业挣钱了。她们被称为“妈妈企业家”。据说近两年退休的奶奶们也加入了创业的大军，而且成绩也很出众呢。我们是不是该管她们叫“奶奶企业家”了？

因为电子商务的普及，在家看孩子的主妇也能创业挣钱了。她们被称为“妈妈企业家”。不过，据说近两年，退休的奶奶们也加入了创业的大军，而且成绩也很出众呢。我们是不是该管她们叫“奶奶企业家”了？

First we had mumpreneurs - the women raising children while also setting up thriving businesses from their kitchen tables.

起初，我们有“妈妈企业家”，指那些一边照看孩子，一边在厨房餐桌旁创业并把生意做得红红火火的女性。

And now we have so-called "granpreneurs" who are breaking the "silver ceiling" and taking the business world by storm. They are a generation of spirited, vivacious and entrepreneurial grannies, ripping up the rule book and eschewing steady retirement in order to launch successful businesses.

如今，又有了“奶奶企业家”，她们冲破职场“银色屋顶”，席卷整个商务领域。她们是意气风发、生性活泼，具有创业精神的奶奶辈，她们打破一切固有规则，放弃稳定的退休生活，只为成就个人创业。

Historically, the over-50s have had fewer entrepreneurs. But according to the UK Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report published by Aston University Business School in July 2014, 6.5 per cent of over-50s are starting businesses - the same percentage as 18 to 49-year-olds - for the first time.

从历史上来看，50岁以上人群中鲜有创业者。不过，由英国阿斯顿大学商学院2014年7月发布的英国全球创业观察报告显示，50岁以上人群中有6.5%在创业，首次与18-49岁人群中的创业人数占比持平。

They may have had a long career in employment, but when retirement looms they think: "Hang on, I want to do something I'm passionate about now," and many devise business plans to become their own boss.

他们或许一直在为别人工作，可当退休生活来临时，他们会想：“等等，我现在想做一些自己热爱的事情，”而很多人都选择绘制商业蓝图，自己当老板。