在海湾战争期间的外刊报导中出现了不少新潮词,sanitized war就是很有代表性的一例。按词面理解sanitized war似应译为“被消过毒的战争”。但这种译文令人难以接受。美国有关当局出于某种特殊考虑,有意把那些令人毛骨悚然的战争场面剪掉,这种经过精心裁剪的报导自然是只报喜不报忧,故而,sanitized war似可译为“报喜不报忧的战争”或译为 There have been a lot of new words in the foreign journals during the Gulf War. The sanitized war is a very representative example. The sanitized war should be translated into a “killed war.” However, this translation is unacceptable. The U.S. authorities concerned deliberately cut off those horrific war scenes for certain special considerations. Such carefully tailored reports naturally only report good news but do not report any worries. Therefore, the sanitized war may be translated as “Not to be reported”. Worried wars" or translated into