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出生当天就算一岁，过了新年再大一岁，这种虚岁计算法恐怕很多中国人都不陌生。在韩国也是如此，虚岁往往比周岁大两岁。如今，一名韩国议员试图摒弃这一传统，理由是这种年龄算法造成了很多混乱和不便。 A South Korean lawmaker wants to abolish the country's highly unusual age calculation system. 一位韩国立法者想摒弃韩国非常特殊的年龄计算制度。 Under the system, babies are already one year old the day they are born, and automatically turn a year older every January 1. That means that children delivered on New Year's Eve are two years old the next day. 按照这种制度，宝宝在出生当天就被计算为一岁，到了每年的1月1日就自动再增一岁。这意味着除夕夜出生的孩子第二天就算两岁。 This is the system most South Koreans use in their everyday life, though they use the international system for most legal matters, according to cnn. 据cnn报道，这是多数韩国人日常生活中采用的年龄计算制度，不过在处理大部分法律事务时韩国人采用的是国际制度。 Hwang Ju-hong, a member of the country's National Assembly, believes Korean ages are antiquated and inefficient, cnn reported. Earlier this year, he introduced a bill that makes the international way mandatory across all spheres. cnn报道称，韩国国会议员黄举宏（音译）认为，韩国的年龄计算法过时又低效。今年早些时候，他提出了一个法案，要求在各个领域强制使用国际上通用的年龄计算法。 | 
