5. money spinner, British informal. a person, thing, or activity that brings in a lot of money： The trees have a reputation as money spinners hecause of quick maturity at high prices(London Times).
                                                                 —The World Book Dictionary.
這“money spinner”不但可指人以外的事物亦可指人。但“搖錢樹”不也照樣可以指人嗎？
本文只是提了“搖錢樹”英譯的兩名"候選人”，其當選與否，自由讀者即譯者自行選擇，而不能強求。譯名也不能搞一言堂嘛。
后記:完稿后又發(fā)現(xiàn)一例可供“搖錢樹”英譯候選人提名之用， 爰恭錄如下：

6. The corrective-labor system must be viewed by society not as a milk cow, but rather as an investment.
                                             —The Current Digest of The Soviet Press, VOL. XL,
                                                                                     No.40(1988)p.22