In Britain, NI on a payslip is short for National Insurance. It is money taken from your wages, separate from income tax, to help pay for the state pension and some benefits if you lose your job or cannot work.

In Britain在英國, NI on a payslip薪資單上的NI is是 short for...的縮寫 National Insurance National Insurance（國民保險）。It is這是 money錢 taken from your wages從你的薪水裡扣的, separate from income tax跟所得稅分開, to help pay for用來幫忙支付 the state pension國民年金 and還有 if you lose your job or cannot work你失業或沒辦法工作時的 some benefits一些補助。

You get an NI number and keep it for life; employers need it when they hire you.

You你 get an NI number拿到一組NI號碼 and keep it for life終身都用這一組；employers雇主 when they hire you雇用你的時候 need it需要用到它。

Though actually, the old story was that you were paying into your own insurance pot. For a long time the money has gone into the government’s general funds, so many workers just think of it as another tax with a softer name.

Though actually不過其實, the old story was舊的說法是 that you were paying into你是在繳 your own insurance pot自己的保險金。For a long time長久以來 the money這筆錢 has gone into其實都進了 the government's general funds政府的一般預算, so所以 many workers很多勞工 just think of it as乾脆把它當成 with a softer name名字比較好聽的 another tax一種稅。

It is not medical insurance in the Taiwan sense, and it is not the same as 勞保 or 健保, though the feeling of “a slice of my salary for social protection” will be familiar.

It它 is not不是 medical insurance健康保險 in the Taiwan sense台灣意義下的, and也 it is not the same as跟...不一樣 勞保 or 健保勞保或健保, though不過 "a slice of my salary for social protection"「薪水被扣一部分去做社會保障」 the feeling of這種感覺 will be familiar會很熟悉。