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2020.04.04 02:53

I always used to make the mistake of translating a sentence directly

from English to Chinese. The problem with this is that the same sentence might not imply the same meaning and can be interpreted differently. Does that make sense?
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  • Alice 2020.04.04 02:55

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    It makes sense

  • 明月初心 2020.04.04 02:56

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    You are right.The way of thinking between us have diffience

  • Reverse 2020.04.04 02:56

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    是的

  • Ephemeral 2020.04.04 02:57

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    it's not sure .it's as same as we translate Chinese into English .sometimes we make some misunderstanding

  • Diana 2020.04.04 03:00

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    The sequence of phrase will be put in different positions

  • 惊蛰 2020.04.04 03:04

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    我始终相信母语听众强大的理解力，无论英语还是汉语😄 I always believe in the strong comprehension of native speakers, whether English or Chinese

  • Hanna菡 2020.04.04 03:04

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    Yeah, definitely. I have the same problem as u. I’d been trying to translate Chinese into English. But I find the culture and the way of expression are quite different. That might be why the problem was always bothering me. The best way to learn Chinese is to communicate more with native speakers, learning their culture, the way of thinking and way of speaking. 加油！

  • 小姜小姜自有主jiang 2020.04.04 03:05

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    是这样的

  • Sonny 2020.04.04 03:06

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    @Hanna菡 exactly 🙌🏻

  • Hanna菡 2020.04.04 03:10

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    @Sonny You will be much better.

  • 木童 2020.04.04 03:10

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    Maybe you need my help, dear friend.

  • Mia朱 2020.04.04 03:14

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    It does make sence. as same as we use Google translate to translate English to Chinese. never trust the robot translation 100%.

  • CHSX 2020.04.04 03:19

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    You might have mixed up information and language. Translating is like extracting information from the box of language A， then wrap the same information into Box Language B. You need to be good at both languages to deliver funtional translation, except those very simple ones. Putting the meanings of words and phrases together only works in some cases.

  • 晨暮 2020.04.04 03:30

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    maybe we can make friend，because i has some mistake of translating Chinese to English

  • Sonny 2020.04.04 03:31

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    @CHSX Exactly right

  • qq 2020.04.04 03:59

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    Chinese should be understand by the scenarios, that would makes different meaning directly. So maybe next time try with some plots together?

  • Ava 2020.04.04 04:07

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    I think that was lots of another country’s people dosed . When they study the second languages

  • Nicole 2020.04.04 04:37

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    Same for me, I always directly translate Chinese to English

  • Yichen 2020.04.04 05:54

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    Totally agree with CHSX; idioms and syntax are equally important, we could miss the information hidden behind the sentences sometimes if we’re not familiar with the cultural aspect.

  • Sonny 2020.04.04 14:45

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    @Yichen exactly

  • Jon Shie 2020.04.05 15:43

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    I think maybe you could provide some examples for Chinese native speakers to help you solve this problem.

  • Daneliya 2020.06.07 05:06

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    i think Baidu translate is better than Google translate.

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