Translation Practise English to Chinese
China's Ye Shiwen stormed to gold and set a new world record in the women's 400m medley with a time of 4 minutes 28.43 seconds at the Aquatics Centre. The 16-year-old took a second off Australian defending champion Stephanie Rice's record set at Beijing 2008 .From BBC learning English.
中国的奥运选手叶诗文在游泳中心取得了金牌，并且在女子400米混合泳中以4分28.43秒的成绩创造了新的世界记录，这位16岁的选手打破了澳大利亚卫冕冠军斯蒂芬.奈斯在北京2008年奥运会所创造的记录。
what does the “a second off” mean here，how to translate it ，is my translation correct，any errors，please point it out！ thanks a lot
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A second off, means a second faster than before. So Ye swam 1 second faster than the previous record ... she took a second off of the record.
Translation Practise English to Chinese
China's Ye Shiwen stormed to gold and set a new world record in the women's 400m medley with a time of 4 minutes 28.43 seconds at the Aquatics Centre. The 16-year-old took a second off Australian defending champion Stephanie Rice's record set at Beijing 2008 .From BBC learning English.
中国的奥运选手叶诗文在游泳中心取得了金牌，并且在女子400米混合泳中以4分28.43秒的成绩创造了新的世界记录，这位16岁的选手打破了澳大利亚卫冕冠军斯蒂芬.奈斯在北京2008年奥运会所创造的记录。
what does the “a second off” mean here，how to translate it ，is my translation correct，any errors，please point it out！ thanks a lot
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