翻译练习 -- A translation exercise

1、He couldn't find the place, though he had tried to locate it the whole morning. 尽管花了整个早上找了那个地方，他依然沒有找到。
2、It was nearly midnight last Saturday night when the dance was over. 上个星期六的那场舞会到了将近午夜/半夜才结束。
3、He is going to stay in Beijing during the summer vacation. 他暑假期间打算留在北京。
4、Mr. Li, the teacher, is very concerned about his students. 李老师很关心他的学生。
5、Please hand in your exercise book tomorrow. 明天请把作业簿交给我。
6、What does this sentence mean? 这个句子/这句话是什么意思？
7、This conductor is very warm toward the passengers. 这位列车长对乘客很热情。
8、Although they didn't stay at her home for long, they had a very good time. 虽然他们在她家呆得时间不长，但他们玩得很开心。
9、How do you express this in Chinese? 这如何用汉语/中文表达？
10、Immediately after she received a letter from Palanka, Ding Yun wrote her a reply. 丁云一收到帕兰卡的来信，就立即写了封信回复。

翻译练习 -- A translation exercise

1、He couldn't find the place, though he had tried to locate it the whole morning. 他找那个地方找了一整个早上，依然没有找到。
2、It was nearly midnight last Saturday night when the dance was over. 上个星期六那场舞会将近午夜才结束了。
3、He is going to stay in Beijing during the summer vacation. 他打算在暑假期间留在北京。
4、Mr. Li, the teacher, is very concerned about his students. 李老师很关心他的学生。
5、Please hand in your exercise book tomorrow. 明天请把练习册交给我。
6、What does this sentence mean? 这个句子有什么意思？
7、This conductor is very warm toward the passengers. 这位列车长对乘客很热情。
8、Although they didn't stay at her home for long, they had a very good time. 虽然他们沒在她的家呆太久，但是他们很开心。
9、How do you express this in Chinese? 这如何用汉语表达？
10、Immediately after she received a letter from Palanka, Ding Yun wrote her a reply. 丁云一收到了帕兰卡的来信，就写了一封信回复。

翻译练习 -- A translation exercise

1、He couldn't find the place, though he had tried to locate it the whole morning.

他尽管整个早上找了那个地方，他沒有找到。

（I don't know why, but this sounds strange to me. I would have said it differently.)

那个地方他找了一早上也没找到。

2、It was nearly midnight last Saturday night when the dance was over.

上个星期六那场舞会将近午夜才跳完了。

3、He is going to stay in Beijing during the summer vacation.

他打算在暑假期间留在北京。

（Flawless.)

4、Mr. Li, the teacher, is very concerned about his students.

李老师对他的学生很关心。

5、Please hand in your exercise book tomorrow.

请明天把练习册交给我。

（Flawless.)

6、What does this sentence mean?

这句句子是什么意思？

7、This conductor is very warm toward the passengers.

这位列车长对乘客很热心。

（This surprised me: conductor means different things in British and American English.)

8、Although they didn't stay at her home for long, they had a very good time.

虽然他们在她的家呆了不太久，但是他们过得很开心。

（过得很开心 sounds to me like they spent years or decades in her home.）

9、How do you express this in Chinese?

这个用汉语怎么表达？

(Flawless.)

10、Immediately after she received a letter from Palanka, Ding Yun wrote her a reply.

丁云一收到了帕兰卡的来信，就写了一封回复信。

（Always give a person's name before referring to them with a pronoun in Chinese.

她写了一封回信 doesn't translate to ‘She wrote her a reply’. This might surprise you. 她写了一封回信 means she literally wrote a letter, or put it in another way, she wrote a passage which is the text of a letter. In English, 'to write someone a letter' means you write the letter and send it to them. For this reason the English version should be translated to

……，就回了一封信。

This Chinese sentence means 'she wrote her a reply (and sent it)'.

)

4、Mr. Li, the teacher, is very concerned about his students. 李老师为他的学生很关心。

李老师很关心他的学生。

7、This conductor is very warm toward the passengers. 这位列车长对乘客很热烈。
这位列车长对乘客很热情。

翻译练习 -- A translation exercise

1、He couldn't find the place, though he had tried to locate it the whole morning. 他尽管整个早上找了那个地方，他沒有找到。 整个早上他在找那个地方, 可是还找不到
2、It was nearly midnight last Saturday night when the dance was over. 上个星期六那场舞会将近午夜才跳完了。 当跳舞完了, 已经是半夜了 or 舞会跳完了....
3、He is going to stay in Beijing during the summer vacation. 他打算在暑假期间留在北京。

4、Mr. Li, the teacher, is very concerned about his students. 李老师为对他的学生很有关心。
5、Please hand in your exercise book tomorrow. 请明天請把练习册交上来给我。
6、What does this sentence mean? 这 條个句子是有什么意思？
7、This conductor is very warm toward the passengers. 这位列车长对乘客很热情烈。
8、Although they didn't stay at her home for long, they had a very good time. 虽然他们在她的家呆Actually, the correct word is 待.  呆 means to idle with nuance of wasting.  Many native speakers used this word wrongly or purposely with this nuance. 住了不太久，不过玩但是他们过得很开心。 
9、How do you express this in Chinese? 这个用汉语怎样用中文來么表示达？
10、Immediately after she received a letter from Palanka, Ding Yun wrote her a reply. 当她一收到了帕兰卡的来信，丁云就馬上写了一封回复信了。