Search from various English teachers...
خَيْزُران
Does English speakers hate other people ask how to say xx in English Actually, I'm thinking about it. If I use a Chinese word to ask you how to say it in English...If you know Chinese and...Where can I ask it? I think I should ask it to you by message. You say that no one take care with votes up or down, but I've never received so many thumbs down like that question. Until now I still can't understand why they seems very "hate" my question. It isn't advertisement and bad question-maybe "is" to you? But really, does ask how to say a Chinese word in English can't be an English question and English speakers think it's unjust and harassment even offenseful? Or they only hate some words of the other people ask how to say them in English? But I didn't know that before. If you are an English speaker, please tell me! I promise I will stop ask such bad question any more.

Corrections · 6

1

>> "You can overlook me if you can't answer me and I dislike you give me a wrong key."

 

There are two parts to your sentence.

 

You have said:

-- "You can overlook me if you can't answer me."

 

This first part was okay—it was not rude.  As a native speaker, I would say:

-- "It's okay if you don't know the answer."

-- "It's okay if you can't help me."

 

You then said:

-- "I dislike you give me a wrong key."

 

This second part is very rude to a western person.  As a native speaker, I might say:

-- "If you don't know the answer, please don't guess."

 

However, that is still quite rude.  To make it less rude, I would explain my reason:

-- "If you don't know the answer, please don't guess, because it may confuse me."

 

Yet, that is still a little rude.  Therefore, I would not even say this part. I would only say something like the following:

-- "Thank you to anyone who can help me."

-- "Thank you to anyone who can offer a suggestion."

-- "I hope you can help me."

1

Does Do [1] English speakers hate other people asking how to say xx something in English?

Actually, I'm thinking about it. If I use a Chinese word to ask you how to say it in English...If, and if you know Chinese and...Where, how can I ask it? I think I should ask it to you by message.
You say that no one takes care with votes up or down [2], but I've never received so many thumbs down like that question. Until now I still can't understand why they seems very to really "hate" my question. It isn't an advertisement and or a bad question-maybe it "is" to you? But really, does asking how to say a Chinese word in English, which can't be an asked using English question, and mean that English speakers think it's unjust and or a harassment, even offenseful offensive [3]? Or they only hate some words of the other people who ask how to say them in English?
But I didn't know that before. If you are an English speaker, please tell me! I promise I will stop asking such bad questions any more.

 

----

[1] Whether you start with 'does' or 'do' depends on whether the noun ('speakers') is singular or plural. As examples:

-- "Does an English person hate answering questions?" (Singular.)

-- "Do English people hate answering questions?" (Plural.)

 

[2] A native speaker is more likely to say "up or down votes".  We usually put the adjectives before the noun.

-- "I like black and green tea."

-- "I like big and small dogs."

 

[3] I recommend a simpler clause:

-- "... English speakers think it's unjust or even offensive."

 

----

I can see which question was voted down, and I can tell you why.  The following sentence is extremely rude to an English speaker:

-- "You can overlook me if you can't answer me and I dislike you give me a wrong key."

Perhaps this sentence would be acceptable in Chinese culture.  In western cultures, this is an extremely rude thing to say.

0
I personally am fine with it, though it might not help much if I don't know your native language. In general I actually prefer it if people add the words they ask about in their native language. I do a lot of corrections on lang-8, where that is a built-in option. Even if I don't know the language well, I can get a bit more context. That is actually what most people miss -- they ask for translation of a word, but give no hint where the word is used. More context is good! However, the problem in your case was probably this: "...I dislike you give me a wrong key". That sounds very rude to English speakers.

Want to progress faster?

Join this learning community and try out free exercises!

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn a language from the comfort of your own home. Browse our selection of experienced language tutors and enroll in your first lesson now!

Start Learning Today