翻译练习：求个帮忙 大家好， 我最近工作这么忙，我没有时间练习我的超级差的语法和写作能力。呵呵。我几年前在另一个网站写了一个短文。有时间的话，我想翻译它变成中文，不过我需要一点帮忙。 "I think most people have noticed by now a very common mistake among Chinese English learners, and that is, "I am a Chinese". Actually, I think the explanation is very simple, English has too many rules and exceptions, eventually you cannot make heads or tails of when to use what rule!!!!! 【'have by now noticed/have noticed by now'怎么可以翻译，有一个固定词组/偏爱的表达方式吗？‘cannot make heads or tails' 有成语吗？】 I am a chef, he is a foreign national, he is a Chinese teacher... so on and so forth. 【等等。。。】 Well, let's fix this shall we? What does the article 'a' represent in this sentence? It represents one thing. 【表达；表示？】 When you say "I am Chinese", you are saying, "I am one of the many Chinese people that exist in this world". Then why can't you say "I am chef"? You are just one of the many chefs that exist in this world. Well, Chinese is a plural as well as singular!!! Chef is singular only. The chefs were..., they are chefs..., I am the only chef, I am a chef who takes my work seriously....etc. Just remember, if you want to say "I am a Chinese", make sure there is a following phrase (that obviously makes sense). 【there is a follow phrase】 E.g. I am a Chinese student currently studying linguistics in Edinburgh. I am a Chinese parent who is concerned about the lack of language support for my child. I am a Chinese calligrapher.** I am a Chinese athlete.** I am a Chinese learner/teacher. ** (Someone just sent me a friend request and correctly wrote: "I speak Mandarin and I am an English learner.") And so on. ** These make sense but in some cases, you will find depending on what follows or precedes that sentence, you may have to introduce a second clause to it. 【introduce a second clause】 Further (short) reading: http://eslus.com/LESSONS/GRAMMAR/POS/pos9.htm 【Further (short) reading】 Longer reading but great, easy-to-read examples: http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/easy/articles.htm 【longer reading】 When to use 'a' and 'an': http://www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/articles.htm If you want to say 我是中国人。 You can translate it literally. 我 I 是 am 中国人 Chinese. :)" 谢谢大家的帮助！只是【】之内的东西需要帮助的，其他的我可以自己试一试，失败。。。再试试。。。失败。。再试试。。。失败。。。哭。。。喝点酒。。。再试试