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The problems of translation.
These days, I have to deal with some translation work, such as international organizations' notes on G20. It's quite difficult for me though I have learned English for nearly 20 years>< Specifically, I met 2 difficulties.
First and the most important one, I can't understand the sentence word by word. Here I mean, there're still some subtle words or structure which make me confused. For example, the notes mentioned "labour maket outcomes".I have searched the internet but just found some academic articles without a comprehensive definition of it. What's more, the structure also made me crazy. Especially some parallel structure which I couldn't tell the exact relation among the subjects. I know when I can't understand the word and the sentence well, I can't get the idea of the paragraph and the article. In that case, of course I can't translate the work well.
Second one, It's hard for me to switch the ways of expression of English and Chinese easily. When my mom read my translation, she asked, "Is it Chinese?" which make me very frustrated. I guess it's because the order we're used to express is not the same. For example, in Chinese, the time , the place , or I should say , the adverbial is always at the front while it should be at the end in English. There're many other difference between the two language but I haven't summarized it. So the direct translation seems strange to native speakers.
As you can see, if you can't understand the articles well and haven't got the technics of switching between the two languages, how could you be a good translator?!
PS: Who has some good methods to improve translation?
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Some pieces of oral English practice. Could you help me correct it?
1.You've got to....
You've got to get up early everyday to meet your goal.
You've got to be peaceful to get alone with other people.
You've got to try this sushi. It's amazing!
You've got to try this construction practice. It's very helpful.
You've got to get this on-line class although it's a little bit expensive.
2.not that much
I'm not that much of a sweet tooth. But I still love in the cheese cake.
I'm not that much of a person who has the sense of security, but I've got to try to trust the world.
I'm not that much of a optimistic guy.
I'm notthat much of a diligence boy but I can still insist on practicing English on italki because it's very interesting to intereact with friends all over the world.
I'm not that much of a sweet girl.
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G20 members committed in 2014 to reducing the gender gap in labour force participation by 25%
what does " in labour force participation" mean? Does the gender gap mean the income gap or the gap in larticipation rate?
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how to practice translation?
I need to do some translation on my work, but i don't know how to improve the ability of translation.
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can you help me translate it into chinese?
Policies to improve women’s outcomes in the labour market and to remove barriers to female employment and career progression would help to overcome these issues.
I only need to translate the part of "Policies to improve women’s outcomes in the labour market" .what does women’s outcomes in the labour market mean?
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How to become a funny guy?
Life is tough, so make a laughter! I want to make people and myself happy,but I'm a serious person in most of the time. What should I do, just learn to talk jokes?
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This content violates our Community Guidelines.November 23, 2015
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This content violates our Community Guidelines.November 23, 2015
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Getting advice from friends who are older than you or friends of your own age is more valuable?
Imagine how funny it is, if you have to ask your grandpa for suggestions about the hottest movie theaters or clubs. But it’s much like what will happen when people get their advices from certain kind of people chosen by ages, such as elder people . While none of the two, seniors and friends with similar ages, should be viewed as an absolute substitute for the other, I would appreciate both of their points of view according to the problem related.
A significant advantage involved in recommendations from elder friends is that their rich experiences offer us the most valuable attitudes towards the society, hometown and family. Without them, young generations might encounter more failures, thus enduring slow and painful progress. It is obvious in relationship problem, specifically, marriage. Psychologist and devoice statistics have proved that for a satisfied marriage, young people need to take suggestions from elder people, their parents. According to the survey conducted by a professional matchmaking website, chemistry.com, only one quarter of devoiced couple got positive suggestion of their family.
Moreover, on the grounds of career development, senior people are much more sophisticated. Elder People are, to a certain extent, of maturity, a character plays a crucial role in identifying subtle difficulties, analyzing various tasks and making sensible decisions. Despite the fact that there are young elite who can easily achieve his goal, for a normal person, such task was often reached by the guiding of elder people. Just give a glance to see that professional staff in career center offer inspired recommendation for graduates, successful alumnus introduce attracted position to juniors, considerate parents encourage and support their kids who are hunting jobs, and what not, the list is listless.
However, another equally aspect is that peers share their opinions easily and in many cases,they are creative. Unlike elder friends, friends in similar age have much in common and communicate without bothering of generation gap. For example, my best friend, Sara, failed her frist year of college study so that want to quit and open her own business. Not surprisingly, she turned to me instead of her conventional parents for comfort and brain storm. On top of this, people enjoy wide range of original ideas and thankfully they are almost from the younger generation. Actually, one year later, Sara and I open our online-shop that is quite successful in hometown.
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