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I'm a native speaker of English, learning Mandarin and Spanish. I'm technically first-generation Chinese American (family is from Beijing), but my Mandarin vocabulary and literacy are both weak. In Spanish, I'm around a A2 (Elementary) CEFR level.
On this site, my focus is improving my Spanish speaking/listening comprehension and my Chinese literacy. Feel free to contact me for a language exchange - we'll have plenty of common topics if you're interested in food, travel, books, political theory, cultural studies, economics, or the great outdoors.
(As a student, though, my schedule is a little tight. Please excuse me if I have to decline a conversation due to scheduling problems.)
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Auri
Spanish
Aug 18, 2014
¡Gracias a ti! Muy buen trabajo. Con un poco más de práctica los pasados están dominados :-)
Auri
Spanish
Jun 13, 2014
¡Muchas gracias! Es fácil ser buena profesora con buenos estudiantes como tú :-) Sí, discutimos sobre el subjuntivo. Espero que te hayas aclarado un poco más
Auri
Spanish
Jun 1, 2014
¡Gracias a ti! Muy buen trabajo, en especial los "como" :-) ¡Suerte con tus exámenes!
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[Your English is extremely good. My edits are mostly just to make your sentences more 地道, not because they were actually grammatically incorrect.]
Depression
My favourite fast food restaurant is Burger King. Actually, though I don’t like the burgers there. The only reason why I always go there is that Burger King likes to play Eminem’s songs.
There was a period of time [unnecessary] when I went through suffered a severe depression ["to suffer a depression" is more common]. I never went out or got contact with contacted my friends [parallel structure sounds a bit better], and stayed all day at home, doing nothing. I only had a meal in a day then. I felt lost and alone. I was sinking like a stone. At Around that time [not quite specific enough for "At" to sound right], I began to listen to Eminem’s songs. My favourite song was Beautiful. I felt that [<- this may just be a personal preference] it described exactly what I exactly felt then ["what" is the thing that is "exact" here, I think, not "felt"].
Lately I’ve been hard to reach
I’ve been too long on my own
Everybody has a private world
Where they can be alone
..............
I just kept playing it again and again, [逗号s are more common in English than Chinese] and got a bit crazy. I thought I would stay depressed like this that [sounds more 地道，because your state has now passed] until the end of my life. However, Eminem’s experience of fighting against drug addiction aroused myself me to change the terrible situation I was standing in ["the situation I was/am in" is a very common saying]. So I decided to leave Nanjing and traveled [parallel structure] to another place to cheer myself up. On the journey, I kept listening to his another of his songs, Not Afraid. Fortunately, when I was back returned to Nanjing, I was made over into had become a new person.
Now I daren’t say that I’ve been fully out of my depression, but my situation is much better than before. I rarely play Eminem’s songs now. However, sometimes I would will [because you're stating something definite that you already do, in the present day] go to Burger King and listen to his songs quietly. It reminds me of that everything is going to be all right.[This was good writing, a pleasure to read/edit. 加油！］
0 votedMarch 28, 20140[Your English is excellent. Most of my edits are to make your sentences more 地道，not because they're really grammatically incorrect.]
[I actually edited most of your entry, but then my computer restarted. Bah. :D Ah, well, here's at least the last paragraph.]
Full edit:
However, I guess they're also confused, namely about I can't think or behave in their way. [I was a little confused by this sentence. Is this what you mean?] They think it's very important to get along with people and always gather those whom they don't even like for dinner parties. I'm not a dinner party type. It wastes too much time on eating. Why can't they just eat their fancy dinner and leave me alone? If I refuse them, they will bring up so many complaints, sometimes even of things long past. How childish they often are, seeing as they are in their 50s! Nonetheless, I love them. Otherwise, I wouldn't be so bothered.
It's often said that I don't show enough respect towards people, which tries my patience / enough respect towards people who try my patience. It's true, since it's too difficult for me to respect those who don't study, pursue luxury, etc. Although I know that people have different values, I just immediately feel contempt upon meeting them / naturally feel contempt towards them.
However, I guess they're as troubled in this issue also confused, namely about why can't I can't think or behave in their way?. [I was a little confused by this sentence. Is this what you mean?] They think it's very important to get along with people and always gather people those ["people" already used eariler in the sentence] whom they don't even like for feast dinner parties [the Western equivalent]. I'm not a feast dinner party type. It wastes too much time on eating. Why can't they just eat their fancy dinner and leave me alone? If I refuse them, so many complaints they will bring up so many complaints [active voice usually sounds better than passive voice in English], sometimes even of things long past even things of my past will be brought up. How childish considering they often are, seeing as they are in at their 50s! Nonetheless, I love them. Otherwise, I won't wouldn't be troubled so much so bothered. It's often said that I don't have show [更地道］enough respect towards people, which hinders tries my patience [if it is people saying who are irritating] / enough respect towards people who try my patience [if it's the people towards whom you "should" show respect who are annoying]. It's true, since it's too difficult for me to respect those who don't study, pursue luxury, etc. Although I knowing that people have different values, I disrespect just occurs spontaneously immediately feel contempt upon meeting them/naturally feel contempt towards them.Damn, great writing. Hope my Chinese will someday be as good as your English. Oh, and if you want to practice some reading: http://psychology.about.com/od/trait-theories-personality/f/introversion.htm . I get [California slang: "get" = "understand"] your struggles!
0 votedMarch 27, 20142- Daniel Inouye Pearl Harbor bio (part 1), 中文翻译. ( 在锻炼汉语语法！ 我的汉语很差，需要帮助 :D ) [我的写作能力太差，所以我我想可能翻译别人的作品会更有意思。:D 我想试试保存这原单副本的盛传和用地道中文语法和词汇。请不要以为你需要修改整个这文章！And if you don't know who Daniel Inouye is: http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B9%E5%B0%BC%E7%88%BE%C2%B7%E4%BA%95%E4%B8%8A ] Part 1, English: “PAPA!” I CALLED, THEN FROZE into immobility, my fingers clutching that [radio] button. I could feel blood hammering against my temple, and behind it an unspoken protest, like a prayer – It’s not true! It is a test, or a mistake! It can’t be true! — but somewhere in the core of my being I knew that all my world was crumbling as I stood motionless in that little bedroom and listened to the disembodied voice of doom. Now my father was standing in the doorway listening, caught by that special horror instantly sensed by Americans of Japanese descent as the nightmare began to unfold… “Come outside!” my father said to me, and I plunged through the door after him… 第一部分，中文： "爸！” 我喊，然后被恐惧吓的动不了， 手指还在紧抓那个［单选］按钮。我能感觉到血在我鬓角后拼命流，和疼痛后一个说不出的抗议, 像个祈求 – 这肯定不正确！这是个测试，或者一个差错! –但是我心里已经明白我整个世界在崩溃直到我在那小卧室里一动不动的占和聆听那个无形, 充满厄运的语音。 现在我父亲站在门口里听，被那特别的恐怖抓走 (“而去”？)，那恶梦一开始日裔美国人就感觉到的恐怖······ “快出来！” 我爸跟我说，和我猛穿通大门跟他走······ Version with explanation: "爸！” 我喊，然后被恐惧吓的动不了（“吓成雕像”？跟像恐“恐惧”，不太像 “害怕”）， 手指还在紧抓那个［单选］按钮。我能感觉到血在我鬓角后拼命流，和疼痛后一个说不出的抗议, 像个祈求 – 这肯定不正确！这是个测试，或者一个差错! –但是我心里已经明白我整个世界在崩溃直到我在那小卧室里一动不动的占和聆听那个无形［我想表示“没有身体的”。中文有这个词么？］, 充满厄运的语音。 现在我父亲站在门口里听，被那特别的恐怖抓走 (“而去”？)，那恶梦一开始日裔美国人就感觉到的恐怖······ “快出来！” 我爸跟我说，和我猛穿通大门［想表达应力的感觉，他在进入冒险的感觉］跟他走······ ［感谢你的帮助！ 我非常需要！］March 27, 2014100
[我是在加州长大的华裔美国人，所以我的解释中文可能会不太地道！请随时帮我修改. :D ]
Fully edited: ( Something that happened
So much time has passed that maybe you doubt whether it actually happened. Maybe you suspect that my love still endures, maybe you congratulate yourself on your choice, and maybe you have even forgotten our love and have even forgotten me. But let me tell you something: it did happen. It was so true and touching. There was true love in my heart. But it has passed, my dear. )
Something that did happened in life [不太地道。Nothing or "Something that happened to me" would be better.]
Time past so long, So much time has passed [common expression] that maybe you doubt whether it happened. Maybe [地道的英文语法一般会比中文用的句点多，逗号少] you suspect the empressement of mine my ["empressment" 很不常用。你想表示的是"真诚"么？If yes, maybe "sincerity" or "genuine love" is better. Do you mean, “我心里还有爱情"? ] that my love still endures, maybe you felicitate congratulate yourself on your choice, or ["and" sounds more 地道 - 可能应为你在提供一些可能性?] and maybe you forget have even forgotten what happened [不太地道.] our love and have even forget forgotten me. But let me tell you something [usually "to tell" sounds better with a direct object]: it did happened. It was so true and touching. It was my love in my heart. [不太地道。Maybe:] There was true love in my heart. But it has past passed, my [这里我没有真正的解释，但是作为母语者我觉得 "my dear", "my friend", 和 "dear friend" 在现代英语里都比 "my dear friend" 常见.] dear friend.
[My translation might sound a smidgeon more confrontational than you intended ( :D ), but the grammar should all be correct. Best of luck in your studies!]
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