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I really want to improve my oral English. I can help you with Chinese. Hope language learning and cultural exchanges could make the world a better place. Typical Gemini. I've got a bachelor's degree of the IoT. But I prefer language learning. So I'm preparing for the entrance exam of Master Translation & Interpretation.
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    Two questions I just read a passage from The Economist. It discusses the chaotic situation Tata Group(a multinational and holding company headquartered in India) is facing, and comes up with a plan to sort things out. Question 1: Its title: "Tata Group Ratantrum One of Asia’s most important firms has descended into chaos. Its patriarch, Ratan Tata, is largely to blame" What does "Ratantrum" mean? I know that Ratan Tata is the chairman of the group and it's up to him to resolve the mess. So is "-trum" a suffix?? Question 2: "As accusations fly over dodgy accounting and unethical deals, the odds are rising of an investigation by regulators. And if Tata drifts, its numerous weak and loss-making firms could eventually pull the entire group under." What does "drift" mean? Thank you!
    December 9, 2016
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    Volunteer Proofreaders Needed

        Hi, everyone!

        I'm from a fansub(English to Chinese) group which mainly constitutes the fans of Lucky Blue Smith, an American model who is known for his platinum blonde hair.

        Recently we have been making subtitles for his first feature film Love Everlasting. We've almost finished the listening and translation work, but there are some lines we're not quite sure about. So we sincerely invite some native speakers to be our proofreaders/counselors.

        You can watch the film on COOLMOVIEZONE. Here's the link: http://coolmoviezone.net/love-everlasting-2016/

        Join us if you're interested. Contact me via Skype: joceygaga

       

        Have a good day!

        Jocey

    November 25, 2016
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    What does "compromised employee credentials" mean? "as we’ve seen with LinkedIn, Dropbox and countless others, breaches very often result from compromised employee credentials." My understanding is that the identity information, and other company-related logins and passwords of employees are stolen by some outsiders. It doesn't necessarily mean employees deliberately leak their credentials, right? Please enlighten me. I'll appreciate that.
    October 17, 2016
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    A Pie Chart The pie chart generally shows the expenditure of the US government in 2000. Social security, obviously the biggest part in it, accounts for nearly one third of the whole budget. Health and personal social services places runner-up, which is somewhere around half that on social security. Education is the third most spent, consuming about 12% of government spending. The combined investment on these three categories, which is AED 191 billion, constitutes over half of the yearly budget, presenting the significance attached to these fields by the US government. Spending on debt interest, other expenditure and defence is pretty close to each other, approximately 7% of the whole budget. Law and order, housing heritage and industry, agriculture and employment respectively occupy 5.4%, 4.8% and 4.1%. Transport, the least spent realm, cost only AED 9 billion that year, which makes up 2.9% of all.
    October 6, 2016
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    Some exercises

    Translate to Chinese.
    1. Nowadays, many young people admire those «Big Shots» who made a fortune effortlessly. – 目前大多数很多年轻人崇拜那些能轻松地成功发财的倒爷大人物。
    2. Many Chinese consumers want to buy European cars, especially German ones. 很多中国买主消费者愿意想买欧洲的车，特别是德国的车。
    3. What I hate more than anything else is mail order deception. After I took the medicine I ordered by mail that was claimed to be capable of turning gray hair black, I found that nothing happened to my hair. Instead, my teeth turned black. – 我有以最痛恨的事情就是骗人的邮购骗局。我吃应该邮购了一种声称能让把灰色的白 头 发成变黑色的药，吃了邮购的药以后，发现没有什么成效果，相反而的 我的牙齿变黑了。

    --> 我最痛恨的事情就是邮购骗局。我邮购了一种声称能让白发变黑的药，吃了以后，发现没什么效果，反而我的牙齿变黑了。

    Write a text, using these words: 约定，履行， 督促 , 条款， 大体, 规格, 尽力, 期限, 麻痹大意， 表述， 签订

    我表述一下我的想法。大体上来说，公司的情况不太好。我们不能麻痹大意，所以在这次成交易中我们需要注意产品规格，要考查每个一项条款首先，已经布置了的工作，应当认真督促检查布置的工作。首先我们要约定供应的期限。这本在文件中表述阐明其他条件。还要进行讨论它们，然后签订。签订以后就尽力履行。大家，请尽力而为。


    PS. I've made corrections for you. If you are confused about anything, just leave a message to ask me. :)

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    September 26, 2016
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    /*写的很有趣。你的中文很棒、很地道！请问你是在中国生活过吗？;)*/


    媒体，人民，领导人

    最近没什么"创作灵感 "所以挖出来一个有一点过時的法国新闻。 八月份法国 的 媒体最关注的新闻，除了奥运和宠物小精灵之外，就是Burkini 的 事件(Burkini是十年前 在 一个澳大利亚人，专为不想暴露自己 的 身体的穆斯林女子所设计的泳装)。媒体报了南法的一个事件。

    /*1.删去了三个“的”，避免啰嗦；2.改成“一个澳大利亚人”是为了让这个表语从句有主语*/

    一个协会想包下一整个水上乐园，让穿Burkini的女子去游泳一天。市政府看 的 不顺眼，以治安为藉口禁止活动。
    媒体挺聪明的，他们很清楚，所有关于穆斯林的新闻都会受到 观众的 关注。
    所以喜剧就开始了！网友也回应了！啪啪啪！点赞，点赞，点赞！也写了很多特别深刻的评论：

    -「这是侮辱我们的文化！」 (人家怎么打扮 管 关你什么事啊？)
    -「他们该滚回自己的国家！」 (去哪里？他们大部分有法国国籍而且是在法国出生长大的……)
    -「如果政府不处理这件事法国人民会自己出手！」(多麽绅士和浪漫的国家……)
    - ……

    既然法国是一个民主国家，政府也会听听公民的意见。几十个市长就 跟随 听从这些意见，在海滩禁止Burkini。总理也很赞同和支持：

    -「Burkini威胁共和国！」 (我还没搞懂 怎么 一个泳装怎么会威胁"共和国"。他的思路我跟不上。果然是总理)
    -「法国的女人是自由的！」 (对的。所有允许Burkini的国家的女子都不自由。咱们快去解放全世界吧！)
    -「我们必须反抗恐怖主义！」 (XDDDDDD)
    -……

    开展了几天的保护共和国、解放女人、支持恐怖主义的行动。外国媒体也开始回应了。刊登了三个警察在海滩逼着一个穆斯林女子脱衣服的照片。且标题指出：

    -「这真的是自由，、平等，、博爱的国家吗？」
    -「厌恶伊斯兰教的国家！」
    -「法国媒体是不是很闲啊？」
    -……

    /*词语之间用顿号“、”隔开*/

    还创 造 建了一个新 标签 话题 #WTFFrance  说明 意思是 What the fuck France? 然后我国媒体突然发现其实这些政策也不太公平，而且也不合法。网友又有反应了！啪啪啪！点赞，点赞，点赞！又来评论了：

    /*虽然Twitter、Facebook里面用Hashtag，但在中国的社交媒体中用“话题”来表示相应的意思，用“创造”修饰话题不太好，“创建”更好*/

    -「种族歧视的国家。太丢脸了！」
    -「大家都有自由选择的权利！」
    -「媒体和政治人物不是应该 讲 多讲一些关于经济、就业和治安的事吗？」(哇塞！兄弟，你太牛B了。事情已经闹了三个礼拜了。快要过期 翻篇了。现在才醒啊？)
    -……

    看到这 个转折 样的反转，几个部长也终于出面表示反对这个政策了……

    总之，就一个字，怂！

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    September 26, 2016
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  • Corrected

    你好。我是很悲伤。

    你好。我是很胖。中国女人很娇小和可爱。我要是想成为中国人。我是身高167cm和，体重54kg 。


    P.S. In English, you say "I am sad. I am fat.". The sentence structure is "Subject + be verb + adj.". 

           But in Chinese, especially oral Chinese, we are not used to using the "be" verb ahead of an adj.. 

           Typical Chinese to express "I am sad":

           我很(very)悲伤。

           我非常(very)难过。

           Using a "be" verb is Okay though. To be grammatically correct, it could be like this:

           我是悲伤的。

           Cause "悲伤" can be both a noun(sorrow) and adj.(sorrowful) in Chinese. 

           If you say "我是悲伤", it's like "I am sorrow", which is a little weird, but this might appear in a Chinese poem lol.

           So here we put "的" following "悲伤", to show it's an adj..

           Speaking of height and weight, it's "I'm 5‘6 and 119 lbs" in English.

           Still, we Chinese don't quite like using the be verb here. You can just say:

           我身高167cm，体重54kg.

           Saying "我的(My)身高(height)是(is)167cm, 我的(My)体重(weight)是(is)54kg" is acceptable but that's verbose.

           

           Another sentence. I guess you wanted to say "Chinese women are petite and cute."

           In Chinese, "小" means “small”. It's often used to describe the size of something instead of someone. It can        also mean someone is young. 

           When you want to describe a female's figure as small, you can use "娇小". 

           

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    September 26, 2016
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    The “Imperial Garden” in front of My Home The housing estate I live in is divided into four areas, based on the specific plants growing there - orchid, bamboo, plum blossom, and chrysanthemum. My apartment belongs to the Bamboo Garden. As the name suggests, there is a micro garden surrounded by residential buildings, where not just bamboos thrive though. Over the past four years, I’ve lived far away from home for college study, therefore I can almost only witness what the garden is like in summer and winter. When hanging out there, I typically imagine I’m a princess walking across an imperial garden. In the west, four swan statues strut in the pool. They seemed to be paddling until the water was drained several months ago. Look around this place, and the lush vegetation will catch your eyes - graceful magnolia, grand camphor trees, well-tended lawn, osmanthus with mild fragrance, and foremost, leafy bamboos. In the center of the garden sit two antique pavilions that I have an affection for. Wandering there, I could be bathed in my fantasized ancient world. Beside that is a piece of area laid with old wood floor, water running underneath. If you walk on the floor, you’ll make a pleasant clip-clop sound. During summer vacations, I often run in circles around the garden in the evening. As dusk sets in, some owners are out to walk their dogs. It’s fun to watch those pets barking and sniffing around. However, winter is the most amazing time for this place. Piles of snow fall on the evergreens and pavilions, turning it into an icy wonderland. Seen through windows from the eighth floor, the landscape looks just like an ink painting. I feel so blessed to live here.
    September 25, 2016
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