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A short translation challenge for my Chinese friends!
I don't often have huge difficulties translating my thoughts, I can usually find some way to express what I want to say in Chinese, but this time I am really struggling and I have met my match! Therefore I am handing it over to you guys! A bit of a translation challenge for you! I will give you a few pointers to some of the less obvious well known English words.
If you think you can translate this short passage, I would be both grateful and interested to see how you would express this in Chinese. Thank you!
Points to remember:
Sld school= severe learning disability school.
Farnham-Place name
Grease, Cinderella and the nativity-play names
Downs boys-boy who has Down Syndrome
Give someone the finger-make a rude hand gesture, sticking the middle finger up at someone.
my Connor -Connor is my sons name
English passage:
You haven't seen a school Christmas production until you have seen an Sld school's Christmas production! A huge congratulations to all the children from The Ridgeway community School in Farnham, they all did so well. Grease, Cinderella and The Nativity have never been so cool! Highlight of the evening, apart from my Connor of course, was one of the little Downs boys playing an ugly sister deciding to give the audience the finger when the ugly sisters got booed! Priceless lol!如果你没看过一个智力残障儿童学校的圣诞节演出，你就不算是看过一个真正的学校圣诞节演出！Farnham区Ridgeway社区学校的孩子们，祝贺你们，你们都是好样儿的！《火爆浪子》、《灰姑娘》和《耶稣诞生剧》从来没有被演得这么酷过！当晚最精彩的，当然除了我的小Conner以外，要算演那些丑姐姐的唐氏综合症小男孩中的一个。当观众对着丑姐姐们起哄的时候，他决然给了他们一个中指！真是无价之宝的欢笑时刻！
0 votedDecember 20, 20122对不起， 我需要咆哮发泄一下
哎呀，因为我爸爸病得厉害，我有一些星期没教课。回来的时候，第一人请求我教他英语第一个请求我教他英语的人对我说，：请你免费教我英语，谢谢。 什么？ 免费吗？ 对不起， 我不要提供免费的课，我不是language exchange partner， 我是个community tutor。 在这里常常有人尽力说服我提供免费的课，这并不公平，我不会请求老师免费教我，不会请求他们免费做他们的工作，所以请不要请求我免费工作。在这里有成百上千人找language exchange， 人们应该请求他们免费教英语，不应该麻烦老师和community teachers。
对不起，咆哮发泄完了。
咆哮 （I found this under rant in my dictionary， is it correct？）0 votedNovember 14, 20120- 不像is more colloquial than the other two; and it also has the meaning of "dosen't look like", which the other two are not often used for. e.g 他（长得）不像他妈妈。 不同于is the most formal of them all, and although both 不同于and 与……不同 can be placed in front of the subject, 不同于is the one that's probably used that way more when you really have to use it. e.g 不同于荷花，菊花是开在秋天里的。/ 菊花不同于荷花，是开在秋天里的。in these two sentences, I personally think that the first one is more accurate and sounds better. Hope this helps.0 votedNovember 11, 20120
- Have you ever made these mistakes when speaking Chinese? (conjunction words - 1) As a professional teacher of Chinese, I often come across misused words and phrases. I will try to record them here and hope this would be useful for learner of Chinese. 还是 vs 或者 both words could be translated into "or". In English, you may use "or" in both statements and questions. For example: - I don't mind tea or coffee. - Would you like tea or coffe? In Chinese, however, you need to use different "or" in different situations, which often causes problems for second language speakers. When making an "or" statement, you need to use 或者; When asking an "or" question, 还是 is the one to use. For example: - 我不介意喝茶或者喝咖啡。 - 你喜欢喝茶还是喝咖啡？ You may listen to the recording for the pronunciation of the example sentences.November 11, 201221
Introduction!
你好！我叫Mariah. 今年<strike>我</strike>十六岁, <strike>我</strike>(short Chinese sentences can share one same subject especially while these sentences are providing on-going info)是澳大利亚人。我最喜欢汉语课。 我<em>的</em>老是<em>(师)</em>对我们很好！我说汉语说的<em>（得）</em>非常不好。我最不喜欢数学。
Well done Mariah! I was disappointed in people who had corrected your entry though. No one had picked up the misuse of 的 and 得 in your second last sentence! It seems to be tricky even for native speakers. Ooops, actually there is one person did. Good on him/her. And I can't add you in my friend list at the moment but will let you know on Thursday.
P.S. Don't be over modest like many Chinese people. Your Chinese is pretty good comparing with many non-native speakers who didn't learn Chinese for long. Keep your good work up!0 votedAugust 30, 20100
