January 2009

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Chinese words with no good English translation

Posted by on 25 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Translation

I think every translator handles these a little differently. The ones I can think of now are: 比较, 等, and 相关.

I know there’s more, I’ll have to add them as I think of them.

Edit: here’s some more: 可见, 同时.

Not a good combination

Posted by on 22 Jan 2009 | Tagged as: Translation

Staying up late to translate a letter written by someone who hasn’t slept in three days that keeps switching back and forth from simplified to traditional and has several cuobiezi. This cannot end well…