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Americans are not religious people

Chinese translation: 瓣癸﹙毙ぃ或(ê或)荐癑 or 瓣癸﹙毙ぃ或(ê或)╣荐

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English term or phrase:Americans are not religious people
Chinese translation:瓣癸﹙毙ぃ或(ê或)荐癑 or 瓣癸﹙毙ぃ或(ê或)╣荐
Entered by: melody9999

18:33 Oct 11, 2005
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Americans are not religious people
客户认为“美国人不信宗教”的翻法不正确。各位有什么建议吗？
Lin Yang
United States
Local time: 01:31
瓣癸﹙毙ぃ或(ê或)荐癑 or 瓣癸﹙毙ぃ或(ê或)╣荐
Explanation:
叫把σ
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=religious
Selected response from:

melody9999
Local time: 16:31
Grading comment
Thank you, Melody9999.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3美国人不是虔诚的信徒
Chinoise
5 +2并非所有美国人都笃信宗教
Chinese fighter
5 +1Americans are not religious people
Chinese fighter
5美国人对宗教并不狂热。
Angus Woo
3 +1美国人不笃信宗教
Ritchest
3瓣癸﹙毙ぃ或(ê或)荐癑 or 瓣癸﹙毙ぃ或(ê或)╣荐
melody9999
3美国人不是笃信宗教的那样的人
chica nueva
2美国人是不大信教的人。
chandeng


Discussion entries: 6





  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
美国人不是虔诚的信徒


Explanation:
How about "美国人不是虔诚的信徒"?

Chinoise
Local time: 05:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 69

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agree  samnunns
10 hrs
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agree  Wilman
19 hrs
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agree  maxmeilin
23 hrs
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
americans are not religious people
瓣癸﹙毙ぃ或(ê或)荐癑 or 瓣癸﹙毙ぃ或(ê或)╣荐


Explanation:
叫把σ
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=religious

melody9999
Local time: 16:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Thank you, Melody9999.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
americans are not religious people
美国人不笃信宗教


Explanation:
美国人不笃信宗教

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Note added at 1 hr 54 mins (2005-10-11 20:28:12 GMT)
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美国人并不笃信宗教


Ritchest
Local time: 16:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chica nueva
37 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
americans are not religious people
美国人不是笃信宗教的那样的人


Explanation:
美国人不是笃信宗教的那样的人
1 ('compared to other people' or 'as people') Americans are not religious.
2 Americans are not religious people, they are ... people.

religious = showing a strong belief in a particular religion and careful obedience to its rules (used of a person or behaviour) 笃信宗教的;虔诚的(指人或行为)eg a very religious man 一个非常虔诚的男人(朗文进阶词典)

chica nueva
Local time: 20:31
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 23
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
americans are not religious people
Americans are not religious people


Explanation:
并非所有美国人都笃信宗教.\请注意复数用法

Chinese fighter
China
Local time: 16:31
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Danbing HE
1 day 9 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
americans are not religious people
并非所有美国人都笃信宗教


Explanation:
注意Americans这个复数用法

Chinese fighter
China
Local time: 16:31
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Danbing HE
1 day 9 hrs
agree  zhongren (X)
3 days 3 hrs
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1 day 20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
americans are not religious people
美国人是不大信教的人。


Explanation:
not a good translation, so I rate confidence as low

chandeng
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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3 days 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
americans are not religious people
美国人对宗教并不狂热。


Explanation:
Of course they have their religions, but just not that religious or one might say staunch.

Angus Woo
Local time: 16:31
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 3
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