在Ｂ上，Ｃ都有 (2/2)

English translation: any A can be found

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)

Chinese term or phrase:	哪一Ａ都有
English translation:	any A can be found
Entered by:	Roddy Stegemann

06:32 May 19, 2006

Chinese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Science - Education / Pedagogy / Grammatical Analysis

Chinese term or phrase: 在Ｂ上，Ｃ都有 (2/2)

Sentence: 公海是公海有的，所以在公海上，那一國的船都有。

First Attempt: International waters are waters that are international; therefore, a nation's ship found in international waters is subject to international law.

This sentence is extremely challenging for me, as a nonnative Chinese speaker, and I am largely guessing at the author's intended meaning. Is it as challenging to you?

Question One: I do not understand the construction used in the first part of this sentence -- namely, Ａ是Ａ有的. An explanation with examples would be very helpful.

Question Two: The second part is no less perplexing. It appears to be of the form 在Ｂ上，Ｃ都有 where Ｃrefers back to what Ｂis. Once again, an explanation with additional examples would be extremely helpful.

http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/contents.html#p...

Roddy Stegemann KudoZ activity Questions: 666 (4 open) (6 without valid answers) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 1221 United States
Local time: 00:27

...在公海上, 哪一国的船都有

Explanation:
那 is common typographical error often encountered where 哪 should have been used.

The verbatim translation would be:

In international waters, any one nations's ships/vessels could be found/seen.

Some similar examples:

在高速公路上, 哪一样轿车都有
在这个学校里, 哪一国学生都可以遇到

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 hrs (2006-05-19 13:13:45 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

那 is a common typographical error often encountered where 哪 should have been used.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 7 hrs (2006-05-19 14:23:12 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

any one nation's... Please excuse the typos

Selected response from:

wherestip
United States
Local time: 02:27

Grading comment

Final rendering: Since international waters are the domain of all nations, ships from any nation can be found in them.

Discussion: Please see: http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/part2/II-8-g.html#s3

Acknowledgement: Thanks wherestip for the terrific examples! They were very helpful. Unfortunately, I cannot agree entirely with your English rendering. Though grammatically proper I find it stylistically awkward.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

...在公海上, 哪一国的船都有

wherestip

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

6 hrs confidence:

...在公海上, 哪一国的船都有

wherestip
United States
Local time: 02:27
Native speaker of:

English,

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 60

Grading comment

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:

ProZ.com term search

Search millions of term translations

在Ｂ上，Ｃ都有 (2/2)

English translation: any A can be found

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

Your current localization setting

Select a language

在Ｂ上，Ｃ都有 (2/2)

English translation: any A can be found

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

You have native languages that can be verified

Your current localization setting

Select a language