Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
二等奖学金
English translation:
Class II Scholarship
Added to glossary by
albertdeng
Sep 1, 2003 02:48
20 yrs ago
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Chinese term
New Zealand
Highest, strongest, best
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Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English, English
二等奖学金
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Chinese to English
Art/Literary
Who knows what is the best translation for 二等？
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +2 | Level Two scholarship |
Rod Nelson
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| 5 +1 | secondary, supplemental |
Terry Thatcher Waltz, Ph.D.
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| 3 | Second-class Scholarship |
Lu Zou
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Proposed translations
+2
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Rod Nelson
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Canada
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Canada
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Level Two scholarship
This avoids the ambiguities of "second class" and sounds acceptable, regardless of context.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Zhoudan
4 hrs
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| agree |
darkeol
4 hrs
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| neutral |
Terry Thatcher Waltz, Ph.D.
: I still would not go with EITHER answer without context. For me "level two" is not universally acceptable, and it doesn't really MEAN anything...if it's really supplemental, we should say so, and if it's "not as good" likewise we should say so.
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Comment: "Finally I used Class II Scholarship. Thank you very much."
18 mins
Second-class Scholarship
Just guessing
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Note added at 2003-09-01 04:29:46 (GMT)
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Totally agree with Terry\'s comment on second-class. As this term has been widely used in the Chinese univeristies, where there are several divisions of schoolships. For example, the students of first division receive 1000 dollar per year, while those of the second division receives 500 dollars. I guess this is another Chinese saying.
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Note added at 2003-09-01 04:29:46 (GMT)
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Totally agree with Terry\'s comment on second-class. As this term has been widely used in the Chinese univeristies, where there are several divisions of schoolships. For example, the students of first division receive 1000 dollar per year, while those of the second division receives 500 dollars. I guess this is another Chinese saying.
+1
55 mins
Terry Thatcher Waltz, Ph.D.
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Native in: English
Works in: Chinese to English, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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310
Chinese term (edited):
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secondary, supplemental
If this is US English, "second-class" sounds derogatory, as if this is not as good a scholarship as another one. (cf."second-class citizen", etc.) But I'm not quite sure what the Chinese meaning is without more context.
Is this perhaps a supplemental scholarship? More context would be MOST helpful!!
Is this perhaps a supplemental scholarship? More context would be MOST helpful!!
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