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“公说公有理、婆说婆有理 ”的争端中

English translation: each side thinks it's (in the) right

11:25 Jan 18, 2009

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Journalism / politics

Chinese term or phrase: “公说公有理、婆说婆有理 ”的争端中

the phrase is taken from an article appeared on xinhua net. can you help ne translate the expression between inverted comas?
谢谢

violator
United Kingdom

English translation:each side thinks it's (in the) right

Explanation:
standard expression

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Note added at 6 mins (2009-01-18 11:31:50 GMT)
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or each side claims to be in the right

Selected response from:

Paul Hirsh
France
Local time: 04:18

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

each side thinks it's (in the) right

Paul Hirsh

the

sauha lo

an all-grey conflict

Melody Song

"he say she say"

wsallyw

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

each side thinks it's (in the) right

Paul Hirsh
France
Local time: 04:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

2 hrs confidence:

an all-grey conflict

Explanation:
for your reference.

Reference: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GreyAndGrayMorali...

Melody Song
Canada
Local time: 20:18
Native speaker of:

Chinese

11 hrs confidence:

"he say she say"

Explanation:
I think to put it in a simple term it'd be he say she say but how your sentense is going to translate really depends

wsallyw
United States
Native speaker of:

Chinese,

English

1 day18 hrs confidence:

the

Explanation:
This express comes from Akira Kurosawa's great 1950 movie, can be express as following in Chinese: 類似羅生門的爭端

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Note added at 1 day18 hrs (2009-01-20 05:50:24 GMT) Post-grading
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the "Rashomon-like" conflict

Reference: http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980908

sauha lo
Hong Kong
Local time: 11:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese

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