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"实践"和"成就"

English translation: realize/make come true- achieve


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Chinese term or phrase:"实践"和"成就"
English translation:realize/make come true- achieve
Entered by: Bea Geenen
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02:38 Feb 29, 2008
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Chinese term or phrase: "实践"和"成就"
请问这句话中的"实践"和"成就"怎么翻译比较精准:

用生命实践着自己的梦想，用毕生的时间成就着自己的人生。

Keep the dream with life and fulfill the life with entire time
spidermanswims
realize/make come true- achieve
Explanation:
"Use life to realize your own dreams, use a lifetime to achieve your own life"
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Bea Geenen
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2realize/make come true- achieve
Bea Geenen
4"practice" and "fulfill"Nai-Ching Ting
4live one's dream, live with a life-long committment
H. J. Zhang
3carry out or realize; forge or create
Michael Lai


  

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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"practice" and "fulfill"


Explanation:
用生命实践着自己的梦想: Practice one's own dream with life
用毕生的时间成就着自己的人生: Fulfill one's own whole life with life-long time

Nai-Ching Ting
Local time: 06:29
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
realize/make come true- achieve


Explanation:
"Use life to realize your own dreams, use a lifetime to achieve your own life"

Bea Geenen
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chica nueva
3 hrs
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agree  karcsy
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1 day1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
carry out or realize; forge or create


Explanation:
实践 implies following a course of plan, so realize or carry out is appropriate

成就 implies making something come true or become real, so forge, create or actualize are altenatives

Michael Lai
Local time: 21:29
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
live one's dream, live with a life-long committment


Explanation:
前半句这样处理应该是地道的，后半句想不出什么地道的说法，可以考虑: live with life-long committment 或 live with a life-long pursuit.

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2008-03-01 05:25:20 GMT)
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去掉with，呵呵

H. J. Zhang
Local time: 19:29
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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Mar 10, 2008 - Changes made by Bea Geenen:
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