she was the center of rest in the quarrels

Chinese translation: 息事寧人的中心(核心)

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English term or phrase:	she was the center of rest in the quarrels
Chinese translation:	息事寧人的中心(核心)
Entered by:	Jason Ma

09:11 Apr 3, 2007

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English term or phrase: she was the center of rest in the quarrels

愿听赐教。谢谢！
Context:
She was the center of rest in the quarrels that Chaplin sometimes sparked in their own large family of talented children.l

Jason Ma KudoZ activity Questions: 216 (none open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 507 China
Local time: 11:41

息事寧人的中心(核心)

Explanation:
她總是息事寧人的中心(核心)!

Selected response from:

Philip Tang
China
Local time: 11:41

Grading comment

This one is chosen as it fits the context, plus it's More concise. Of course, all of you helped me a lot. Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

争吵中安宁的中心

Julia Zou

4 +1

[引起...]争吵时，她能努力使大家心平气和

H. J. Zhang

4 +1

息事寧人的中心(核心)

Philip Tang

3 +1

她是台风之眼

franksf

她總是做和事老

pkchan

FYI

clearwater

Answers

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

争吵中安宁的中心

Explanation:
网上就有这句话的译文，我觉得还不错。
在他们自己的有那么多天才孩子的大家庭中，卓别林有时会引发争吵，而她则成了安宁的中心。

Julia Zou
China
Local time: 11:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 15

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

[引起...]争吵时，她能努力使大家心平气和

Explanation:
后面给出了这段话的英文解读：

when Chaplin caused quarrels in their large family with many talented children, it was Oona who solved such problems and brought peace back into the family.

个人觉得网上的译文有点拗口，不太符合中文习惯。英文粗看似乎只讲到“她能保持心平气和”，但仔细琢磨“center”这个词，我支持上面的解读：她是中心，有中心就有外围，是她的心平气和慢慢影响到周围的人，辐射开去，最终恢复和睦。

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-04-03 11:52:33 GMT)
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Yes, sure. Yours is perfect.

Reference: http://www.ahnu.edu.cn/kecheng/2006shengji/11/jiaoan/4--2a.D...

H. J. Zhang
Local time: 11:41
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese

Notes to answerer

Asker: If we are turning to sense-for-sense translation, can we render it as "争吵时，她能心平气和地化解矛盾”? Something to that effect.

4 hrs confidence:

她總是做和事老

Explanation:
她總是做和事老

pkchan
United States
Local time: 23:41
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 30

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks PK, I believe as sense-for-sense translation, this one makes sense.

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

她是台风之眼

Explanation:
"The eye has light winds, clear skies and no rainfall. Outside the eye strong winds spiral in towards the eye carrying thick and heavy rain. "
http://www.faqs.org/qa/qa-10720.html

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what are typhoons? - Q&AA Typhoon is a tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour. The eye of a Typhoon is usually 20-30 miles wide and may ...
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Note added at 1 day4 hrs (2007-04-04 13:41:05 GMT)
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Thanks to Huijun, Shaunna, and Martin for your comments. I just thought that the center of a swirling thing is quiet and the Goldbach's conjecture well known in China (more known than the Poincare conjecture, as S.-T. Yau was quoted as saying).

franksf
Native speaker of:

English,

Chinese

Notes to answerer

Asker: 是啊，我也在想台风之眼可能是能量最充足，破坏力最大的地方，至少对台风不太了解的人会这么想。

1 day 14 hrs confidence:

FYI

Explanation:
她远离各种争吵

clearwater
China
Local time: 11:41
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 20

1 day 17 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

息事寧人的中心(核心)

Explanation:
她總是息事寧人的中心(核心)!

Philip Tang
China
Local time: 11:41
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

This one is chosen as it fits the context, plus it's More concise. Of course, all of you helped me a lot. Thanks.

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