English to Chinese translations [Non-PRO]
Education / Pedagogy / Grammatical Analysis | | English term or phrase: Ａ嗎？ | Sentence: 有人說「時間就是錢。」你相信這句話是真的嗎？
1st Attempt: Some people say, "Time is money". Do you hold this saying to be true?
As simple as it appears, this entry poses many problems for me.
Problem 1（有人說「Ａ。」）: Is this one sentence or two?
A) If it is one, then why is there not a comma after the second angle bracket?
B) If it is two. Is this the proper way to punctuate a quotation. Would it not be more correct to write "Ａ說「Ｂ」。"?
Problem 2（Ａ就Ｂ。）: May I assume that 就 in this context is simply used for emphasis meaning something akin to "Time IS Money"?
Problem 3（Ａ嗎？）: One often sees the term 嗎 used at the end of a question. The way in which it is used appear to vary, however. For example, in this context it appears to indicate that a "Yes" or "No" answer is required by the speaker. In the greeting 你好嗎, on the other hand, is it not looking for something entirely different?
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| R. A. StegemannKudoZ activityQuestions: 657 ( 4 open) ( 6 without valid answers) ( 3 closed without grading) Answers: 1221
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| | Descriped below | Explanation:
For your Problems, there are some suggestion:
To Problem 1: It's two sentences. the period in 「時間就是錢。」 is the separator of the two sentences, which is located in the two brackets indicating the ending of the first sentence.
To Problem 2: for the idiom "時間就是錢", there has been a existing translation in Chinese: "Time is money" or "Time is equal to money".
To Problem 3: It's definitely a question need to be answered with "Yes" or "No". "你好嗎" is a greeting sentence. |
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Daniel Xie
China
Local time: 03:10
| Grading comment Revised sentence: No revision undertaken
Discussion:
That I may refer you to:
http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/part2/II-6b-g.html#s15
Acknowledgement: Thank you, Daniel Xie for your input. Sometimes I do get everything right it appears.
Let no one ever say that you are greedy! I have closed the other two questions that went with this one, as you have provided answers to them here.
Thanks again.
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Explanation:
For your Problems, there are some suggestion:
To Problem 1: It's two sentences. the period in 「時間就是錢。」 is the separator of the two sentences, which is located in the two brackets indicating the ending of the first sentence.
To Problem 2: for the idiom "時間就是錢", there has been a existing translation in Chinese: "Time is money" or "Time is equal to money".
To Problem 3: It's definitely a question need to be answered with "Yes" or "No". "你好嗎" is a greeting sentence.
| Daniel Xie
China
Local time: 03:10
Native speaker of:  Chinese
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| | Grading comment Revised sentence: No revision undertaken
Discussion:
That I may refer you to:
http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/part2/II-6b-g.html#s15
Acknowledgement: Thank you, Daniel Xie for your input. Sometimes I do get everything right it appears.
Let no one ever say that you are greedy! I have closed the other two questions that went with this one, as you have provided answers to them here.
Thanks again. |
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