Eat in

Chinese translation: eat there=就在那裡吃

14:08 Sep 4, 2008

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English term or phrase: Eat in

Original text : This can be for any mealtime that you either eat there, take with you, eat in the car or have delivered to you

You eat there = eat in, how should we say this in Chinese?

carol so KudoZ activity Questions: 6 (none open) Answers: 50 United Kingdom
Local time: 23:58

Chinese translation:eat there=就在那裡吃

Explanation:
There can be variants depending on what "there" actually refers to. In Chinese KFC or Mcdonald's outlets, a customer is often asked:"在這兒吃，還是帶走？"

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Frank Wang
China
Local time: 06:58

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Thank you Frank!
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4 +2

eat in the car =在车里吃

Beyondlingua

eat there=就在那裡吃

Frank Wang

Discussion entries: 11

carol so

United Kingdom

ASKER

15:28 Sep 4, 2008

Yes, you are right. And so I think I will use "內用" then. Thank you very much Shirley, thanks to Wenjer as well.

Shirley Lao

Taiwan

15:19 Sep 4, 2008

It is hard to say. The term "堂食" is commonly used in Hong Kong and Macao. It really depends on your client's linguistic background.

carol so

United Kingdom

ASKER

15:07 Sep 4, 2008

Thank you so much Shirley. In fact 堂食 is the term I always know of and so I was a bit surprised/ frustrated when I got the response, and would really want to know if there's a better term for it.

Wenjer Leuschel (X)

Taiwan

15:06 Sep 4, 2008

Aha, "Eaten in" or buy "take-away" from a McDonald's. As Shirley said, we do name them "内用" or "外带" respectively.

Shirley Lao

Taiwan

14:58 Sep 4, 2008

Contrary to what the Singaporean told you, I did find some websites using 堂食 for "eat in" or "for here".
http://www.soyabean.com.sg/Chinese.php

carol so

United Kingdom

ASKER

14:57 Sep 4, 2008

No, let's take this example, which is much clearer:

"Either eaten in or buy take-away from a McDonald’s restaurant"

Wenjer Leuschel (X)

Taiwan

14:40 Sep 4, 2008

Hi, are you asking about "eat in" in the phrase "you either eat there, take with you, EAT IN THE CAR or have delivered to you"?

carol so

United Kingdom

ASKER

14:36 Sep 4, 2008

Thank you Frank but I was thinking about a term/ noun phrase, as there is another sentence like this : "Either eaten in or buy take-away from a McDonald’s restaurant", which is one of the options in the the answers within the questionnaire.

Shirley Lao

Taiwan

14:25 Sep 4, 2008

You should direct your question to a Singaporean. I don't know how the Singaporeans say this term in Chinese. "Eat in" is called 內用 in Taiwan. Good Luck!

carol so

United Kingdom

ASKER

14:21 Sep 4, 2008

Singaporean. I was considering to use 堂食, which is quite a common term in Hong Kong and China, but the client said s/he doesnt know this term and it didnt sound quite right.

Shirley Lao

Taiwan

14:13 Sep 4, 2008

What is the target audience (Hong Kong, Taiwan, China or others) of this translation?

Answers

20 mins confidence:

eat in

eat there=就在那裡吃

Explanation:
There can be variants depending on what "there" actually refers to. In Chinese KFC or Mcdonald's outlets, a customer is often asked:"在這兒吃，還是帶走？"

Frank Wang
China
Local time: 06:58
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 29

Grading comment

Thank you Frank!

33 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

eat in eat in the car =在车里吃

Explanation:
这里的in就是一个简单的介词。eat there=在那里吃，take with you=带走，eat in the car=在车里吃，delivered to you=送餐/送外卖（与take with you的区别就是前者自己带，后者是由店员送过去）。这里在车里吃，很可能是开车去买东西，车主不下车就可以从窗口购买的那种，以前在哪里见过国外有这种服务。不知道新加坡是否是这种情况。

Beyondlingua
China
Local time: 06:58
Native speaker of:

Chinese

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