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Invite me to watch your favourite Chinese movie.

Chinese translation: 邀请我观看您最喜欢的中国/中文电影

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21:27 Jan 7, 2011

English to Chinese translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: Invite me to watch your favourite Chinese movie.

Quite simple : I want to ask a friend to invite me...

Thank you so much !

Frenchnative Japanese Translation KudoZ activity Questions: 31 (none open) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 58 France
Local time: 01:08

Chinese translation:邀请我观看您最喜欢的中国/中文电影

Explanation:
Invite me to watch your favourite Chinese movie

Here, the "C" in the word "Chinese" should be on upper case.
If you hope to see the movie in Chinese language, "Chinese movie"="中文电影"; if you hope to see the movie produced by Chinese companies or in China, "Chinese movie"="中国电影".

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Note added at 15 hrs (2011-01-08 12:32:35 GMT)
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I agree that "中国电影" is enough.

Selected response from:

Guohuan Chen
Canada
Local time: 19:08

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Thanks to all !
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Summary of answers provided

中国电影，好看

James_xia

我想邀请你看你最喜欢的中国电影

jyuan_us

邀请我观看您最喜欢的中国/中文电影

Guohuan Chen

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11 mins confidence:

invite me to watch your favourite chinese movie.

邀请我观看您最喜欢的中国/中文电影

Guohuan Chen
Canada
Local time: 19:08
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese

Grading comment

Thanks to all !

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you for your promptitude ! I mean both : made in China and in Chinese. But my friend already know that I enjoy listening to Chinese. So maybe "中国电影" is enough.

1 day10 hrs confidence:

invite me to watch your favourite chinese movie. 我想邀请你看你最喜欢的中国电影

Explanation:
我想邀请你看你最喜欢的中国电影

back translation: I would like to invite you to watch your favourate Chinese movie with me.

In Chinese, you invite someone, not asking someone to invite you.

Asking some one to invite you could happen only in these 2 cases:
1) you are extremly close to that someone or have known him for many many years;
2) you are kidding with him. He knows you are not serious, although he might still invite you.

Another thing is that, a Chinese guy tend not to watch a movie twice, no matter how much he likes it. So the original sentence need to be rephrased as "I want to ask you to watch a good Chinese movie". The translation should be: 我想邀请你看一步好看的中国电影。

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Note added at 1 day11 hrs (2011-01-09 09:13:43 GMT)
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There is a typo in the last Chinese sentence. It should read this way:我想邀请你看一部好看的中国电影。

jyuan_us
United States
Local time: 19:08
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 25

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi ! Many thanks for the cultural info' ! Well, I guess we don't ask someone to invite you in any language... But that is what I really mean. But your explanation gives me more insight into the Chinese language that I don't master at all.

5 hrs confidence:

invite me to watch your favourite chinese movie. 中国电影，好看

Explanation:
If you have a Chinese friend in your country, wherever you are, you might as well say in such a gentle manner:

有什么好看的中国电影，我们去看看吧！：）

Hopefully, this answer can be of any help.

Good luck to you!

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Note added at 2 days6 hrs (2011-01-10 03:57:26 GMT)
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It means more about suggestion than "Let's go together!" :)

James_xia
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese

Notes to answerer

Asker: Hi ! Thank you for your proposition. Though I don't speak any Chinese, I got the feeling it necessarily suggests (implicitly) to go to the cinema... Doesn't the last part of your sentence mean "Let's go together!" ? Anyway, thank you again !

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