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Chinese translation: 成本;費用


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12:31 May 21, 2009
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general) / microbiology
English term or phrase: cost
I am investigating cost of using translators and if there is a comprable organization for interpreters.
digitalcynthia
Chinese translation:成本;費用
Explanation:
"Cost" can be translated into different phrases in Chinese, depending on what you are applying to. 成本 is more toward 營業支出, ; 費用 and 成本are both appropriate in your sentence translation.
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Mandy Tsai
United States
Local time: 12:50
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4成本;費用
Mandy Tsai
4 +2花销zhongren


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
花销


Explanation:
It means how much will you pay for using tranlators to do the work.

zhongren
Local time: 04:50
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Bin Tiede: 花销，费用
1 hr
agree  chica nueva: 所需费用； 雇佣科技教士两个月所需费用 (Google)；the cost of using translators = 雇佣翻译要花多少钱
10 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
成本;費用


Explanation:
"Cost" can be translated into different phrases in Chinese, depending on what you are applying to. 成本 is more toward 營業支出, ; 費用 and 成本are both appropriate in your sentence translation.

Mandy Tsai
United States
Local time: 12:50
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sze Man Leung, MCIL, DipTrans (IoLET)
30 mins
agree  chica nueva: 所需费用；得花多少钱 cost = the amount of money paid or needed to buy, do or produce something 费用；成本 eg ... the cost of bringing up a child ... 养大一个孩子得花多少钱 ... to cover the cost of books and stationery. ... 作为支付书籍和文具用品的费用。Our production costs ... 我们的生产成本（朗文进阶词典 ）
7 hrs
agree  Sherwin Zhou
8 hrs
agree  Bin Tiede
14 hrs
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