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Competition Time! Find the English word with the most Chinese characters Thread poster: Fan Gao
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Fan Gao Australia Local time: 23:47 English to Chinese + ...
Hi, As a spin-off from a previous thread: http://www.proz.com/post/443378#443378 myself and Denyce thought it would be a fun topic to try and find the longest Chinese character string that represents just one English word:) I'm going to open the bidding at 6 characters: "三醋酸甘油酯" meaning "Triacetin" (the name of a chemical as most long Chinese... See more Hi, As a spin-off from a previous thread: http://www.proz.com/post/443378#443378 myself and Denyce thought it would be a fun topic to try and find the longest Chinese character string that represents just one English word:) I'm going to open the bidding at 6 characters: "三醋酸甘油酯" meaning "Triacetin" (the name of a chemical as most long Chinese character strings usually represent:)) It would be nice to find an everyday kind of word we use that is represented by a lot of characters:) Do I hear 7...8...9...10... characters???? Mark ▲ Collapse | | |
Denyce Seow Singapore Local time: 20:47 Member (2004) Chinese to English Haha, that's fast!!! | Oct 26, 2006 |
Chinese Concept wrote: "三醋酸甘油酯" meaning "Triacetin" (the name of a chemical as most long Chinese character strings usually represent:)) Mark 6 characters! That's evil! I'll go flip my dictionaries now. I'll be baaaaaack! Denyce | | |
Denyce Seow Singapore Local time: 20:47 Member (2004) Chinese to English
Chromang = 克罗曼格不锈钢 | | |
Inga Jakobi Germany Local time: 13:47 Member (2006) Chinese to German + ... Great topic! | Oct 26, 2006 |
Hey there, that's really a great topic!!! Seeing your two proposals, I guess, everybody will start searching chemical dictionaries! Unfortunately I don't have one But maybe, I'll give it a try later! Inga | |
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Denyce Seow Singapore Local time: 20:47 Member (2004) Chinese to English
Pirily wrote: I guess, everybody will start searching chemical dictionaries! Unfortunately I don't have one Inga Inga, Go online! I got mine online. Denyce | | |
wherestip United States Local time: 07:47 Chinese to English + ... |
Inga Jakobi Germany Local time: 13:47 Member (2006) Chinese to German + ...
Denyce Seow wrote: Inga, Go online! I got mine online. Denyce That's what I call a fair competition!!! | | |
Inga Jakobi Germany Local time: 13:47 Member (2006) Chinese to German + ...
如果用英文真只是一个词, 我觉得地名也行. Denyce, Chinese Concept, 你们说吧! | |
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Denyce Seow Singapore Local time: 20:47 Member (2004) Chinese to English Place names should be allowed too | Oct 26, 2006 |
Hmm, I think place names should be allowed too. Just be sure that it is ONE English word. What do you think, Mark? Denyce | | |
wherestip United States Local time: 07:47 Chinese to English + ...
Denyce Seow wrote: Hmm, I think place names should be allowed too. Just be sure that it is ONE English word. What do you think, Mark? Denyce I was just kidding. I think you need to set some boundaries like when playing Scrabble. Are proper names allowed? etc. There are a lot of native American place names that are quite a mouthful http://www.snyderweb.com/placenames/book04.htm
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Fan Gao Australia Local time: 23:47 English to Chinese + ... TOPIC STARTER Anything goes as long as it's one English word | Oct 26, 2006 |
Yes, place names are fine, in fact any names as long as they're verifiable and not made up:) I've been trying to think of really long English words in the hope that they might translate into huge huge Chinese words but sadly not:( I was hoping the classic Mary Poppins song title "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" would work out at about 15 characters but it doesn't seem to translate very well:) Mark | | |
wherestip United States Local time: 07:47 Chinese to English + ... Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious | Oct 26, 2006 |
Chinese Concept wrote: Yes, place names are fine, in fact any names as long as they're verifiable and not made up:) I've been trying to think of really long English words in the hope that they might translate into huge huge Chinese words but sadly not:( I was hoping the classic Mary Poppins song title "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" would work out at about 15 characters but it doesn't seem to translate very well:) Mark Mark, I don't think you can beat that word. | |
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Denyce Seow Singapore Local time: 20:47 Member (2004) Chinese to English Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious | Oct 26, 2006 |
Mark, Looks like you have another potential forum topic on hand: "Best Translation for Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". Geez, what does that word mean, anyway? Denyce | | |
Fan Gao Australia Local time: 23:47 English to Chinese + ... TOPIC STARTER
Yes, it's not bad for one English word even though it doesn't really mean anything. If I counted correctly it contains 34 letters. Actually I was reading recently that there is a chemical compound that is about 190 thousand letters long! Try pronouncing that word in one breath:) So, can anyone beat Denyce's 7 character "word" ?? | | |
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