Feb 25, 2007 14:12
17 yrs ago
English term
numbers collection
English to Chinese
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Everybody does it, Jake thought as he headed across the battered park; a lot of small money that adds up. So whom had Tully done business with? A gun-happy Russian? A DP with nothing to lose? Anybody. Five thousand dollars, more. People got killed every day in Chicago for less, just for skimming a numbers collection. Life would be even cheaper than that here. But why come in the first place? Because the Russians were here, flush with cash. Not porcelain knickknacks and old silver to trade. Cash. Honey for bears. Everybody does it.
Proposed translations
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3 +3 | 球队队员纪念像辑 |
wherestip
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4 +1 | 非法六合彩活动中从赌博者手中收钱的工作 |
Yongmei Liu
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Proposed translations
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24 mins
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球队队员纪念像辑
Peer comment(s):
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franksf
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Thanks, Frank
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Naikei Wong
: Happy New Year Wherestip! (and to your family and puppy)
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Thanks, NK. Happy New Year to You and Yours :-)
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Shaunna (X)
: 同意。那這整句是說有人會為看一眼球队队员纪念像辑 那么少的錢去殺人嗎?估計得是teenager.
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Thanks, Shaunna
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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非法六合彩活动中从赌博者手中收钱的工作
由bookie执行
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_game
http://tw.britannica.com/MiniSite/Article/id00043229.html
skimming a numbers collection 从...活动中偷钱
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_game
http://tw.britannica.com/MiniSite/Article/id00043229.html
skimming a numbers collection 从...活动中偷钱
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Peer comment(s):
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Shaunna (X)
: I thought about that too. Then I realized that if it were used like this here, it should be "skimming from a numbers collection", not skimming a numbers collection, because what is skimmed is money not the numbers collection.
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Good point. Maybe it's a typo. :-)
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wherestip
: I think this is a strong possibility too. Like Shaunna, my 1st instinct was some kind of shady gambling activity too. From the context I would say this is likely what is being referred to because of its illegal nature and possibly how widespread it was
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Thanks!
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