Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
ＣＤＣ得Ｅ
English translation:
performing Ｃ on Ｄ to some degree Ｅ
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Roddy Stegemann
Mar 23, 2004 12:05
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I want to translate the below sentence as "The more his father types, the faster his typing becomes, but the more he eats, the slower his eating becomes."
他父親打字打得很快，可是吃飯吃得很慢。
Is it correct? If not, what is correct?
他父親打字打得很快，可是吃飯吃得很慢。
Is it correct? If not, what is correct?
Proposed translations
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| 5 +1 | ...quickly..slowly |
Beth Dennison
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| 5 | 他父亲字打得越来越快，饭却越吃越慢 |
Chinexpert
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| 4 | ＣＤＣ得Ｅ |
Ray Luo
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Proposed translations
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...quickly..slowly
I would translate the Chinese sentence you have written as, "His father types quickly, but eats slowly." There is not the sense of "the more...the faster..." For good translations of your English sentence, look at the previous 2 answers.
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Note added at 4 hrs 44 mins (2004-03-23 16:50:38 GMT)
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In answer to hamo\'s note, when a verb is followed by an objectand is followed at the same time by a complement of degree, the verb must be repeated after the object before 得 and the complement of degree are added to it.
他作饭作得很好。
我写汉字写得不太快。
你回答问题回答得对马？
Source: Practical Chinese Reader 1, The Commercial Press, Beijing
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Note added at 4 hrs 44 mins (2004-03-23 16:50:38 GMT)
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In answer to hamo\'s note, when a verb is followed by an objectand is followed at the same time by a complement of degree, the verb must be repeated after the object before 得 and the complement of degree are added to it.
他作饭作得很好。
我写汉字写得不太快。
你回答问题回答得对马？
Source: Practical Chinese Reader 1, The Commercial Press, Beijing
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I would like to thank everyone for providing very informative answers. Certainly I learned more than I was expecting.
As Beth was the only one who truly answered the question that I asked, I must award her the points. In the end she did the best to remove my confusion, even though all contributions were helpful and insightful."
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Chinese term (edited):
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他父亲字打得越来越快，饭却越吃越慢
他父亲字打得越来越快，饭却越吃越慢。Chinese Simplified
3 hrs
ＣＤＣ得Ｅ
他父亲打字越打越快，吃饭越吃越慢。
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Note added at 5 hrs 15 mins (2004-03-23 17:21:36 GMT)
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更正：
他父亲打字打得越多便越快，吃饭吃得越多却越慢。
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Note added at 5 hrs 15 mins (2004-03-23 17:21:36 GMT)
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更正：
他父亲打字打得越多便越快，吃饭吃得越多却越慢。
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