Apr 3, 2013 12:11
11 yrs ago
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English term
China
tRAnslaTIONsvisuALizAtionofTransLAtionS
Native in: Italian (Variant: Standard-Italy) 
, German (Variant: Germany)
Works in: German to Italian, English to Italian, Spanish to Italian, and 2 more.
so black as he is painted
English to Chinese
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Original sentence：I am glad for my own sake, that he is not so black as he is painted.
Description: This sentence is taken from B. Shaw’s “An Unsocial Socialist”.
Description: This sentence is taken from B. Shaw’s “An Unsocial Socialist”.
Proposed translations
(Chinese)
| 5 | 他并不像人们说的那么坏 |
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| 5 | 他没自己说的那么不堪 |
xiangling
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| 4 +1 | 他没别人说的那么不堪。 |
Jin Changjian
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| 4 | 他不是被描繪的那麼壞 |
pkchan
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Proposed translations
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Native in: Chinese (Variants: Simplified, Traditional)
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English
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他并不像人们说的那么坏
not so black as he is painted 这里有一个被动，是被“别人说的”，所以“他并不像人们说的那么坏”
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Comment: "this is the best answer, I totally agree!"
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他不是被描繪的那麼壞
black=bad
+1
1 day 2 hrs
Jin Changjian
China
China
Native in English
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Chinese
China
Native in: Chinese (Variants: Mandarin, Traditional, Cantonese, Simplified, Wenzhounese) , English
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English
他没别人说的那么不堪。
xiangling的译文挺好，但不知“自己说的”是从哪里看出来的。我觉得改成“别人说的”应该更适合。
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