Each winking, nudging detour
Chinese translation: 挤挤眼睛、捅捅胳膊
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| 4 +2 | 挤挤眼睛、捅捅胳膊 |
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试译 Explanation: 蜿蜒细窄的绕行路浪费了我们许多宝贵时间。 winking可能是说这些绕行路蜿蜒曲折，断断续续的 nudging可能是指这些路太窄 |
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54 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1| each winking, nudging detour a suggestion Explanation: I think the translation of this sentence largely depends on the preceding context. I don't know what the context is, but I would like to have a guess. Could "winking and nudging" mean that we wink and nudge each other as we work our way through? My impression is winking and nudging are our action, and don't really refer to the road itself. I think your second translation is quite good. |
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7 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2挤挤眼睛、捅捅胳膊 Explanation: 我觉得，这里的关键是理解 detour。我认为 detour 与开车无关，是指一路之上的种种周折，当下所指的是通关节时的种种拐弯抹角的暗示。想敲竹杠有不便明说，挤挤眼睛、捅捅胳膊，耽误了许多时间。 “每次挤眼睛，捅臂肘，拐弯抹角，暗通关节，都耽误了我们很多时间。” -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2004-01-13 12:45:41 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 同样的意思也可以译为：“每次挤眼睛、捅臂肘的那种拐弯抹角的暗示，耽误了我们不少时间。”我不过尽力把句子写得更象中文而已。:))) 如果我对原文理解得不正确，你得用别的方法证明我错！;-) |
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