Kenny同志 Posted November 2, 2009 at 05:40 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 at 05:40 AM Here is the origianl sentence 上海经合组织各成员国具有地域毗邻、优势互补的条件。 which I translate as The member countries are close to one another and mutually complementary. Are the exact meaning fully conveyed? Is the English itself flawed? Thanks for any light you shed on the questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuxin Posted November 2, 2009 at 06:11 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 at 06:11 AM I think it was not fully conveyed."mutually"did not meet the true meaning.I am a chinese,reading it with my feel.“优势互补”firstly expresses the different advantages of each other . Secondly,it means every member countrie use its advantages which others don't have to help each other. third,member countries work together to form a large positive unit. My english is not very well,so,i have to say sorry to you because i can't give you exact phrase to explain “优势互补”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashiriKata Posted November 2, 2009 at 07:32 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 at 07:32 AM I think your translation has got the basic meaning and so any differences would then be just stylistic or due to personal preferences. Even having taken into consideration what yuxin just said, I don't think it's easy or necessary to match one to one in the phrasing between Chinese & English, as the two languages may have different habits in expressing the same meaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buanryoh Posted November 2, 2009 at 08:32 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 at 08:32 AM Yuxin, 楼主也是个中国人。如果你无法用英语来表达你的意思的话， 那干嘛不用汉语呢？我们这里的人大多看得懂汉语。。。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HashiriKata Posted November 2, 2009 at 08:54 AM Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 at 08:54 AM Since no one has offered some alternatives yet, I'll try but as I said above, it's mainly for the sake of varieties: a. The member countries are in close proximity to one another and complement the strengths of one another. Or b. The member countries are in close proximity to one another and complementary to one another in their strengths and weeknesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny同志 Posted November 2, 2009 at 09:35 AM Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 at 09:35 AM Many thanks, HashiriKata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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