Marco77 Posted November 7, 2004 at 02:12 PM Report Posted November 7, 2004 at 02:12 PM Right I know - my brain has turned into mush...translating news is just so hard! Have a look at another tricky sentence I got stuck with: 美国需要中国 因为美国人离开１３ 亿中国人将难以维持他们的中产阶级生活方式。 ｉｆ ａｎｙｂｏｄｙ ｃａｎ ｓｕｇｇｅｓｔ ａｎｙｔｈｉｎｇ －ｔｈａｎｋ ｙｏｕ！ Ｍａｒｃｏ Quote
Johnny Posted November 7, 2004 at 02:26 PM Report Posted November 7, 2004 at 02:26 PM 美国需要中国 因为美国人离开１３ 亿中国人将难以维持他们的中产阶级生活方式。 America needs china. Because american will not continue their bourgeois life style without 1.3 billion chinese. Just for reference. Because my english is poor. But I really want to help you. BTW, I'm in UK. Nice to meet you Quote
skylee Posted November 7, 2004 at 02:30 PM Report Posted November 7, 2004 at 02:30 PM My translation - "The US needs China, because it would be difficult for the Americans to maintain their middle-class life style if they leave the 1.3 billion of Chinese." Quote
trevelyan Posted November 7, 2004 at 06:21 PM Report Posted November 7, 2004 at 06:21 PM skylee nails it. Quote
sunyata Posted November 8, 2004 at 04:52 AM Report Posted November 8, 2004 at 04:52 AM skylee naturally has provided the correct translation... I would just modify the english version a bit: "The U.S. needs China, because without the 1.3 billion Chinese it would become difficult for Americans to maintain their middle-class lifestyle." a less literal interpretation: "The U.S. is dependent on China, because maintaining its middle-class lifestyle would be difficult without the 1.3 billion Chinese." Quote
Marco77 Posted November 8, 2004 at 01:32 PM Author Report Posted November 8, 2004 at 01:32 PM Tahnk you for the brilliant suggestions. I hope one, one day to be able to read the news in Chinese and actually understand it! Marco Quote
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