bumbaz89 Posted April 3, 2011 at 11:17 AM Report Posted April 3, 2011 at 11:17 AM I've to translate the following sentence: "When we arrived at the sation the train was gooig to leave, we didn't have the time to buy the ticket" ---> my version: 当我们到了火车站的时候，火车正要去发，我们没有来得及去买票了。 or： 。。。我们没有时间去买票了 what do you think about them? Are both grammatically correct ? thank you! 谢谢！ Quote
Kenny同志 Posted April 4, 2011 at 06:24 AM Report Posted April 4, 2011 at 06:24 AM "When we arrived at the sation the train was gooig to leave, we didn't have the time to buy the ticket"my version: 当我们到了火车站的时候，火车正要去发，我们没有来得及去买票了。 or： 。。。我们没有时间去买票了 what do you think about them? Are both grammatically correct ? Your translation is passable but it needs to be refined A native speaker would say 我们到站的时候，火车要开了，没时间买票。 Btw, there’s a typo in your translation (should be 出发, not 去发) . 1 Quote
smiletrl Posted April 4, 2011 at 07:05 AM Report Posted April 4, 2011 at 07:05 AM '我们没有时间去买票了' is ok.As for '我们没有来得及去买票了',it should be '我们没有来得及去买票'. :blink: Also, like kenny said,'去发' is not appropriate.('出发')is the right one. Quote
David Wong Posted April 4, 2011 at 11:42 AM Report Posted April 4, 2011 at 11:42 AM The opposite of 来得及 is 来不及 so you have that option. Quote
bumbaz89 Posted April 4, 2011 at 05:49 PM Author Report Posted April 4, 2011 at 05:49 PM Great thank you very much! So I chinese native speaker would have said that sentence, easier than what I thought ! Quote
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