New Members energyball Posted January 20, 2012 at 10:43 PM New Members Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 at 10:43 PM Hello, I want to know what the most appropriate way to write this sentence "The computer is useful." in Mandarin, traditional chinese. The translators give me 2 different results: Google translator: 计算机是有用的。 Bing translator: 電腦是有用的。 I would appreciate any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneEye Posted January 21, 2012 at 11:16 AM Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 at 11:16 AM 電腦有用。 Your first result is in simplified Chinese anyway. Both use the 是...的 construction, which is unnecessary. 計算機 (计算机 in simplified) is a Mainland term, and since you're asking for traditional characters, I figured 電腦 would be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iriya Posted January 21, 2012 at 11:36 AM Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 at 11:36 AM 電腦很有用。 很 shouldn't be omitted here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneEye Posted January 21, 2012 at 11:45 AM Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 at 11:45 AM Right. Too quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members energyball Posted January 21, 2012 at 10:24 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 at 10:24 PM Thanks very much for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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