edelweis Posted October 11, 2012 at 06:27 AM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 06:27 AM Now you've given any English speaking person with decent internet search skills the means to break up any Chinese girl's relationship anonymously, passing themselves off as native Chinese. So much for the "right thing to do" When your own Chinese girlfriends start making accusations, you'll know why, guys. Too bad I reached my bad point quota for the day. I'm regretting that green point I gave to your previous post to counterbalance someone's (ErdoS?) red point, Kenny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErdoS Posted October 11, 2012 at 06:30 AM Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 06:30 AM Thank you for helping Kenny. What does this mean? 脚踩几条船 And this? 泡妹子 Edel, you seem to have a very cynical view of humanity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted October 11, 2012 at 06:49 AM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 06:49 AM I've polished Anonymoose translations a little bit. Hope you don't mind, Anonymoose. No problem. I'm always happy to learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny同志 Posted October 11, 2012 at 07:29 AM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 07:29 AM 脚踩几条船 is an idiom meaning to have a sexual or romantic relationship with a couple of people at the same time. In the idiom, 几 is changeable, and 条 can be replaced by 只, which is another common measure word for boats. 泡妹子 and 泡妞 mean the same thing, i.e. hit on a girl or chase a girl in order to have sex with her rather than for a serious relationship. 泡妞 is perfectly fine in the context. The reason you see 泡妹子 rather than 泡妞 in my post is that the polished version was copied from my translations yesterday. Thanks Anonymoose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny同志 Posted October 11, 2012 at 08:08 AM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 08:08 AM PS: I don’t think the couple will break up because of this message if in fact the man is not cheating on his girlfriend. That girl, if she has a minimum of sense, would not go to her boyfriend and say “Hey, you’re cheating on me. Look at this message.” Rather, she will take it as a warning, and find out the truth herself. If what the message says is true, she deserves to know it; if not, the message will probably make her trust her boyfriend more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted October 11, 2012 at 08:14 AM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 08:14 AM If what the message says is true, she deserves to know it; if not, the message will probably make her trust her boyfriend more. Ask your female friend what they think about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny同志 Posted October 11, 2012 at 08:22 AM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 08:22 AM My female friends are unavailable now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted October 11, 2012 at 09:10 AM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 09:10 AM Re 腳踩幾條船, I think 踩 can also be replaced by 踏. Over here, 一腳踏兩船 is a common saying. It seems that people here think that two boats are already a lot. PS - but how exactly one foot can be placed on two boats, I guess no one knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny同志 Posted October 11, 2012 at 09:14 AM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 09:14 AM 腳踩幾條船, I think 踩 can also be replaced by 踏. Thanks for mentioning this, Skylee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted October 11, 2012 at 10:23 AM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 10:23 AM I think that the biggest problem here is the lack of desire to tell her face to face. Why not? if you are such a great friend just tell her. She may be angry with you at first but in the end she will realise you were trying to help. . Just tell her, it would be the best way to do this if you really feel you have to tell her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokushiroku Posted October 11, 2012 at 01:31 PM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 01:31 PM Wow, dude. Why do you care? Why do you want to spend the effort and time to put someone in a bad situation. If it's for revenge of some sort, you'll both be worse off. Why don't you spend your efforts on something productive instead of something destructive? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gougou Posted October 11, 2012 at 02:14 PM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 02:14 PM I was gonna post that all this discussion about the ethics of telling somebody they're being cheated wasn't really helping, but then I guess I thought about the matter for a bit too long, and what do you know, I'm hooked too! Or rather, I'm a bit confused. I just had a look at your other topic from a year ago, in which you say it's a problem that a certain Terry likes the same person as you. But if you're not lesbian, that other person can't be a girl, so it must be a guy, right? So would that make Terry gay then? But wait, if he likes a guy and that is a problem (for you), then that means the guy must be receptive to Terry, so supposedly that other guy is gay too, right? So why would the fact that Terry likes him be a problem for you, if he's not interested in girls anyway? Or is he interested in both guys and girls? You see, it's quite confusing. Or - are you sure you are a girl? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted October 11, 2012 at 04:02 PM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 04:02 PM So the boyfriend's Chinese? That's a shame, as it would have been comic if he'd turned up here in a week saying "Hey, a friend passed this note to my girlfriend and then she broke up with me. I don't think they're lesbians, but could you help..." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErdoS Posted October 11, 2012 at 08:15 PM Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 08:15 PM Hey! that's a really cool phrase "in the same boat" or something? Interesting idiom, hah. I love how this is like the most viewed translation ever, and everyone wants to put their 2 cents in. Call me desctuctive, manipulative, liar, whatever. But the truth is im not FORCING anything. I'm merely an informant, and what comes from the result of my information is not FORCED, so don't claim I am "breaking them up." If they happy to break up, it's for the better, after all he is cheating. If not, then he must have some seriously redeeming qualities, or they had some sort of agreement i was unaware of. To tell her face-to-face would be to let the boyfriend think I'm against him and question my loyalties. I don't like burning bridges, so sue me. And just an FYI I have not relayed this information yet, I'm still giving him a fair chance. You know the phrase "the calm before the storm"? Well this is like the storm before the calm. It gets better, just trust my judgment. And if you can't, well too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted October 11, 2012 at 08:37 PM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 08:37 PM This is probably contraversial, but what is wrong with him cheating. Why are you all fired up about stopping it? Are you the cheating police? Just leave them alone. I also read your other post, seems to me you like to get involved in other peoples lives. Why? Go live your own life and leave them be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErdoS Posted October 11, 2012 at 08:44 PM Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 08:44 PM And you seem to judge lives that have 0% to do with you whatsoever. You have a problem, not me, I'm relevent and you don't know anything about this. I got something you didn't want me to get, get over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted October 11, 2012 at 09:51 PM Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 09:51 PM This is probably contraversial, but what is wrong with him cheating Because he'll almost certainly end up hurting the girlfriend emotionally, not to mention potentially exposing her to disease. That's not something I'd want to happen to a friend, and if I was good friends with someone, and I knew their SO was regularly cheating on them, I'd want them to know also. I don't have any problem with people intervening in situations like that, but to me, the question in this thread is more whether or not that is the actual situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErdoS Posted October 11, 2012 at 10:11 PM Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 at 10:11 PM And the catch 22 is I can never fully "prove" this is the actual situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:49 AM Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 at 10:49 AM All that bothers me about this is not telling her to her face. if you can't do this ..........well there must be a reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErdoS Posted October 12, 2012 at 07:41 PM Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 at 07:41 PM I've explained the reason countless times, but you only accept what you want to accept http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/39011-translate-into-chinese-mandarin-please/#comment-293626 http://www.chinese-forums.com/index.php?/topic/39011-translate-into-chinese-mandarin-please/#comment-293630 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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