naijahusker Posted April 15, 2014 at 06:31 PM Report Posted April 15, 2014 at 06:31 PM Hello all, I found this story online that was written to contain all the following English tenses simple presentpresent progressivesimple pastpast progressivepresent perfectpresent perfect progressivepast perfectpast perfect progressivefuture aspectfuture progressivefuture perfectfuture perfect progressive I thought it would be neat to have a chinese version to see how chinese deals with these tenses in one simple story. I am at a low intermediate level and not confident enough to translate it myself. I would be very grateful if anyone with a high enough level in both English and Chinese can help me translate it (hanzi). Thanks in advance PS- No need to translate "Jackson & co " John has always traveled a lot. In fact, he was only two years old when he firstflew to the US. His mother is Italian and his father is American. John was bornin France, but his parents had met in Germany after they had beenliving there for five years. They met one day while John's father was reading abook in the library and his mother sat down beside him.John travels a lot because his parents also travel a lot.As a matter of fact, John is visiting his parents in France at the moment. Helives in New York now, but has been visiting his parents for the past fewweeks. He really enjoys living in New York, but he also loves coming to visit hisparents at least once a year.This year he has flown over 50,000 miles for his job. He has beenworking for Jackson & Co. for almost two years now. He’s pretty sure that he'llbe working for them next year as well. His job requires a lot of travel. In fact, bythe end of this year, he'll have traveled over 120,000 miles! His next journeywill be to Australia. He really doesn't like going to Australia because it is so far.This time he is going to fly from Paris after a meeting with the company's Frenchpartner. He'll have been sitting for over 18 hours by the time he arrives!John was talking with his parents earlier this evening when his girlfriendfrom New York telephoned to let him know that Jackson & Co. had decided tomerge with a company in Australia. The two companies had been negotiatingfor the past month, so it really wasn’t much of a surprise. Of course, this meansthat John will have to catch the next plane back to New York. He'll be meetingwith his boss at this time tomorrow. Quote
Vivi MENG Posted April 15, 2014 at 09:57 PM Report Posted April 15, 2014 at 09:57 PM Finally finished! Didn't expect so long...This is my translation, just for your reference. It is not an accurate word to word translation. But may provide you some inspiration I hope. John has always traveled a lot. In fact, he was only two years old when he first J经常旅行。事实上,他第一次飞去美国的时候只有两岁。flew to the US. His mother is Italian and his father is American. John was born他的母亲是意大利人,父亲是美国人。虽然J出生在法国,但是他的in France, but his parents had met in Germany after they had been父母在德国相遇,那个时候他们已经在那里生活的五年living there for five years. They met one day while John's father was reading a他们相遇的那天,J的父亲在图书馆读书,book in the library and his mother sat down beside him.他的母亲就坐在他父亲旁边John travels a lot because his parents also travel a lot.J经常旅行是因为他的父母经常旅行As a matter of fact, John is visiting his parents in France at the moment. He实际上,J此时正在法国探望他的父母lives in New York now, but has been visiting his parents for the past few他现居美国,但是过去几周一直都在探望双亲(父母)weeks. He really enjoys living in New York, but he also loves coming to visit his他很享受在纽约生活的时光,但他也喜欢每年至少一次的探亲之行parents at least once a year.This year he has flown over 50,000 miles for his job. He has been今年,他为工作上的事已经飞行了50000英里。他已经在J&C工作了差不多快两年了working for Jackson & Co. for almost two years now. He’s pretty sure that he'll他很确定还要再在那里工作几年be working for them next year as well. His job requires a lot of travel. In fact, by他的工作经常需要出差the end of this year, he'll have traveled over 120,000 miles! His next journey实际上,到今年年末,他预计会旅行超过120000英里!will be to Australia. He really doesn't like going to Australia because it is so far.他的下一个旅程是去澳大利亚。他特别不喜欢去澳大利亚因为那里真的很远。This time he is going to fly from Paris after a meeting with the company's French这次在会见公司的法国合作伙伴之后,他将从巴黎坐飞机离开。partner. He'll have been sitting for over 18 hours by the time he arrives!他要在抵达目的地之前坐18个小时的飞机。John was talking with his parents earlier this evening when his girlfriend当晚早些时候,他正和父母聊天,他的纽约的女友来电告诉他J&C已经决定和一个澳大利亚的公司合并。from New York telephoned to let him know that Jackson & Co. had decided tomerge with a company in Australia. The two companies had been negotiating这两个公司已经谈判了数月(OR 这两个公司在过去数月一直在谈判),for the past month, so it really wasn’t much of a surprise. Of course, this means所以并不算什么惊喜。that John will have to catch the next plane back to New York. He'll be meeting当然,这也意味着J得搭乘下一个航班去纽约。with his boss at this time tomorrow. 他会在明天这个时候和他的老板见面。 2 Quote
naijahusker Posted April 15, 2014 at 10:05 PM Author Report Posted April 15, 2014 at 10:05 PM Vivi Meng, Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. I really appreciate it! Quote
Demonic_Duck Posted April 16, 2014 at 01:20 PM Report Posted April 16, 2014 at 01:20 PM I think to get the effect of “has always travelled a lot” you could add “从小”. “约翰从小经常旅行。” Quote
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