Help with a phrase.

[asp404]

I'm not sure exactly what she is trying to convey. 

 

Her statement: 

你说你做护理，我认为你在做志愿者

 

Google translates to: 

You say you do care, I think you're doing volunteer

 

Any help is appreciated.

 

 

[SiMaKe]

You say you do (professional) nursing (but) I believe you are serving/acting as a volunteer.

[TheBigZaboon]

I heard once that Google translated "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." to the equivalent of "The vodka is strong, but the meat is rotten." 

I don't know if that's true or not, but I think it indicates you'd better be careful.

[imron]

but the meat is rotten

If the vodka's strong enough, that shouldn't matter

[philwhite]

You say you do (professional) nursing (but) I believe you are serving/acting as a volunteer.

 

Would it be slightly more correct to translate as follows?

 

"You say you do (professional) nursing, (but) I (wrongly) assumed you are serving/acting as a volunteer"

 

Edit： No, I was mistaking 以为 for 认为， with thanks to Imron for kindly correcting me below.

[imron]

Are you sure you haven't confused it with '以为'.  I don't think 认为 typically has that meaning, compared to 以为, which does.

[philwhite]

Many thanks Imron,

 

Yes, I have confused 以为 with 认为. Please feel free to delete my post above.

 

Phil

[imron]

I have confused 以为 with 认为

Easy enough to do, I've certainly mixed up my fair share of characters before.  Might as well leave the post there, because someone else might learn from it also.

[asp404]

To add a bit more context. This is from a girl I've been seeing for a couple of months. Sometimes she makes comments like "you don't care" if I haven't texted/emailed her in a day or so. 

[Lu]

Regardless of what Google Translate says, this doesn't mean 'you don't care', this is about nurses. I think google translate perhaps means 'do care work, do nursing', and not 'do care' as the opposite of 'don't care'. Unless this is something that means more to the two of you than it does to the casual reader. The best course of action would be to ask her, because in the end she is the best authority on what she meant by it, including any hidden meaning.

[imron]

Yeah, don't rely on Google Translate for accurate meanings.