不然还真应对不了

[Pedroski]

来询价的客人很多，幸好我们准备充分，不然还真应对不了。

 

幸好我们准备充分

fortunately we prepared well,

 

不然还真应对不了。

otherwise still really reply without end / unable

 

otherwise we would still be replying ???

 

I can't really figure 还真应对不了.  Any tips out there please??

[Kenny同志]

Fortunately we were well prepared or we wouldn't have been able to cope with the flood of enquiries about prices. 

[aone]

应对=应付=handle

应对不了 = can't handle (the situation of)

 

不然还真应对不了

Otherwise, we definitely can't handle (the situation of) so many guests coming with enquiries

[Pedroski]

Thanks! The dictionaries I consulted told me 应对 = 对答,答对 = reply

 

不然..........还真....应对...不了

otherwise ???  handle     unable/ can't cope with

 

 

How do you interpret 还真？？ Or you leave it out??

[aone]

还真=毫无疑问=definitely

[陳德聰]

还真 is there for emphasis. It gives me the same feeling as "really" does. Kenny's translation is correct but the speech register is totally different.

 

The original text is very 口语/casual. I would translate it to reflect that.

 

"There were a lot of clients asking for quotes today. It's a good thing we were well-prepared, or else we really wouldn't have been able to handle it."

[Kenny同志]

Kenny's translation is correct but the speech register is totally different.

 

 

I agree. Yours is more faithful to the style of the original Chinese.

[Tiana]

不然..........还真....应对...不了

otherwise ???  handle     unable/ can't cope with

 

How do you interpret 还真？？ Or you leave it out??

 

 

To appreciate the grammar, it may be better to consider 还真 as 2 separate elements rather than one word:

还真应对不了 = 还+ (真)应对不了

真应对不了 = 真+ 应对不了