OK, now I understand why translations are so difficult.
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:24 am
I like 11.
I'm assuming it's translated like that because the word for life and dream are the same which is a nice thought.
Life In 19x19
Life in 19x19. Go, Weiqi, Baduk... Thats the life.
https://www.lifein19x19.com/
OK, now I understand why translations are so difficult.
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Re: OK, now I understand why translations are so difficult.
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 12:24 pm
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 4:51 pm
They are not.Unusedname wrote:I'm assuming it's translated like that because the word for life and dream are the same...
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Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:03 pm
To be more specific, neither "life" nor "dream" is on the sign! :/EdLee wrote:They are not.Unusedname wrote:I'm assuming it's translated like that because the word for life and dream are the same...
There are lots of theories about this sign on the internet: a super-archaic word for "taking a break," a confusion between the phrases for "resting" and "under construction", or maybe a colloquialism from a Wu region. At any rate, since it's not standard Mandarin, probably the machine translator choked on it.
When you see the whole set, you start to wonder if this is just a photoshop joke about the gullibility of internauts:
http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m87aj ... o1_400.jpg
http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m87aj ... o2_500.jpg
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m87aj ... o3_400.jpg
Re: OK, now I understand why translations are so difficult.
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:43 pm
#4 makes up in accuracy what it lacks in civility.
Re: OK, now I understand why translations are so difficult.
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:42 pm
A few weeks ago I was visiting ChaoYang Park in Beijing, the location of the 2008 Olympic beach volleyball tournament. Nice sand and water park. But near the site there's a small restaurant having a sign saying 'Collect silver place', when it actually means 'cashier'.
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 11:45 pm
macelee wrote:'Collect silver place', when it actually means 'cashier'.
Yes, they translated 收銀處 character by character, instead of as a whole term.Incidentally,
1cashier. noun. one that has charge of money: as
a. a high officer in a bank or trust company responsible for moneys received and expended
b. one who collects and records payments
c. an employee (as in a store) who handles monetary transactions
2cashier. transitive verb.
1. to dismiss from service; especially: to dismiss dishonorably
2. reject, discard
In Chinese, 收銀處 actually refers to the location where payment is collected, not the person.
And if we try to reverse-translate cashier to Chinese (or another language),
then we run into the multiple definitions of cashier in English.
Translation is very difficult.
Re: OK, now I understand why translations are so difficult.
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 11:58 pm
Unusedname wrote:I like 11.
I'm assuming it's translated like that because the word for life and dream are the same which is a nice thought.
Toda la vida es suenno, y los suennos suennos son.
Re: OK, now I understand why translations are so difficult.
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 2:41 am
Thank god for google.Bill Spight wrote:...Toda la vida es suenno, y los suennos suennos son.
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 11:48 am
Toda la vida es sueño, y los sueños sueños son.
All life is a dream, and dreams are dreams.
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Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 12:01 pm
So … you think we’re not even able to Goggle [sic!], mh?EdLee wrote:Toda la vida es sueño, y los sueños sueños son.All life is a dream, and dreams are dreams.
Re: OK, now I understand why translations are so difficult.
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 2:42 pm
Oh I read it as.Bill Spight wrote:Unusedname wrote:I like 11.
I'm assuming it's translated like that because the word for life and dream are the same which is a nice thought.Toda la vida es suenno, y los suennos suennos son.
Every life is lucky and the lucky lucky [son?].
Thank god for google.
Re: OK, now I understand why translations are so difficult.
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 7:53 pm
suerte - luckUnusedname wrote: Oh I read it as.
sueño - sleep/dream
Re: OK, now I understand why translations are so difficult.
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 12:47 pm
A few more but some we already know from that other page.