Writing challenge, May 2018

Although these two sentences are longer than the last one, they were very action oriented and were more straightforward to translate. Original English: She grabs me by the arm, pointing at the mir...

I spent a lot of time on a very short sentence. English original: I run in expecting the worst. Translation: 我跑进浴室。我在预期将发现一个恐惧的事。

This sentence was tough, and I'm not sure I got it right. I need to work at it more. English original: Mae and I had just arrived into our hotel room in Los Angeles a month ago and I begin unpackin...

Original English: I have to stop at Broadway for a light, and brace myself as he comes up and stops right beside me, and drops the trash he had picked up into the waste receptacle next to me. Trans...

Received 2 corrections to my writing on italki Notebooks. They were different from each other. Spent time checking them out and recording vocabulary. This kind of feedback from native speakers is...

Original English: I give him wide berth, but as I pass by, he stands up slowly and with an unsteady step begins to follow behind me. Translation: 当我路过时, 我试着给那个男人一个宽阔的泊位, 但他缓缓站起来，开始走在我身后。

Wrote a new piece about my daily exercise routine and posted it on italki for feedback. Some sentences I could write fluently, others I'm not sure about and look forward to some help from italki c...

I'm starting a new story. English original: I’m walking on 58th Street on my way to work near Columbus Circle, and I see ahead of me a disheveled homeless man bent down picking something up off th...

Studied more characters with Hanzi Craft, because it's fun and I was too busy today to write a story.

Finally finished the last sentence: Obviously, it was dropped there by a teacher from one of the many school groups touring that day. 很明显, 很明显,它属于一个学校旅游团体的一名老师。

Having a hard time doing a translation for: Obviously, it was dropped there by a teacher from one of the many school groups touring that day. This is what I've got so far, but I know it's not righ...

Studied characters using Hanzi Craft. Really helped to remember how to write characters and also choose correct one when typing.

Later on that day, while visiting the Lincoln Memorial, I saw this single lonely sock on the memorial steps and said, 这是老师的袜子. Translation: 那天晚些时候参观林肯纪念馆时, 我看见一只孤独的袜子躺在台阶上. 我向弟弟的家人指出了, 并说 “这是老师的袜子.”

Received 2 corrections to my composition on italki notebooks. So read them and corrected mine. Some very useful vocabulary suggestions.

I'm getting more efficient at this and translated one more sentence: When my brother’s family heard me read this sentence, they all began to tease me asking me when I would ever use that sentence. ...

Finished my composition and posted it on italki Notebooks for feedback. It was a summary of the main ideas from a Chairman's Bao article and I added my own thoughts about the topic. Wrote a correc...

Olle Linge joined the challenge!