Translation challenge, December 2018

This challenge is about practising translation, either from your native language to Chinese, or from Chinese to your native language. Please read the linked article for more information and inspiration!


Recent activities

70 minutes

Still on viki.com subtitling episode 35 of Bloody Romance.

Saturday, Dec 22

Steven Neubauer
35 minutes

Saturday, Dec 22

Majiya
60 minutes

Translated English to Chinese from an article about working as a foreign teacher in a 3rd tier city in China. Read them to my Chinese italki partner. He didn't correct them but understood and it ...

Saturday, Dec 22

Liz H
38 minutes

Started translating a new story about a $150 tailored made suit I bought in Bangkok. English Original: Six years ago I went to Bangkok, Thailand for a professional conference and I got sucked into...

Friday, Dec 21

Raymond Moy
60 minutes

Working on first part of episode 35 of Bloody Romance.

Friday, Dec 21

Steven Neubauer
55 minutes

还是翻译德文故事

Friday, Dec 21

Majiya
37 minutes

English original: 9. The power goes out at 3AM. 10. I have the coffemaker programmed to start at 6:15, Mae has a 7AM train to Manhattan, but last Sunday was the start of daylight savings time。...

Friday, Dec 21

Raymond Moy
60 minutes

Finished subbing episode 34 of Bloody Romance, started 35

Thursday, Dec 20

Steven Neubauer
50 minutes

Thursday, Dec 20

Majiya
60 minutes

Close to finishing up episode 34 of Bloody Romance.

Thursday, Dec 20

Steven Neubauer
30 minutes

English original: 7. I failed to put the top on the carafe – the top that keeps the no-drip feature in the up position and allows coffee to flow from the filter basket into the carafe. 8. Someone...

Wednesday, Dec 19

Raymond Moy
40 minutes

Wednesday, Dec 19

Majiya
45 minutes

English Original: 3. I forget to push the program button. 4. My wife usually gets up at 7:30 AM so I program the coffeemaker start at 7:15, but one day my wife had to catch a 7:00 AM train to Manha...

Tuesday, Dec 18

Raymond Moy
30 minutes

Translated DuChinese Lessons (Chinese to German)

Tuesday, Dec 18

林鹤栖
60 minutes

Still on viki.com subtitling Bloody Romance.

Tuesday, Dec 18

Steven Neubauer
45 minutes

Tuesday, Dec 18

Majiya
30 minutes

Tuesday, Dec 18

tinawong

tinawong joined the challenge!

Tuesday, Dec 18

tinawong
40 minutes

English original: 1. I forgot that we have a programmable coffee maker, and don’t even bother to put water and coffee in the coffee maker the night before. 2. I did not know that after programming ...

Tuesday, Dec 18

Raymond Moy
60 minutes

An hour subbing Bloody Romance on Viki.com

Monday, Dec 17

Steven Neubauer
30 minutes

Monday, Dec 17

Theresa
120 minutes

Chinese to English: a long article on International education in China to discuss in my next lesson. In this case translating into English was helpful to understand the detail. Whether the time s...

Monday, Dec 17

Liz H
40 minutes

Monday, Dec 17

Majiya
60 minutes

Still Bloody Romance on Viki.com

Monday, Dec 17

Steven Neubauer
35 minutes

English: Now, my wife gets up first, goes downstairs and the coffee machine has hot coffee for her to drink right away. But, at least once a month, she will come back upstairs and announce in her p...

Sunday, Dec 16

Raymond Moy

Leaderboard

RankScorePersonal goal progress
1.Steven Neubauer23.34116%
2.Raymond Moy13.46103%
3.Majiya10.35103%
4.Liz H6.565%
5.Theresa 4.545%
6.tinawong4.530%
7.林鹤栖 0.55%
8.nflight0.4321%
Linkhttps://www.hackingchinese....
Participants26
Hours reported63.58
DurationDecember 10, 2018 to
December 31, 2018 (22 days)