Translation challenge, December 2018
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Steven Neubauer

Majiya
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 ...

Liz H
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...

Raymond Moy

Steven Neubauer

Majiya
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。...

Raymond Moy

Steven Neubauer

Majiya

Steven Neubauer
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...

Raymond Moy

Majiya
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...

Raymond Moy

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Steven Neubauer

Majiya

tinawong
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tinawong
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 ...

Raymond Moy

Steven Neubauer

Theresa
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...

Liz H

Majiya

Steven Neubauer
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...

Raymond Moy