Translation challenge, August 2020

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

7 minutes

On 08/18/20, I translated 2 short dialogues from Lesson 1 of the Integrated Chinese textbook. Then I reviewed the Chinese version in the textbook and corrected my mistakes. Gotta remember that titl...

Wednesday, Aug 19

Dioni
29 minutes

Weibo article

Tuesday, Aug 18

Julia
60 minutes

Tuesday, Aug 18

Theresa
60 minutes

NCE2 Lesson 8

Tuesday, Aug 18

fay
40 minutes

Some more pages of the Death Note manga. The dramatic and mythological language is challenging but it's a good way to branch out.

Tuesday, Aug 18

Kit
20 minutes

I translated news from Spanish to Chinese. Difficulties are two: very different grammar patterns, and the fact that I cannot adjust the tone from informal to written neutral.

Tuesday, Aug 18

Alicia MSA
15 minutes

Tuesday, Aug 18

Huey Kwik
15 minutes

Tuesday, Aug 18

Huey Kwik
10 minutes

Misc. Yinongdai Guizhou

Tuesday, Aug 18

fay
15 minutes

misc. newspapers, articles

Tuesday, Aug 18

fay
60 minutes

Trying to translate a political article into English...it’s hard going! So many four character phrases and cultural references.

Monday, Aug 17

Theresa
45 minutes

Continuing to translate the Death Note manga into English. It's very slow going: today one page took me 45 minutes

Monday, Aug 17

Kit

Kit joined the challenge!

Monday, Aug 17

Kit
30 minutes

桐木关故事 -> English

Monday, Aug 17

character
10 minutes

my latest steeps -> 中文

Monday, Aug 17

character
20 minutes

Update on restrictions -> 中文

Monday, Aug 17

character
60 minutes

Sunday, Aug 16

Theresa
120 minutes

subtitle - new starts

Sunday, Aug 16

tiwi
15 minutes

textbook

Sunday, Aug 16

fay
10 minutes

NCE2 Textbook

Sunday, Aug 16

fay
20 minutes

YiNongDai

Sunday, Aug 16

fay
60 minutes

YiNongDai Guizhou

Sunday, Aug 16

fay
60 minutes

Saturday, Aug 15

Theresa
90 minutes

subtitles - finalize

Saturday, Aug 15

tiwi
120 minutes

subtitles - finalize

Saturday, Aug 15

tiwi

Leaderboard

RankScorePersonal goal progress
1.tiwi26.5106%
2.fay8.7887%
3.character8.5785%
4.Theresa 8.1754%
5.quack 嘎本5.7571%
6.Julia4.7895%
7.Alicia MSA2.4730%
8.James Lester 2.2575%
9.Dioni1.7443%
10.Kit1.4214%
11.Huey Kwik1.3313%
12.OGDogster1.08%
Participants33
Hours reported72.76
DurationAugust 10, 2020 to
August 31, 2020 (22 days)