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
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...

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

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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.

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

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

Kit
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