Translation challenge, October 2021

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

Sunday, Oct 31

Gyula Krajczar
27 minutes

Translating HSK 1 sentences to English

Sunday, Oct 31

Jen Spru
63 minutes

Finished translating Mandarin Companion's Country of the Blind to English

Sunday, Oct 31

Jen Spru
25 minutes

Translating Chinese FB msg to English

Sunday, Oct 31

Huey
20 minutes

Translating English to Chinese

Sunday, Oct 31

Huey
25 minutes

Translated the notes from a Slow Chinese podcast 9 - 王府井. Some of the food names sounded "odd" in translation, so I did some quick research to see if I could get a better translation.

Saturday, Oct 30

LaurenF
33 minutes

Saturday, Oct 30

Jen Spru
20 minutes

Translating IWC sentences to Chinese

Saturday, Oct 30

Huey
60 minutes

Friday, Oct 29

Gyula Krajczar
53 minutes

Translated 东京艺术展邀请小偷来碰运气 (HSK 6) on The Chairman's Bao. I first translated myself line by line, then checked what Google Translate said. There was one sentence where I got a bit stuck.

Friday, Oct 29

LaurenF
40 minutes

Translating podcast to English

Friday, Oct 29

Huey
40 minutes

Friday, Oct 29

Jen Spru
53 minutes

Translated 美国NFL橄榄球球队宣布改名 (HSK 5) on The Chairman's Bao. Took me a bit longer, since it was HSK 5 level.

Thursday, Oct 28

LaurenF

Ona joined the challenge!

Thursday, Oct 28

Ona
49 minutes

Translated 悉尼市将使用100%的可再生能源供电 (HSK 4) on The Chairman's Bao. There were some grammar stuctures I hadn't seen before, which meant that it took a while to translate.

Thursday, Oct 28

LaurenF
25 minutes

Translating IWC sentences to Chinese I like to sing and paint. What are your hobbies? 我喜歡唱歌和畫畫。你有什麼愛好? You say they went to visit a factory? No wonder I haven’t seen them today! 你說他們去參觀一家工廠...

Thursday, Oct 28

Huey
25 minutes

Translating IWC sentences to Chinese

Thursday, Oct 28

Huey
25 minutes

Translating podcast to English

Thursday, Oct 28

Huey

Evergarden Violet joined the challenge!

Wednesday, Oct 27

Evergarden Violet
40 minutes

Wednesday, Oct 27

Gyula Krajczar
34 minutes

Wednesday, Oct 27

Jen Spru
49 minutes

Translated sample articles from The Chairman's Bao: 上海漂亮的老房子 (HSK 1); 海口是中国十大好城市之一 (HSK 2); 中国举行普通话推广周活动 (HSK 3). I also read the grammar explanations to check my understanding of the sentences as ...

Tuesday, Oct 26

LaurenF
60 minutes

Tuesday, Oct 26

Gyula Krajczar
34 minutes

Monday, Oct 25

Jen Spru
20 minutes

Monday, Oct 25

Gyula Krajczar

Leaderboard

RankScorePersonal goal progress
1.LaurenF17.2101%
2.Gyula Krajczar17.16114%
3.Huey12.0120%
4.Jen Spru10.9999%
5.Theresa 4.545%
6.Katriena2.020%
7.Vic Sheldon1.8318%
8.YanaLee1.348%
9.Nats0.919%
10.Lieve0.757%
Linkhttps://www.hackingchinese....
Participants46
Hours reported68.68
DurationOctober 10, 2021 to
October 31, 2021 (22 days)