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

20 minutes

Translating some English to Chinese

Friday, Oct 15

Huey
60 minutes

Friday, Oct 15

Gyula Krajczar
49 minutes

I used the translation exercise PDF that Huey posted previously (I didn't read their answers!). I've mostly posted two translations for each sentence, where the first is mine, and the second is Goo...

Friday, Oct 15

LaurenF
25 minutes

Translating cdc messages I get on Line: 衛福編編報報 發文時間:2021.10.14 台積電、鴻海永齡、慈濟三間企業和民間團體捐贈之第八批BNT疫苗82.7萬劑於10月14日上午抵臺 Weifu edited report, publish date: 2021.10.14 The eighth batch of 827,000 B...

Thursday, Oct 14

Huey
60 minutes

Thursday, Oct 14

Gyula Krajczar
49 minutes

Being A Taxi Driver In China - Mandarin Corner. Again, this was slow work. It might be because of the nature of spoken language in general; people don't always say something in the same linear fash...

Wednesday, Oct 13

LaurenF
30 minutes

Wednesday, Oct 13

Jen Spru

Otatade Favour Oseilele joined the challenge!

Wednesday, Oct 13

Otatade Favour Oseilele
30 minutes

Translating iwc sentences to Chinese

Wednesday, Oct 13

Huey
80 minutes

Wednesday, Oct 13

Gyula Krajczar
35 minutes

Translating Chinese to English.

Wednesday, Oct 13

Vic Sheldon

Nikikita joined the challenge!

Tuesday, Oct 12

Nikikita
180 minutes

Translating a Chinese friend’s short story into English. I enjoyed the close reading that translating gives you and it transformed an apparently simple story into a layered one.

Tuesday, Oct 12

Theresa

Justin Nathen joined the challenge!

Tuesday, Oct 12

Justin Nathen
21 minutes

Translating English to Mandarin in A Practical Chinese Grammar

Tuesday, Oct 12

Jen Spru
49 minutes

I continued with translating Life of an Old Chinese Fisherman from Mandarin Corner. It was slow work, since there was a lot said, but I found it easier to create a translation that "made sense" in ...

Tuesday, Oct 12

LaurenF
25 minutes

Chinese to English https://www.amazon.com/%E5%8E%9F%E5%AD%90%E7%BF%92%E6%85%A3-%E7%B4%B0%E5%BE%AE%E6%94%B9%E8%AE%8A%E5%B8%B6%E4%BE%86%E5%B7%A8%E5%A4%A7%E6%88%90%E5%B0%B1%E7%9A%84%E5%AF%A6%E8%AD%...

Tuesday, Oct 12

Huey
60 minutes

Monday, Oct 11

Gyula Krajczar
23 minutes

Monday, Oct 11

Jen Spru
57 minutes

I translated the captions for Life of an Old Chinese Fisherman (Mandarin Corner), since it's one that didn't have English subtitles (to be continued).

Monday, Oct 11

LaurenF
40 minutes

Translation exercise (Chinese to English)

Monday, Oct 11

YanaLee
30 minutes

Updated sentences based on corrections from Tandem and Verbling. 已經改了: Driver, please drive a little slower! 司機,請開慢一點吧! Little Wang, walk a little faster! 小往,走快一點吧! Relax, this proble...

Monday, Oct 11

Huey
40 minutes

Translating lesson from Chinese to English. Will check against provided English translation later. Lesson is above my level, so it is very difficult.

Monday, Oct 11

Vic Sheldon

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)