Feb 2, 2009 02:46
15 yrs ago
Chinese term
United States
興利
Chinese to English
Bus/Financial
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
The context of the passage is that one must use "興利的" methods, ideas, etc.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | profit-gaining/profit-oriented |
dansim
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| 4 +2 | beneficial |
Kathy Huang (X)
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Proposed translations
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38 mins
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profit-gaining/profit-oriented
I can't find the two character together anywhere, but their individual meaning suggests something like "profit-oriented" or "profit-gaining"
Peer comment(s):
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Yurek
47 mins
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| agree |
TRANS4CHINA
1 hr
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| agree |
guineverewinter
: or profitable?
5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Special thanks to guineverewinter for her suggestion"
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34 mins
beneficial
Suggest: beneficial
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Adsion Liu
: It's very locally used probably in Taiwan, or can be translated as advantageous, favorable, etc.
2 hrs
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Thank you, but now I think maybe "profit-gaining" is more suitable.
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| agree |
guineverewinter
: or profitable?
5 hrs
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Thank you, "profitable" sounds better than "beneficial".
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