Feb 20, 2014 11:18
10 yrs ago
English term
China
couldn’t be counted on your thumbs
English to Chinese
Tech/Engineering
IT (Information Technology)
Web browsers
Opera is nearly 20 years old, yet in all that time it’s struggled to build a market share percentage {that couldn’t be counted on your thumbs}.
不过在这么长的时间里，它一直在为扩大市场份额而努力。
如果直译的话，怎么翻译比较好？
不过在这么长的时间里，它一直在为扩大市场份额而努力。
如果直译的话，怎么翻译比较好？
Proposed translations
(Chinese)
| 4 +2 | 整句翻译 |
Lawrence Zhang
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| 4 | 一直在为获得可观的市场份额而努力 |
Jacky Ye
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| 4 | OPERA的市场份额非常低 |
MY Lim
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| 4 | 照前後文推斷，應該是努力打造出[屈指可數]的市佔率 |
brunoccj
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Proposed translations
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33 mins
一直在为获得可观的市场份额而努力
FYI.
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OPERA的市场份额非常低
It means that Opera's market share percentage is really low.
http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/index.php?topic=71113... It never happens -- well, not quite never, but the instances are so spectacularly rare they can be counted on your thumbs.
https://blog.shareaholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/shar...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(web_browser): According to one of Opera's competitors, this is partly because developers do not test web sites with Opera due to its lack of market share
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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-02-20 13:47:40 GMT)
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To "count the number of xxxx on one's hand", it means that there are only very few of xxxx，or 屈指可數, as brunoccj has mentioned. When you “can count the number of xxxx on your thumbs”, it means that the number of xxxx is really low. When the number of xxxx “can’t be counted on your thumbs”, it means that the number of xxxx is very, very low.
http://www.smashwords.com/extreader/read/365286/3/authors-pu... The amount of people that care about what you’re doing is at an all-time low, the amount of people contacting you can be counted on your thumbs , and the number of projects you need to maintain, promote, and answer for, is zero.
http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/index.php?topic=71113... It never happens-- well, not quite never, but the instances are so spectacularly rare they can be counted on your thumbs.
http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/index.php?topic=71113... It never happens -- well, not quite never, but the instances are so spectacularly rare they can be counted on your thumbs.
https://blog.shareaholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/shar...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(web_browser): According to one of Opera's competitors, this is partly because developers do not test web sites with Opera due to its lack of market share
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Note added at 2 hrs (2014-02-20 13:47:40 GMT)
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To "count the number of xxxx on one's hand", it means that there are only very few of xxxx，or 屈指可數, as brunoccj has mentioned. When you “can count the number of xxxx on your thumbs”, it means that the number of xxxx is really low. When the number of xxxx “can’t be counted on your thumbs”, it means that the number of xxxx is very, very low.
http://www.smashwords.com/extreader/read/365286/3/authors-pu... The amount of people that care about what you’re doing is at an all-time low, the amount of people contacting you can be counted on your thumbs , and the number of projects you need to maintain, promote, and answer for, is zero.
http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/index.php?topic=71113... It never happens-- well, not quite never, but the instances are so spectacularly rare they can be counted on your thumbs.
1 hr
照前後文推斷，應該是努力打造出[屈指可數]的市佔率
但我想不出也查不到為什麼這麼形容，有人能解釋一下嗎
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Note added at 5 hrs (2014-02-20 17:15:09 GMT)
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該公司花了20年所辛苦打造出來的市佔率，仍少到屈指可數。
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Note added at 5 hrs (2014-02-20 17:15:09 GMT)
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該公司花了20年所辛苦打造出來的市佔率，仍少到屈指可數。
Discussion
试译：
Opera的历史已有近20年之久；不过在这么长的时间里，它一直在为提高少得可怜的市场份额而努力。
Read more: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/test-centre/software/3493898/whic...
http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/index.php?topic=71113... It never happens -- well, not quite never, but the instances are so spectacularly rare they can be counted on your thumbs.
https://blog.shareaholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/shar...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(web_browser): According to one of Opera's competitors, this is partly because developers do not test web sites with Opera due to its lack of market share