Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
你知道什麼時候的ＡＢ，什麼時候Ｃ嗎？
English translation:
Do you know when A is B and A is C?
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Roddy Stegemann
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你知道什麼時候的影子最長，什麼時候最短？
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Sentence: 你知道什麼時候的影子最長，什麼時候最短？
First Attempt: Do you know when the sun casts its longest and shortest shadows?
Two reverse translations.
Translation One:
You know when the sun casts its longest and shortest shadows.
你知道什麼時候的影子最長，什麼時候最短。
Translation Two:
Do you know when the sun casts its longest and shortest shadows?
你知道什麼時候的影子最長，什麼時候最短？
Question One: If the above two English sentences are properly translated, how does a speaker of 普通話 distinguish between the statement and the question?
Question Two: If the two English sentences are not properly translated, please correct them.
As always, you are welcome to comment on other parts of the translated text.
http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/contents.html#p...
First Attempt: Do you know when the sun casts its longest and shortest shadows?
Two reverse translations.
Translation One:
You know when the sun casts its longest and shortest shadows.
你知道什麼時候的影子最長，什麼時候最短。
Translation Two:
Do you know when the sun casts its longest and shortest shadows?
你知道什麼時候的影子最長，什麼時候最短？
Question One: If the above two English sentences are properly translated, how does a speaker of 普通話 distinguish between the statement and the question?
Question Two: If the two English sentences are not properly translated, please correct them.
As always, you are welcome to comment on other parts of the translated text.
http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/contents.html#p...
Proposed translations
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Wenjer Leuschel (X)
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漢語裡，你舉出的這兩句話的 reverse translation 是說不通的，因為問句與平述句必然有區別。
第二句話就是你的標題句，應該說「你可知道什麼時候的影子最長，什麼時候最短？」或者「你知道什麼時候的影子最長，什麼時候最短嗎？」
第一句話應該說「什麼時候的影子最長，什麼時候最短，你知道的。」
第二句話就是你的標題句，應該說「你可知道什麼時候的影子最長，什麼時候最短？」或者「你知道什麼時候的影子最長，什麼時候最短嗎？」
第一句話應該說「什麼時候的影子最長，什麼時候最短，你知道的。」
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Final rendering: Do you know when the sun casts its longest and shortest shadows?
Discussion: May I refer you to the following link.
http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/part2/II-7b-g.html#s20
Acknowledgement: Thank you Wenjer for your explanation about the construction of the Chinese statement and question. It was, indeed, this for which I was seeking an answer.
Also, Anastasia, thank you for staying on board."
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