Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
家裏
English translation:
home, house, apartment, flat, dwelling, residence
Added to glossary by
Roddy Stegemann
May 27, 2006 11:57
18 yrs ago
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Sentence: 請你把這些東西包起來，送到黃先生的家裏去，可以嗎？
First Attempt: Excuse me, please! Could you wrap these few things and send them to Mr. Wong's home?
Question One: As it is awkward to ask someone, if they are both able and willing to do something in the same breath, I am concerned about the phrasing 請你Ａ，可以嗎？Have I captured the sense adequately?
Question Two: Does the phrasing 這些東西 mean "these few things"?
Question Three: Does 家裏 mean home?
As always you are welcome to comment on other parts of the sentence.
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First Attempt: Excuse me, please! Could you wrap these few things and send them to Mr. Wong's home?
Question One: As it is awkward to ask someone, if they are both able and willing to do something in the same breath, I am concerned about the phrasing 請你Ａ，可以嗎？Have I captured the sense adequately?
Question Two: Does the phrasing 這些東西 mean "these few things"?
Question Three: Does 家裏 mean home?
As always you are welcome to comment on other parts of the sentence.
http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/contents.html#p...
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Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | home |
wherestip
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| 3 | Excuse me, could you please pack the few things up and send it to Mr.Wong's home(house)? |
Joyce Curran
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Proposed translations
+1
1 hr
Selected
home
or residence
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Comment: "Final rendering: Excuse me, please. Could you wrap these few things and send them to Mr. Wong's home?
Discussion: Please see http://homepage.mac.com/moogoonghwa/tsongkit/part2/II-8b-g.html#s12 for further discussion.
Acknowledgement: My thanks to wherestip, Joyce Curran, and chinesetrans for their useful input. Foreign residents appear to be somewhat sensitive about the use of the word home. Mine is where my heart is and depends little on geographical location.
Best wishes from the land of no mountains."
2 hrs
Excuse me, could you please pack the few things up and send it to Mr.Wong's home(house)?
Q1: I think you are right, if you use "then" instead "and", it may sound better.
Q2: correct
Q3: "家裏" can be "home" or "house", generally point to where Mr.Wong lives.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-05-27 14:21:57 GMT)
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or "Excuse me, could you pack the few things up and send it to Mr.Wong's home(house)? please!"
The first translation sounds a bit of ordering someone to do it, the later one is more polite.
still, I think it depends who and in what situation, the sentence being used.
Q2: correct
Q3: "家裏" can be "home" or "house", generally point to where Mr.Wong lives.
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-05-27 14:21:57 GMT)
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or "Excuse me, could you pack the few things up and send it to Mr.Wong's home(house)? please!"
The first translation sounds a bit of ordering someone to do it, the later one is more polite.
still, I think it depends who and in what situation, the sentence being used.
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