Jun 21, 2010 17:14
14 yrs ago
English term

Play

English to Chinese Other Education / Pedagogy
I have the following translated:


Play Game
开始游戏
Replay
再来一次
Play Menu
游戏菜单

Now I need just the single word "Play" translated.
Proposed translations (Chinese)
3 +1 游戏
4 +1 开始

Discussion

Gloria (Shufen) Huang (X) Jun 22, 2010:
Play in "Play Game" is a verb. Generally it is translated into "玩". But in this context, the phrase is better translated into "游戏开始". It sounds more natural this way even though "play" doesn't mean "start" by itself.

Play in "Play Menu" seems to be a noun and mean "游戏" here.

So basically, the verb means "玩" or in this context "开始" and the noun means "游戏". Just my two cents. :)

Proposed translations

+1
39 mins
English term (edited): Play
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游戏

开始 start

游戏 Game, Play


hope this is what you need.
Example sentence:

开始游戏

start game, play game

Peer comment(s):

agree Thinkcell Wang
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+1
5 hrs

开始

I feel it is just like to say "start" if just "play" is displayed.
Peer comment(s):

agree Sze Man Leung, MCIL, DipTrans (IoLET) : Both "玩" and "開始" are correct; but if you only want one and only one answer for the word, "開始" suits all your examples.
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