Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
some good may come of its checkered history
Chinese translation:
几经磨难之后也许还能修成正果
Added to glossary by
Patrick Cheng
Mar 11, 2013 11:14
11 yrs ago
English term
some good may come of its checkered history
English to Chinese
Tech/Engineering
IT (Information Technology)
mobile OSes
Last week, HP sold the remains of WebOS to LG Electronics -- the company that makes TVs, Blu-ray players, refrigerators, and even Android and Windows Phone smartphones. LG's intent is to use WebOS as the embedded OS for its Internet-connected TVs, and perhaps for other "smart" appliances such as fridges.
What a come-down for WebOS, though it's nice that{ some good may come of its checkered history}. My only real question is why LG didn't go with Android, which is also designed for use in embedded systems and is an OS familiar to LG. That may suggest Android isn't well suited to such use or LG wants to be different than Samsung and the other electronics makers looking to use Android. Whatever the reason, WebOS lives on, but in a very different body.
对WebOS来说够落魄潦倒的,不过一些好处可能来自其曲折的历史,这是好事。
谢谢改正!
What a come-down for WebOS, though it's nice that{ some good may come of its checkered history}. My only real question is why LG didn't go with Android, which is also designed for use in embedded systems and is an OS familiar to LG. That may suggest Android isn't well suited to such use or LG wants to be different than Samsung and the other electronics makers looking to use Android. Whatever the reason, WebOS lives on, but in a very different body.
对WebOS来说够落魄潦倒的,不过一些好处可能来自其曲折的历史,这是好事。
谢谢改正!
Proposed translations
(Chinese)
4 | 几经磨难之后也许还能修成正果 |
Patrick Cheng
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4 +2 | 一些好处 可能来自其曲折的历史 |
Francis Fine
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4 | 请见下 |
Fang Huang
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4 | 某个商品可能是其成败并存史的结果。 |
Teplocteur
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4 | 虽说山穷水尽之后或许真能柳暗花明,但 WebOS 的此番变故总让人顿生英雄落寞之感。 |
Paul Lau
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3 | 好事多磨 |
Cheng Peng
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Change log
Mar 17, 2013 04:54: Patrick Cheng Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
7 hrs
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几经磨难之后也许还能修成正果
谁能料到WebOS会如此落魄,不过让人稍感欣慰的是几经磨难之后也许它还能修成正果。
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2 hrs
好事多磨
nothing more to say
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11 hrs
一些好处 可能来自其曲折的历史
Clearwater himself did a satisfactory job. So I just copied his translation down. Both Cheng and Patrick are doing fine, too. They are more idiomatic and clearly show the translators are well versed in the Chinese language.
However, 多磨 and 正果 could possibly have implications not exactly corresponding to what the author wish to ex-press. Duo-mo stresses the checkered history and Zheng-guo signifies "reaching a lofty goal" or a "happy ending."
However, 多磨 and 正果 could possibly have implications not exactly corresponding to what the author wish to ex-press. Duo-mo stresses the checkered history and Zheng-guo signifies "reaching a lofty goal" or a "happy ending."
20 hrs
请见下
What a come-down for WebOS, though it's nice that some good may come of its checkered history.
此举令WebOS很是掉价,但好在塞翁失马,焉知非福。
此举令WebOS很是掉价,但好在塞翁失马,焉知非福。
1 day 3 hrs
某个商品可能是其成败并存史的结果。
some good may come of its checkered history.
某个商品可能是其成败并存史的结果。
checkered: NAmE, BrE ~ past/history/career 成功与失败并存的(过去或历史、事业)
come of: to happen as a result of sth 是...的结果;由...引起
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2013-03-12 15:00:21 GMT)
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What a come-down for WebOS, though it's nice that some good may come of its checkered history.
网页操作系统掉价太厉害了,不过某个商品是其成败并存史的结果也不错。
某个商品可能是其成败并存史的结果。
checkered: NAmE, BrE ~ past/history/career 成功与失败并存的(过去或历史、事业)
come of: to happen as a result of sth 是...的结果;由...引起
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Note added at 1 day3 hrs (2013-03-12 15:00:21 GMT)
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What a come-down for WebOS, though it's nice that some good may come of its checkered history.
网页操作系统掉价太厉害了,不过某个商品是其成败并存史的结果也不错。
1 day 21 hrs
虽说山穷水尽之后或许真能柳暗花明,但 WebOS 的此番变故总让人顿生英雄落寞之感。
我觉得这句话的重点在于 come-down,而非 some good。上述翻译不可谓不佳,但似乎都在强调后者。
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