English for Chinese

A friend's little girl played with my daughter. Both are about 11 years old. One called the other an idiot and caused some unpleasant re...

> 如果你碰到这个问题，你的思路是什么？ 碰到 is meet only if you 碰到 a person. It's NOT meet when you 碰到 a problem. This is a very common mistake the Chine...

> “介绍信”用英文怎么说？ Reference letter. Some say recommendation letter. > 想知道正宗中国特色的介绍信，就是以前（好象现在有时候还需要）那种单位开的到别的机构/单位办事的介绍信怎么说 I see what yo...

> What do you think you are worth to us？ > (你怎么认为你对我们有价值呢?) Looks like many Chinese web sites have that wrong translation (search on G...

> 我正在办理护照 > 主要是这个办理，感觉prepare不太对 办理 or 办 is an interesting word in Chinese. It's used in so many places. I think in most (but not ...

> 展望未来我们仍然不断完善自我，提升各方面的素质，更恳请您的指导与支持， > 我们将继续竭诚与广大客户携手合作，与时俱进，共创未来 That was something quite fancy, literary... Let me try. It won'...

> Han nation > 好象不对 Since many years ago, China Daily or even Beijing Review (two English publications published by Chinese) used the ...

> 作为非母语学习，是永远也不可能完全达到母语水平比如用英文写诗歌和小说的 That applies to many people, but not to all. > Jonathan现象，再一次证明了语言输出的能力不依赖输出的练习。“说”的能力是并不需要大量“说”...

> 瘦可以用skinny来说，如果胖用什么呢？ Fat is a bad word, unless you want to make a joke of your very good friend, or somebody completely unrelated to y...

> 我比较瘦，怕冷不怕热 I don't have a Chinese-English dictionary with me. I wonder what they translate the word 怕 to. You can't say fear or...