stevenjac Posted November 17, 2016 at 04:46 PM Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 at 04:46 PM https://smhttp-ssl-33667.nexcesscdn.net/manual/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/man-wearing-a-white-t-shirt-street-style.jpg Looking at this picture, I want to translate the following English sentence into Chinese. "Because he is wearing T-shirt, which is a summer clothing, so I think it is summer." My attempt at translating would be 因为他穿汗衫，汗衫是夏天的衣服，所以我觉得图片上夏天。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted November 17, 2016 at 07:34 PM Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 at 07:34 PM 一看他穿T恤我j就觉得照片是夏天拍得，因为T恤是夏天的衣服。 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
陳德聰 Posted November 17, 2016 at 07:35 PM Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 at 07:35 PM We usually call T-shirts "T恤". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lips Posted November 17, 2016 at 11:42 PM Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 at 11:42 PM 夏天拍的 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted November 18, 2016 at 12:32 PM Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 at 12:32 PM The English sentence is a bit clunky, you could say it this way, but it's not great to write it this way. 889's suggestion (amended as suggested by lips) says the same thing but in a better sentence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny同志 Posted November 19, 2016 at 05:13 AM Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 at 05:13 AM "Because he is wearing T-shirt, which is a summer clothing, so I think it is summer." 我想是夏天拍的，因為他穿著汗衫，汗衫是夏天才穿的。 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knickherboots Posted November 28, 2016 at 05:36 AM Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 at 05:36 AM The sentence does not contain any reference to an image or a taking of an image, so it would be incorrect to include that information. At that point, you're no longer translating, but bringing in information that is not in the text. On the other hand, the sentence does seem rather aimless in Chinese without a concrete reference in the last clause: "I think it is" describes a state of mind that does not work well in Chinese without an object. The clunkiness in the sentence can be remedied by simply moving the article "a", so "Because he is wearing T-shirt, which is a summer clothing, so I think it is summer" becomes "Because he is wearing a T-shirt, which is summer clothing, I think it is summer." You could also say, "Because he is wearing a T-shirt, which is summer clothing, I'm thinking it is summer." My translation would be “因为他穿着T恤，而T恤是夏天的衣服，所以应该是夏天。” （or 所以我觉得是夏天). Google Translate comes under a lot of criticism, but it did a pretty good job here. For the original sentence, it came up with "因为他穿着一件T恤，这是夏装，我想是夏天。” Using my revised English version (the second one above), the result was "因为他穿着T恤, 这是一件夏装，所以我觉得是夏天。“ The Google translations made me think if 夏装 could be used instead of 夏天的衣服 (or 夏天穿的衣服）, but it didn't seem quite right. 夏装 gives a sense of "that which is worn in summer," so, for example, there is the phrase 夏装的衣服, which apparently is not redundant and could be translated as "summer clothes/clothing" or "clothes worn in summer". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted November 28, 2016 at 07:59 PM Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 at 07:59 PM I think the original sentence is clumsy and this is adding problems to the translation I suggest starting again with: I think it is summer because he is only wearing a T shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted November 28, 2016 at 09:14 PM Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 at 09:14 PM Agree. It looks to me like that was taken in Summer because he's just wearing a T-shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Alenpha Posted January 1, 2017 at 06:21 PM New Members Report Share Posted January 1, 2017 at 06:21 PM according to you context, here's my translation： 因为他穿了件T恤搞得我以为这是夏天拍的，因为夏天才穿T恤啊！ pretty native Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Tsui44 Posted February 8, 2017 at 08:35 AM Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 at 08:35 AM On 2016/11/18 at 0:46 AM, stevenjac said: "Because he is wearing T-shirt, which is a summer clothing, so I think it is summer." Can "because" and "so" be used together here? 因为他穿着夏天才穿的T恤，所以我觉得是夏天。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted February 8, 2017 at 08:46 AM Report Share Posted February 8, 2017 at 08:46 AM The original sentence as a whole isn't really good English, but it's nonetheless a realistic translation exercise since original text is often unclear or poorly written and the translator has to work out how to deal with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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