中文挑战

Nice job on fixing the English grammar.

Here are a few words/phrases that I thought were translated incorrectly. I am sure there are more.

"I need a drink" should be "我得喝一杯"

"Did NOT see that coming" should be "我没想到"

"fugly ass" should be "丑陋的屁股"

"goatee" should be "山羊胡子"

@jkhsu:

"Did NOT see that coming" might be better translated as 没预料到.

You translated "fugly ass" correctly but it's unlikely someone in China would say it like that.

There's a grammar mistake that you didn't catch.

我既在学习中文，又对语法不太了解。 你说，我怎么能找到里面的语法错误呢？

@jkhsu:

Can you figure out which word can be replaced with a more appropriate word in this sentence?

Kristen：你只是羡慕他选了我，你这个丑婆娘。

@feihong:

Is it 丑婆子?

http://www.zdic.net/cd/ci/4/ZdicE4ZdicB8Zdic91352081.htm

@jkhsu:

No, I think 丑婆子 has about the same meaning as 丑婆娘. The actual mistake is rather subtle.

@feihong: Ok, last time.

Is it replacing 羡慕 with 嫉妒 because 羡慕 is too positive?

Also, does adding "而没选了" to "你这个丑婆娘" make it sound more like "choosing me over your..."?

So 你只是嫉妒他选了我，而没选了你这个丑婆娘。

@jkhsu:

羡慕 and 嫉妒 both mean envy, but 羡慕 is more "envy in an admiring way" and 嫉妒 is more "envy in a resentful way". In this particular context, 嫉妒 seems more appropriate. Adding the 而 construction adds emphasis to the fact that Matt didn't choose Geri, but I'm not certain that makes the translation more correct.

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