Translating a dialogue from a TV show.

[Flying Pigeon]

Hi,

I've been translating a segment from a TV show (for fun?) and realized a couple of things. 1) I'm not a big fan of online translator engine thingys (e.g."Recently an old man named Swallow's Sister came to my dad.") and 2) I'd like some feedback, constructive criticism, and help. I've attached a Word file of my translation.

The segment is from episode 2 of 密战 (Secret War). The scene starts at about 15 minutes into the show and lasts about a minute. Here are the Cliffs Notes: Husband and wife are going through a divorce. Mom and teenage daughter in the car having a conversation. The girl is telling her mom that she (mom) needs to be nicer to dad.

The word 温柔 is said about 8 times. My understanding is that it can mean soft, tender, gentle. In my translation I was pretty liberal with the meaning a couple of times. Would like to know if I'm taking too much creative license with it.

The word 稀罕 is also mentioned a couple of times. I consulted a couple of sources: old-school dictionary, CC-CEDICT, my girlfriend, and an old man named Google Translate.

Came to the conclusion it can mean rare, to care about. Again, I was pretty liberal with the translation.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

You can check out the entire series here.

Peace,

Dean

密战第二集车里1.doc

Edited December 11, 2009 at 11:41 AM by Dean A. Swanson
Original title was too vague.

[imron]

Sounds like you should recommend it for the first episode project

[hohaho]

u did a good job.我稀罕你=i like u. ur translations are very accurate.