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wottie wrote in zhongwen Sep 04, 2009 23:59

Hey guys,

Trying to translate the phrase "我是一个很开朗，很开心 - 偶尔会有点不开心 - 可是我想我还是一个很幸福的人呀！" (a quote from the movie Spider Lilies) and I'm having trouble finding exact words for 开心 and 幸福. To me the latter doesn't quite read "content", but if I translate the former to "happy" I can't really think of an alternative. Thoughts?

Thanks in advance! ♥

Translating for a good cause

chinkerfly wrote in zhongwen Sep 03, 2009 10:02

Hello wonderfully fluent members of zhongwen!

I am working on a translation of the following and would appreciate any help you could throw my way. I have a feeling the translation is very awkward. My translations from English to Chinese usually are. :)

The original in English:
Cast your free vote - Help get $5,000 to orphans in ChinaI have an entry in ( Read more... )

contest, charity, translation

Dear Chinese speaking L.J. genie,

beginnersmind wrote in zhongwen Aug 25, 2009 15:26

Another September is closing in on me. Back to chalk dust, grading papers, and endless of bo - po - mo - fo with my 7th graders ( Read more... )

syntax, failure, teaching

sorry lao mao

ragnus wrote in zhongwen Aug 16, 2009 22:26

北国风光，千里冰封，万里雪飘。
望长城内外，惟馀莽莽；大河上下，顿失滔滔。
山舞银蛇，原驰蜡象，欲与天公试比高。
须晴日，看红妆素裹，分外妖娆。

江山如此多娇，
引无数英雄竞折腰。
惜秦皇汉武，略输文采；唐宗宋祖，稍逊风骚。
一代天骄，成吉思汗，只识弯弓射大雕。
共匪老毛，万里长征，还是湖南乡巴佬。
俱往矣，数风流人物，还看今朝。

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azian_butterfly wrote in zhongwen Aug 13, 2009 15:09

Hi guys.

I'm new to this community and just recently joined Livemocha, a language social networking site. I was wondering if I could get someone to proofread my introduction. I just started this year, so I can only say basic phrases, here's what I have:

你好。我叫琳達。我是越南人，但是我在美國出生。現在我是大學生。我學習法文和中文。我想做新的朋友。

Any help would be much appreciated. ^_^

謝謝

Looking for resources on other dialects

blah_x_infinity wrote in zhongwen Aug 13, 2009 14:22

I'm not sure if this is allowed, since the info page says "Mandarin," but the community name is 中文, so I suppose I can request this here ( Read more... )

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Dear Chinese speaking L.J. genie,

sorry lao mao

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Looking for resources on other dialects

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