Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
让
English translation:
enable
Added to glossary by
Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Mar 7, 2008 10:12
16 yrs ago
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Chinese term
Works in: Chinese to English
让
Chinese to English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
茶
让中国的茶文化走向世界，让中国茶艺术立于世界艺术之林。
这句话怎么翻译好呢? "让"怎么处理呢?
这句话怎么翻译好呢? "让"怎么处理呢?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | enable |
Wenjer Leuschel (X)
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| 4 +5 | May/Let |
Lucy Liang
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| 3 +1 | allow |
chica nueva
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Change log
Mar 7, 2008 10:12: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Mar 10, 2008 01:21: Wenjer Leuschel (X) Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+2
59 mins
Selected
enable
Another way for its popularity in IT translations.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+1
32 mins
chica nueva
Native in English
Works in field
http://youtube/iraVWQu3Zf8
Native in: English (Variants: New Zealand, British)
Works in: Chinese to English
Related KudoZ points
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16
allow
allow = to make it possible for something to happen 容许(谋事发生) eg 我们决不容许通货膨胀进一步发展.(朗文进阶词典)
allow = to make it possible for something to happen, or to not prevent something from happening; permit eg Her proposals would allow (= make it possible for) more people to stay in full-time education. (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
allow = to make it possible for something to happen, or to not prevent something from happening; permit eg Her proposals would allow (= make it possible for) more people to stay in full-time education. (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
+5
6 hrs
May/Let
'May' is used when someone is making a good wishing, for example: may you have good health in 2008!
'Let' could also be used, depending on the context.
'Let' could also be used, depending on the context.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Yi Yuan (X)
45 mins
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| agree |
Jie Li (X)
57 mins
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| agree |
ConnieJ
1 hr
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| agree |
orientalhorizon
: here "may" may be really good.
12 hrs
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| agree |
Malcolm Mayfield
: touché
23 hrs
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