Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
直来曲往间
English translation:
with their extensive coverage
Added to glossary by
Wilman
May 6, 2012 23:18
12 yrs ago
Chinese term
直来曲往间
Chinese to English
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Transport / Transportation / Shipping
然而{直来曲往间}，两条地铁线路为不少北京居民和远来的游子提供了新鲜和方便。
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Proposed translations
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| 3 | with their extensive coverage |
Phil Hand
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| 4 | Extending and winding their ways...... |
Kun Huang
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| 4 | while busy running back and forth |
jyuan_us
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| 3 | navigates the intricate twists and turns |
pkchan
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Proposed translations
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with their extensive coverage
I don't think there is any need to understand the 直 and the 曲literally here. Taken together, they mean "the length of the tracks ".
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Comment: "Thanks."
8 hrs
Extending and winding their ways......
It is about how subways go their ways.
For the whole sentence, you might say "Extending and winding their ways, the two subways..."
A subway can extend for some distances and make turns from time to time.
(Some may argue that "extending one's way" may not necessarily mean going direct lines, but it is more going direct lines than circling around. "Going direct lines" is not recommended here for it is not as beautiful considering the style of the writing.)
For the whole sentence, you might say "Extending and winding their ways, the two subways..."
A subway can extend for some distances and make turns from time to time.
(Some may argue that "extending one's way" may not necessarily mean going direct lines, but it is more going direct lines than circling around. "Going direct lines" is not recommended here for it is not as beautiful considering the style of the writing.)
Peer comment(s):
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Di Anna (X)
: How would you translate 然而 here?
Yeah, context, right. Thanks, that was just me being a blockhead ;-).
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It depends largely on what goes before the sentence. You may just say "While extending and winding their ways,the two subways.." or ""Extending and winding their ways, however, the two subways..." or However, the two subways, while extending and winding..
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14 hrs
while busy running back and forth
busy running back and forth, the 2 subway lines...
这个单词設計到不同文化对同一個事务的描述方式。其中文的意思就是来来往往。extending and winding their ways linguistically is a valid translation but functionally it doen't work. The readers will tend to think: how can a train run if the railway doesn't extend? The reader will also tend to think that the train runs in a zigzaging way if 曲往 is literally translated. It is not true.
Subways are usually running a in a "winding" way.
这个单词設計到不同文化对同一個事务的描述方式。其中文的意思就是来来往往。extending and winding their ways linguistically is a valid translation but functionally it doen't work. The readers will tend to think: how can a train run if the railway doesn't extend? The reader will also tend to think that the train runs in a zigzaging way if 曲往 is literally translated. It is not true.
Subways are usually running a in a "winding" way.
1 day 16 hrs
navigates the intricate twists and turns
不直譯
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