DISCUSSION of Eclogues Translation Group (ETG)

舞者 · 发表于 2006-2-25 23:23

原帖由 sych 于 2006-2-25 22:43 发表

it is only english that is used to communicate in this place. i want to die.

灌水 is the most important thing in the world and by the way it is chinese .

Please do not die, for one, your English is not bad, and more importantly, if you are a goner now, you will not have the chance to scorn or tease someone in English skillfully someday

. So, live for it.

If I "put in water", "add water", or "water it up", or "irrigate" (灌水), I might get confused and forget what I intended to do in the first place.

So, Chinese must rule sometimes.

mu · 发表于 2006-2-26 11:04

原帖由舞者于 2006-2-25 20:38 发表
did you mean "huh?" or "hug"? They are quite different. Sorry, that's 灌水。

Forgive you for the first time.

原帖由 sych 于 2006-2-25 22:43 发表

it is only english that is used to communicate in this place. i want to die.

灌水 is the most important thing in the world and by the way it is chinese .

It't rude habit, I won't 灌水 from now on, and forever.

p.s: very good resources of Alexis, many thanks.

chinesepoet · 发表于 2006-2-26 11:22

I think most of us should work hard for English more frequently,so that we could discuss some advanced topic.

mu · 发表于 2006-2-26 11:25

原帖由 chinesepoet 于 2006-2-26 11:22 发表
I think most of us should work hard for English more frequently,so that we could discuss some advanced topic.

advanced topic?

Like..?

chinesepoet · 发表于 2006-2-26 11:55

ontologic topic,hehe.

chinesepoet · 发表于 2006-2-26 12:10

In the beginning ,I don't think we can discuss some topic.we have to have a process.

mu · 发表于 2006-2-27 12:06

A few questions in translating,

1)
Is "Fair Amaryllis" a name or a noun?

舞者 · 发表于 2006-2-27 12:36

原帖由 牧场看守人 于 2006-2-27 12:06 发表
A few questions in translating,

1)
Is "Fair Amaryllis" a name or a noun?

Amaryllis is the name of Corydon's female lover, fair means fair, as an adj...it could mean light complexion as well as good looking/pretty.

mu · 发表于 2006-2-27 12:39

原帖由舞者于 2006-2-27 12:36 发表

Amaryllis is the name of Corydon's female lover, fair means fair, as an adj...it could mean light complexion as well as good looking/pretty.

Thanks, I thought "Amaryllis" is name of a shepherdess just like its meaning in Latin.

mu · 发表于 2006-5-8 17:43

Two days left..really busy, never slack off.