I also get the feeling that even within people from different Provinces using Mandarin that they must use different phraseology. I'll type something in English and Google will provide the translation, and my wife will tell me no, that's wrong, they should have used one of the alternatives shown on the right instead. This leads me to believe that even in Mandarin, a phrase wording that they might use in Shanghai, where my wife is from, is different than the wording they commonly use in say Beijing or in Nanning.
On Mar 10, 5:16 pm, tomunc wrote: > Hello, > > I am American and my wife is Chinese. Occasionally, when I use the > English to Chinese translator, my wife tells me that the translation > is terrible.I feel that a lot of this has to do with the tremendous > cultural differences, but I think it goes well beyond that. > > Just passing on my wife's message. I don't mean to hurt anyone's > feelings. > > tomunc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "General" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-translate-general?hl=en.
