Jan 18, 2009 11:25
15 yrs ago
Chinese term
“公说公有理、婆说婆有理 ”的争端中
Chinese to English
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Journalism
politics
the phrase is taken from an article appeared on xinhua net. can you help ne translate the expression between inverted comas?
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Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | each side thinks it's (in the) right |
Paul Hirsh
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| 4 | an all-grey conflict |
Melody Song
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| 4 | "he say she say" |
wsallyw
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| 4 | the |
sauha lo
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Proposed translations
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Paul Hirsh
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each side thinks it's (in the) right
standard expression
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Note added at 6 mins (2009-01-18 11:31:50 GMT)
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or each side claims to be in the right
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Note added at 6 mins (2009-01-18 11:31:50 GMT)
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or each side claims to be in the right
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2 hrs
Melody Song
Canada
Canada
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Canada
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Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English
an all-grey conflict
for your reference.
11 hrs
"he say she say"
I think to put it in a simple term it'd be he say she say but how your sentense is going to translate really depends
1 day 18 hrs
the
This express comes from Akira Kurosawa's great 1950 movie, can be express as following in Chinese: 類似羅生門的爭端
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Note added at 1 day18 hrs (2009-01-20 05:50:24 GMT) Post-grading
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the "Rashomon-like" conflict
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Note added at 1 day18 hrs (2009-01-20 05:50:24 GMT) Post-grading
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the "Rashomon-like" conflict
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