Translation, Chinese-style?
This is a translation of a New York Times article, which was translated by the Beijing Evening News and then retranslated by an enterprising blogger who noticed some differences between the Chinese meaning and the English meaning of the article. http://www.blackandwhitecat.org/2008/08/28/how-the-new-york-times-should-have-covered-the-olympics/ If that’s unclear, here’s what happened. 1. I suggest that you first read the [...]
Posted at 4:09 pm on September 12, 2008 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Reading Material | Tagged: China, Chinese, English, translation | read on
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