Comments on: Startups: Technology for the gentleman http://chinayouren-free.com/2010/01/25/2938 Of China changing the World Thu, 17 May 2012 01:40:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Uln http://chinayouren-free.com/2010/01/25/2938/comment-page-1#comment-20095 Uln Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:36:26 +0000 http://chinayouren-free.com/?p=2938#comment-20095 Robert, you are right about Wenming, the words you give are more precise. But my intention was to translate the overall feeling of the phrase, which is hardly rendered in: "one little step forward, one big step for civility" Then again, that is MY own feeling, I am not so sure all the Chinese users of public lavatories see a parallel with Armstrong :) Robert, you are right about Wenming, the words you give are more precise. But my intention was to translate the overall feeling of the phrase, which is hardly rendered in:

“one little step forward, one big step for civility”

Then again, that is MY own feeling, I am not so sure all the Chinese users of public lavatories see a parallel with Armstrong :)

]]> By: Wukailong http://chinayouren-free.com/2010/01/25/2938/comment-page-1#comment-20092 Wukailong Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:05:06 +0000 http://chinayouren-free.com/?p=2938#comment-20092 "Really inaccurate" is a bit of a stretch, but it is one of these cases that are hard to translate. Since it does allude to Armstrong's saying, it does make some sense to go with "civilization." It's more a problem of what to do with nouns that sounds grand in English when the word classes are floating in Chinese. “Really inaccurate” is a bit of a stretch, but it is one of these cases that are hard to translate. Since it does allude to Armstrong’s saying, it does make some sense to go with “civilization.” It’s more a problem of what to do with nouns that sounds grand in English when the word classes are floating in Chinese.

]]> By: Robert Woo http://chinayouren-free.com/2010/01/25/2938/comment-page-1#comment-20089 Robert Woo Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:40:15 +0000 http://chinayouren-free.com/?p=2938#comment-20089 Translating Wen Ming here as civilization creates some funny effects, but really inaccurate. It should be something on the line of civility, politeness, manners, that kind of thing. Civilization is too big a word for any sensible mind. Translating Wen Ming here as civilization creates some funny effects, but really inaccurate. It should be something on the line of civility, politeness, manners, that kind of thing. Civilization is too big a word for any sensible mind.

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