08:29 Dec 8, 2010 |
Chinese to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Carlis Hsu United States Local time: 00:14 | ||||||
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4 +1 | underlying |
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4 +1 | based |
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4 | background |
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1 | unseen |
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background Explanation: background |
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underlying Explanation: I usually translate these Chinese clichés in a less literal way. eg. An assessment comes with multiple underlying factors. |
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unseen Explanation: I would take this word more neutrally as 背后 could be positive e.g. 成功的背后 I would use UNSEEN in the sense that it is easily overlooked and requires some probing and investigating, but with no connotation of being hidden or Machiavellian Example sentence(s):
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based Explanation: a comment may be based on a lot of factors |
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