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先进表彰会

English translation: commendation meeting

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Chinese term or phrase:先进表彰会
English translation:commendation meeting
Entered by: Shang

11:55 Nov 26, 2004
Chinese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Linguistics
Chinese term or phrase: 先进表彰会
怎么译
methrinia
commendation meeting
Explanation:
commendation meeting

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Note added at 22 hrs 5 mins (2004-11-27 10:01:13 GMT)
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表彰会要表彰的肯定是先进个人或集体，“先进”二字属于赘词，没有必要翻译。有谁听说过表彰“落后分子”的？
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Shang
China
Local time: 10:59
Grading comment
有理
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2Commendation ceremony
Denyce Seow
4 +1an award ceremony
Ozethai
4 +1commendation meeting
Shang
3 +1advanced commendation meeting
Beth Dennison
3 +1Excellence Awards (Ceremony)
chica nueva


Discussion entries: 1





  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
先进柄衩粊E> <input readonly type=text name=
advanced commendation meeting


Explanation:
I have also heard of an "advanced commendation conference".

Beth Dennison
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wenjer Leuschel (X): Do they offer some recommendations in the conference, too?
43 mins
agree  chica nueva: I guess this is the standard Chinese translation for it...(?) - it would be meaningful for a Chinese readership I guess
21 hrs
disagree  Shang: 表彰会要表彰的肯定是先进个人或集体，“先进”二字属于赘词，没有必要翻译。有谁听说过表彰“落后分子”的？
21 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
先进表彰会
Commendation ceremony


Explanation:
IMHO, "ceremony" might be a more appropriate term here.

The problem is with 先进 now. If we translate it as "Advanced Commendation Ceremony", it is awkward and misleading, right?

Denyce Seow
Singapore
Local time: 10:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Zhoudan
7 hrs
agree  chica nueva: interesting isn't it. Could depend how 'Chinese'(and formal) you want it to sound, or whether you want it translated over into a Western equivalent. The definition of '先进' reminds me of 'excellence'...
17 hrs
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
先进表彰会
an award ceremony


Explanation:
Probably leaning towards Australian usage here, I admit.

Ozethai
Australia
Local time: 12:59
Native speaker of: Native in ThaiThai, Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chica nueva: We would probably call them "Excellence Awards" in this part of the world and this society...(does '先进 = advanced' derive from Marxism I wonder?, in which case do you keep the ideology in or replace it with something else more 'Western'...)
11 hrs
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
先进表彰会
Excellence Awards (Ceremony)


Explanation:
先进 = 紧不比较快,水平比较高,可以作为学习的榜样的 eg 先进工作者 先进集体 先进水平

'先进' 也许可以译为'excellence'


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chica nueva
Local time: 14:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shang
9 mins
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
先进表彰会
commendation meeting


Explanation:
commendation meeting

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Note added at 22 hrs 5 mins (2004-11-27 10:01:13 GMT)
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表彰会要表彰的肯定是先进个人或集体，“先进”二字属于赘词，没有必要翻译。有谁听说过表彰“落后分子”的？


    Reference: http://www.powerdict.com/22B25-3.htm
Shang
China
Local time: 10:59
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
有理

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  chica nueva: other words for 表彰 are 'recognition' and 'citation' eg meeting/ceremony/celebration to recognise excellence in .../citations for excellence in ...?
21 hrs
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