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Chinese to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Tourism & Travel | |||||||
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Something like the band on the head of the Monkey King Explanation: Something like the band on the head of the Monkey King 趣味英文:解说西游记里的各路神妖(图)_手机新浪网 - 新浪教育edu.sina.cn › foreign › wyxx › detail... Translate this page Oct 16, 2015 - 唐僧用一个金箍(gold band)通过念咒(chant magic words),即紧箍咒(tightening-crown spell)可以控制他。 [猪八戒]. 猪八戒(Zhu Bajie)字面意思 ... |
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but the children were cursed by "academic scores" Explanation: If this term was translated directly into "tightening-crown spell", there will be a culture barrier for the English readers. Considering this, I would prefer to translate it directly into something easy for the target language readers. |
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(but getting good grades has become) a kind of pressure (on kids) Explanation: 美国学校的 “分数” 是用 A,B,C,D, ....(grades). A+ 或 A 是满分。 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 hrs (2020-07-20 22:54:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 这里紧箍咒的意思是 给儿童的精神压力。 |
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magic spell Explanation: https://www.linguee.com/chinese-english/translation/緊箍咒.html |
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trammel Explanation: “紧箍咒” is a kind of metaphor here, it may not be appropriate to provide a direct translation, because target readers may not understand it. Instead, we need to convey its actual meaning. 紧箍咒(发音jǐn gū zhòu),最早出现于中国四大文学小说《西游记》中,唐僧用来制服孙悟空的咒语,能使孙悟空头上的紧箍收缩,头痛欲裂。后用来比喻束缚人的东西。 Example sentence(s):
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