in a moment

18:45 Dec 2, 2004

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English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Science - Science (general)

English term or phrase: in a moment

This page will automatically refresh the service record in a moment.

Translation: 此页将立即自动刷新此服务记录。

I think it should be:

此页随后将自动刷新此服务记录。

Sorry, but I don't get to test how the page works to know whether it is an immediate or delayed action.

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Summary of answers provided

3 +3

一会儿

Francis Fine

TRY

jyuan_us

4 +1

一會兒,不久,立即,馬上

Bo Smith

很快

Lu Zou

随即／随后立即

Mark Xiang

Discussion entries: 3

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23 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

一会儿

Explanation:
You have a good point there. Translating "in a moment" into "immediately" might be risky for there could be a delay. (No matter how short the delay, it would not be immediate.)

Francis Fine
United States
Local time: 07:27
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese,

English

48 mins confidence:

TRY

Explanation:
等一下就会。。。。

jyuan_us
United States
Local time: 10:27
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 36

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

一會兒,不久,立即,馬上

Explanation:
in a moment
一會兒,不久,立即,馬上

立即 is okay. "in a moment" does mean it would take a while, but a VERY short while. It is the same expression as "in a second" which means very soon but not necessarily actual "one second".

If you translate to 随后，that sounds like this refreshing action is not going to happen right infront of your eyes soon, rather it will happen at a later time.

That is quite difference.

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That is quite \"different\".

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Note added at 48 mins (2004-12-02 19:34:08 GMT)
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I did not say I agree to translate to \"immediately\". Please NOTE the Chinese 立即 does not necessarily mean and ONLY mean \"immediately\".

What I am against is the term \"隨後\". \"隨後\" sounds to me as a sinigicant delay, way longer than \"a moment\".

Moreover, \"隨後\" 裡面有個 \"隨\"，請問是隨什麼之後? 如果你要用隨後，通常是接在某個動作之後，例如：「阿拉法特抵達安曼機場隨後轉機前往巴黎］；「巴勒斯坦槍手綁架三外國人質隨後釋放」。

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Note added at 51 mins (2004-12-02 19:37:40 GMT)
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以software licalization 的立場來說，這樣翻比較合適。

This page will automatically refresh the service record in a moment.
此頁將即刻自動刷新此服務記錄。

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Note added at 1 hr 2 mins (2004-12-02 19:48:34 GMT)
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sinigicant -> significant
licalization -> localization

I can\'t spell today. LOL

Bo Smith
Native speaker of:

Chinese

2 hrs confidence:

很快

Explanation:
此页将很快自动刷新服务记录

Lu Zou
Australia
Local time: 00:27
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 6

8 hrs confidence:

随即／随后立即

Explanation:
随即／随后立即

Mark Xiang
Local time: 22:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 4

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