User Comments - TomMangione

Posted on: College Kid Expenses

You are correct. The translation has been changed.

Posted on: B.O. in the Library

凶 is typically translated as "fierce" or "ferocious". However, both of these two options seem awkward in the English.

In addition, if someone is angry or hot-tempered (as this boss in question most likely is), Chinese speakers will often describe that person as 凶. 'Ornery' fits this usage.

Posted on: Coming to Order

It's been changed! Sorry for the delay!

Posted on: Coming to Order

款式 should just be translated as "style". Sorry about that!

Posted on: The Rising Cost of Food

You're correct! The change has been made.

Posted on: Upgrading to Business Class

The translation is incorrect! Thanks for catching this!

不要 = "don't" (or literally "not to want to")

要不 = "otherwise"

The translation should read:

The passageway on the train is very narrow. Don't put your things in the passageway.

Posted on: Earthquake Evacuation

The translation is incorrect. The correct translation should be in the past tense in English:

My boss finally let me take my pet to work.

Posted on: The Typhoon

The 找死 is referring to the mosquitoes. After all, a good swat means their destruction, while it'd take quite swarm to threaten the speaker's life!

Posted on: The Meaning of Meaning

The 都 in 他都不给你打折 has been translated as "at all". However, a better translation for it would be "even":

他都不给你打折

he didn't even give you a discount

Based on the translation of the first phrase, it would seem that there was a 都 that has been omitted. The use of "both" in the English was supposed to imply that the "you" here is plural and not singular. However, it looks like this translation causes more problems than it solves!

Posted on: A Tour of the Office

本来的翻译好像没有错误啊！

hour and a half = 一个半小时

half an hour = 半个小时