By Grammar, Translation

Hello Canada 1966, welcome to the forum.I've got a feeling that you ran your own language through one of the translation softwares such as Babelfish as this reads very much like the sort of thing they come up with - translating single words without really being able to consider the overall...

Hi Cute,I know this may not be an appropriate question but I need to ask as I am curious to the phrase "writing desk" and "evening rays". Are you Chinese? I asked this because I know only Cantonese will use "writing desk" as a direct translation. No offense!.

To me those two words are very similar and the translation is the same. The doorbell rang while we were asleep. <- In this sentence, the Grammar in Use says 'as' is not appropriate but 'while' is fine. How about this one? As the doorbell rang, we were sleeping. Does...

LOL, that's what happens when you don't have the slightest idea how to express a certain concept in another language. Dictionary, direct translation... total nonsense. That's why I believe every learner should use a monolingual dictionary "for learners", where everything is...

Hello! CHECK SOMEONE MY TRANSLATION OF LYRICS INTO ENGLISH, PLEASE! My friend is a member of music band. He gave my his lyrics (they are short texts) and asked me to translate them into English. But I'm not good enough in English to translate lyrics - I lack knowledge about phraseal verbs,...

 But the 'fix in your mind' in the second and third examples I gave could be replaced with 'remember' or 'memorize.' You won't disagree on this one, right? 

Helloo folks! I am a teacher of English in Spain. I would appreciate a lot if you could tell why sentence 1) below seems to be more correct than sentence 2). 1) But I don't suppose you remember and old woman like me? 2) But I suppose you don't remember and old woman like me? In...

Right, this is what I meant. I think I can also write: Nowadays, it's difficult for a beginner to get into the translation market. thank you GG!

.It is hard to give an opinion without knowing more about your situation. Are you an individual or a school? Are you trained in any methods now? What are your feelings about how people learn a foreign or second language? Why are you in this business?Those who teach well with a sole, specific...

Hello! I am helping my neighbor, whose native tongue is Japanese, translate something into English. While editing her paper, I came across this sentence: "I also cannot forget the inenarrable eyes of aged people." Ignoring the grammar in the second half of the sentence for the...