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| gamalot:
--- Quote from: tautech on January 06, 2023, 01:33:38 pm --- --- Quote from: gamalot on January 06, 2023, 01:30:12 pm --- --- Quote from: tautech on January 06, 2023, 01:19:46 pm --- --- Quote from: gamalot on January 06, 2023, 11:08:46 am --- --- Quote from: tautech on January 06, 2023, 06:09:23 am ---Here's one I remember from a few years back: Humorous Frequency :-// Anyone jump straight on that one ? --- End quote --- harmonic frequency 谐波频率 谐 means humorous or harmonious --- Now you know the answer, could you pls tell me what the meaning of 'jump straight on' in return? :-DD --- End quote --- :-DD No, try again……a different translation. You jumped but not straight to the correct answer. :) --- End quote --- OK! Here is another answer for free |O resonant frequency 谐振频率 --- End quote --- :) Sorry not that either. Getting closer. --- End quote --- Guessing without context is really hard, even for a native Chinese speaker, how about this self-resonant frequency 自谐频率 or tuning frequency 调谐频率 |
| tautech:
--- Quote from: gamalot on January 06, 2023, 01:53:58 pm --- --- Quote from: tautech on January 06, 2023, 01:33:38 pm --- --- Quote from: gamalot on January 06, 2023, 01:30:12 pm --- --- Quote from: tautech on January 06, 2023, 01:19:46 pm --- --- Quote from: gamalot on January 06, 2023, 11:08:46 am --- --- Quote from: tautech on January 06, 2023, 06:09:23 am ---Here's one I remember from a few years back: Humorous Frequency :-// Anyone jump straight on that one ? --- End quote --- harmonic frequency 谐波频率 谐 means humorous or harmonious --- Now you know the answer, could you pls tell me what the meaning of 'jump straight on' in return? :-DD --- End quote --- :-DD No, try again……a different translation. You jumped but not straight to the correct answer. :) --- End quote --- OK! Here is another answer for free |O resonant frequency 谐振频率 --- End quote --- :) Sorry not that either. Getting closer. --- End quote --- Guessing without context is really hard, even for a native Chinese speaker, how about this tuning frequency 调谐频率 --- End quote --- Sorry no again. Context. Earlier User manual for electronic equipment is best I can do for now as not being at workstation where I might still have copies of those old manuals. When revealed you will chuckle as it baffled an EE friend for several days just how a simple translation could go so wrong. |
| pdenisowski:
--- Quote from: harerod on January 06, 2023, 01:05:53 pm --- These translations usually happen during projects and are billed by my hourly rate, since I still apply my expertise as an engineer. --- End quote --- Must be nice :) I recall seeing medical translation jobs advertised with the requirement that the translator be an actual licensed physician (MD) -- I always wondered how many people who went to medical school and also learned a foreign language were willing to work for < 20 cents a word. --- Quote from: harerod on January 06, 2023, 01:05:53 pm --- To put things into perspective: A recent quote for translation of patents (legal stuff, for the courts) from Japanese to German: 1..2€/55chars. --- End quote --- That's about what I was making for Japanese -> English engineering documents in the early 1990s. At least I didn't have to compete with electronic translation tools, and outsourcing to foreign countries was difficult as well. |
| gamalot:
--- Quote from: tautech on January 06, 2023, 02:03:32 pm --- Sorry no again. Context. Earlier User manual for electronic equipment is best I can do for now as not being at workstation where I might still have copies of those old manuals. When revealed you will chuckle as it baffled an EE friend for several days just how a simple translation could go so wrong. --- End quote --- I added another answer (SRF) while you were typing, it must be right! :box: |
| tautech:
--- Quote from: gamalot on January 06, 2023, 02:51:28 pm --- --- Quote from: tautech on January 06, 2023, 02:03:32 pm --- Sorry no again. Context. Earlier User manual for electronic equipment is best I can do for now as not being at workstation where I might still have copies of those old manuals. When revealed you will chuckle as it baffled an EE friend for several days just how a simple translation could go so wrong. --- End quote --- I added another answer (SRF) while you were typing, it must be right! :box: --- End quote --- Your answers thus far for a Humorous Frequency translation: harmonic frequency resonant frequency tuning frequency self-resonant frequency Sorry, are all wrong ! In terms of English understanding, #1 is the closest. Did I say it baffled an EE for some days ? |
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