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Where does all the weird Chinese component terminology come from?
gamalot:
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--- 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 ?
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harmonic frequency 谐波频率
谐 means humorous or harmonious
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Now you know the answer, could you pls tell me what the meaning of 'jump straight on' in return? :-DD
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:-DD
No, try again……a different translation. You jumped but not straight to the correct answer. :)
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OK! Here is another answer for free |O
resonant frequency 谐振频率
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:)
Sorry not that either.
Getting closer.
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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
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:-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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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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