Where do you see yourself in 10 years time?
bababardwan
May 09, 2010, 10:55 AM posted in General DiscussionWhere do you see yourself in 10 years time? ...Also how to ask this in Chinese? ...can 哪儿/哪里 convey the same meaning as the English "where" used in the above context [that is..not just physical location...but doing what?]
Would "你十年以后想象你自己在哪里？" work ?
How much do you envisage China or Chinese language being part of where you're at?
bababardwan
听起来很有趣，很聪明，不过我不太明白，所以我需要问你在英文如果你是不是说：
"In ten years time I want to invent a time machine,then go back in the past and find "the man I imagine I will be with in 10 years time" and while he's sleeping quietly strangle him."
..is that it? Haha,very funny.You're sounding very optimistic about your future man,hehe. Go girl ;) Yep very clever.
orangina
Actually, I meant to say: In ten years time I want to invent a time machine, go back in time and find the man who came up with "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" and quietly strangle him in his sleep.
It is, you might say, my least favorite interview question... hehe.
maggiewm
haha ,在他睡时候轻声的勒死，然后让他回到现在learn Chinese online here .
bababardwan
哎哟。.yikes:
find the man who came up with "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
..thought you meant me for a sec there. [How do you say "phew" in Chinese?]
ps...I still like your answer...still very clever,but this is not an interview so no pressure to come up with an answer you think they wanna hear...this is more for fun ;)
ps I feel like a major dill with my first interpretation..sorry...我真的不要意思
orangina
呵呵， I know, it isn't an interview so it isn't the same game where we have to make some nice words that don't mean anything. ;-)
And I don't want to strangle my future man before he does what ever it is that raises my ire.... that's no way to get the jury's sympathy!
bababardwan
that's no way to get the jury's sympathy!
哈哈大笑。。你真幽默。
you're on a roll...[how to say that in Chinese?]
bodawei
May 09, 2010, 12:55 PMOrangina - you're a poet! I had to look up most of it and I still don't know exactly what you mean, but it sounds enigmatic. Is that a ten year younger you whispering in your ear 'imagine yourself in ten years time?' 你喝醉了吗?
bababardwan
May 09, 2010, 01:04 PM听起来很有趣，很聪明，不过我不太明白，所以我需要问你在英文如果你是不是说：
"In ten years time I want to invent a time machine,then go back in the past and find "the man I imagine I will be with in 10 years time" and while he's sleeping quietly strangle him."
..is that it? Haha,very funny.You're sounding very optimistic about your future man,hehe. Go girl ;) Yep very clever.
RJ
May 09, 2010, 01:10 PMCan we make it 5 years? Im getting too old to play this game. :-) I will know twice as much Chinese as I do now, which will still be half as much as I want to know.
bodawei
The old have got more time than the young.
(I'm trying to compete with Orangina, who has maybe found some exotic plant to smoke to enhance her poetic prowess. I on the other hand am sober. )
orangina
No artificial enhancement, that is just me as I am...
bababardwan
当然可以。如果五年以后我知道倍【我刚才发现这个生词。。为什么以前没发现？】中文的话我就非常开心。我真怕对高原
orangina
May 09, 2010, 01:12 PMActually, I meant to say: In ten years time I want to invent a time machine, go back in time and find the man who came up with "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" and quietly strangle him in his sleep.
It is, you might say, my least favorite interview question... hehe.
maggiewm
May 09, 2010, 01:13 PMhaha ,在他睡时候轻声的勒死，然后让他回到现在learn Chinese online here .
bodawei
May 09, 2010, 01:16 PMThe old have got more time than the young.
(I'm trying to compete with Orangina, who has maybe found some exotic plant to smoke to enhance her poetic prowess. I on the other hand am sober. )
bababardwan
May 09, 2010, 01:33 PM当然可以。如果五年以后我知道倍【我刚才发现这个生词。。为什么以前没发现？】中文的话我就非常开心。我真怕对高原
orangina
May 09, 2010, 12:33 PM我十年以后想发明时间机，去过去找到“你十年以后想象自己在哪里”捏造的人，在他睡时候轻声的勒死。