User Comments - and0709

Posted on: Asking Directions to the Toilet

A 'wee' favour? Was that deliberate?

Posted on: How to Say 'Probably' in Chinese

Who does your captions? "Contance"?

Posted on: Using 赶得上 (gǎndéshàng) or 来得及 (láidéjí)

Really? Then how would you say it? After all, I would not want to be 'trying to over the top".

Posted on: Using 赶得上 (gǎndéshàng) or 来得及 (láidéjí)

How about this? Could we use both words together? 我们差点没来得及赶上飞机

Posted on: A Morning Run or An Evening Run?

I always thought this 难道 could be translated as, 'could it be that...', for example 难道你不知到 (could it be that you don't know?)

Posted on: The New Gym on the Block

Simon, I've been listening to this program for years, and have never heard an Australian accent. So which part of England are you from?

Posted on: Letting it All Out

The guy is looking into a mirror whilst delivering the dialogue, so he's probably in a bathroom, hence the echo. It's probably not a bad thing, at this level, for us to be listening to dialogue which is not very clear. Much more realistic.

Posted on: Goal!

Offside is 越位 yue4wei4

Posted on: A Card Gets Swiped

I would be much happier if the translations were more accurate, even at the risk of sounding a little offensive or inappropriate in English. My understanding of this dialogue is that when the wife says she's 在厕所, she doesn't say she's in the bathroom; she literally says she is using the toilet. Most folk will say 上厕所, meaning that they will use the toilet.

I think the cultural nuances are important to point out.

Posted on: Restaurants with Entertainment

My ambition in life is to go back to Australia one day, find a Chinese guy who has obviously been there for some time and speaks the language well, take him to the best restaurant in town, and say, 'Hang on, this guy doesn't want a steak, somebody go out and buy him a bowl of rice because, as we all know, Chinese eat rice and only rice.' Then we can relax, and listen to 'Hotel California' without further interruption.