Dec 26, 2005 13:09
18 yrs ago
Chinese term
天下没有白吃的午餐.
Chinese to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
天下没有白吃的午餐.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | One choice : A Grand Don't Come For Free |
Ritchest
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| 5 +9 | There's no such thing as a free lunch. |
Peter Smith
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| 5 +2 | No free lunch. |
Twinpens (X)
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| 5 +1 | Everything comes at a price. |
albertdeng
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Proposed translations
+1
1 hr
Chinese term (edited):
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Selected
One choice : A Grand Don't Come For Free
中文專輯名稱：天下沒有白吃的午餐(CD+DVD特別盤)
英文專輯名稱：A Grand Don't Come For Free(CD+DVD)
英文專輯名稱：A Grand Don't Come For Free(CD+DVD)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "你的解答比较接近."
+1
9 hrs
albertdeng
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in Chinese
Works in field
New Zealand
Highest, strongest, best
Native in: Chinese 
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English, English
+2
2 hrs
Chinese term (edited):
����û�а׳Ե����.
No free lunch.
No free lunch.
在美国这是一个非常普通而常见的说法。
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Note added at 1 day 10 hrs 33 mins (2005-12-27 23:42:58 GMT)
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http://www.nofreelunch.org/
http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/~spears/yin-yang.html
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0742512975/103-7720584-8147...
http://www.no-free-lunch.org/
http://www.arn.org/arnproducts/books/b054.htm
http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa060400a.htm
在美国这是一个非常普通而常见的说法。
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Note added at 1 day 10 hrs 33 mins (2005-12-27 23:42:58 GMT)
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http://www.nofreelunch.org/
http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/~spears/yin-yang.html
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0742512975/103-7720584-8147...
http://www.no-free-lunch.org/
http://www.arn.org/arnproducts/books/b054.htm
http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa060400a.htm
+9
1 hr
Peter Smith
Taiwan
Taiwan
Native in English
Taiwan
Accuracy with a literary polish.
Native in: English
Works in: Chinese to English, French to English
Chinese term (edited):
����û�а׳Ե����.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
A standard American expression that came straight from English into Chinese.
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Note added at 6 days (2006-01-01 14:00:25 GMT) Post-grading
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This is, as I said the first time, an American expression that has been around for years. The Chinese got it from English. Now, you're just translating it back into English. The problem with the 'grand don't come for free' answer is that: a) some people wouldn't know what a grand is, and b) it is a class-marked expression; few people use it.
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Note added at 6 days (2006-01-01 14:00:25 GMT) Post-grading
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This is, as I said the first time, an American expression that has been around for years. The Chinese got it from English. Now, you're just translating it back into English. The problem with the 'grand don't come for free' answer is that: a) some people wouldn't know what a grand is, and b) it is a class-marked expression; few people use it.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Gary Key
59 mins
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| agree |
licullen
2 hrs
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| agree |
Will Wong
3 hrs
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| agree |
Philip Tang
8 hrs
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| agree |
Angus Woo
21 hrs
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| agree |
Yi-Hua Shih
1 day 3 hrs
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| agree |
Kerong Zhao
1 day 16 hrs
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| agree |
anastasia t (X)
1 day 21 hrs
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| agree |
samnunns
2 days 22 hrs
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Discussion
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