说文明话,办文明事,做文明人

English translation: Decent speech, Decent behaviour, Decent people

16:00 Jun 26, 2016
Chinese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Government / Politics
Chinese term or phrase: 说文明话,办文明事,做文明人
This is just a slogan.
Gang Li
Local time: 09:53
English translation:Decent speech, Decent behaviour, Decent people
Explanation:
这里的文明实为得体,言语得体、行为得体、为人得体。

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Note added at 3天2小时 (2016-06-29 18:41:03 GMT)
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update:
Polite Words, Decent Behaviour, Civilised Person!
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Bruce Guo
China
Local time: 16:53
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I like this rendition. :)
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1Speak in a civilized manner, do things in a civilized fashion, be a civilized person.
Michael Lickorish
4Decent speech, Decent behaviour, Decent people
Bruce Guo
4"Speak Civilly, Act Civilly and Be a Civilized Person"
Candace Yang
3见下
tanglsus
1just my hits for help
Erzsébet Czopyk


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just my hits for help


Explanation:
Say yes for civilization, do something civilized, civilized people do! - I would say this

but found these:

That civilization, then, do something civilized, civilized people do!

http://www.zaixian-fanyi.com/fan_yi_13552851

http://www.zaixian-fanyi.com/fan_yi_2536283

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说文明话、办文明事、做文明人!的翻译是: 什么意思? 中文翻译英文 ...
www.zaixian-fanyi.com/fan_yi_2536283

求翻译:说文明话、办文明事、做文明人! ... That civilization, then, do something civilized, civilized people do! ... Said civilization, civilization, do civilized people!

Erzsébet Czopyk
Hungary
Local time: 14:53
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Speak in a civilized manner, do things in a civilized fashion, be a civilized person.


Explanation:
Speak in a civilized manner, do things in a civilized fashion, be a civilized person.

Translation from Chapter 5 "Building Civilised Cities" by Carolyn Cartier in China Story Yearbook 2013 Civilising China ed. Geremie R. Barmé and Jeremy Goldkorn, pp.266


    Reference: http://www.academia.edu/15001487/Building_Civlised_Cities
Michael Lickorish
Australia
Local time: 00:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

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agree  Erzsébet Czopyk: I like this solution very much.
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1 day 9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
见下


Explanation:
Speak, act, and behave like a true person with ethics.

Or loosely translated as:

Speak, act, and behave like a true Samaritan

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tanglsus
United States
Local time: 09:53
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Decent speech, Decent behaviour, Decent people


Explanation:
这里的文明实为得体,言语得体、行为得体、为人得体。

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Note added at 3天2小时 (2016-06-29 18:41:03 GMT)
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update:
Polite Words, Decent Behaviour, Civilised Person!

Bruce Guo
China
Local time: 16:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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I like this rendition. :)
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"Speak Civilly, Act Civilly and Be a Civilized Person"


Explanation:
The slogan is quoted in the book New Mentalities of Government in China, page 66, edited by David Bray and Elaine Jeffreys, with the translation: "Speak Civilly, Act Civilly, Be a Civilized Person and Build a Civilized City"(说文明话,办文明事,做文明人,创文明城).


    https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=vJ9eCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=%E8%AF%B4%E6%96%87%E6%98%8E%E8%AF%9D%EF%BC%8C%E5%8A%9E%E6%96%87%E6%98%
Candace Yang
China
Local time: 21:53
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Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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