Apr 24, 2005 11:03
19 yrs ago
Chinese term
Singapore
Business & Legal Translator
Native in: English (Variants: US, Singaporean, UK) 
Works in: Chinese to English
滯留..人員
Chinese to English
Other
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
social welfare services
滯留公交地鐵站人員遣散服務
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | TRY |
jyuan_us
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| 4 +1 | lingering people |
Edward LIU
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| 3 +2 | loiterers or vagrants |
wherestip
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| 3 -1 | detained personel |
Ralph Dunsdon
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Proposed translations
15 mins
Chinese term (edited):
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Selected
TRY
People who hang around at subway stations; People who sleep over night at subway stations
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I'd love to split the points, but I can't. Sorry... :( I decided to give the points to jyuan because he gave the explanation. I thought "zhi liu" is "detained", but then it did not seem to fit my context."
+1
14 mins
Edward LIU
Canada
Canada
Native in Chinese
Canada
Conference interpreter, MBA, ATIO, ATA
Native in: Chinese 
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese, Russian to Chinese, and 8 more.
Related KudoZ points
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10
Chinese term (edited):
����..�ˆT
lingering people
lingering people
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Twinpens (X)
4 hrs
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+2
1 hr
Chinese term (edited):
����..�ˆT
loiterers or vagrants
or both.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=loiterer
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=vagrant
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=loiterer
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=vagrant
-1
7 hrs
Chinese term (edited):
����..�l��
detained personel
懾棷 means to be detained and 恖员 indicates official personel, not vagrants.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
wherestip
: Ralph, I don't think it means detain, detain would be 拘留. IMHO a few more Chinese words would have made it clearer: 将滯留于公交地鐵站人員进行遣散的服務. I agree with Ed and jyuan_us's interpretation. My suggestion was for a choice of words. :)
21 mins
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thanks
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| disagree |
billychang
: wherestip is right
8 hrs
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