翻译 fānyì translate
translate; translation; interpret
怎么记住“翻译”: 翻 turn over + 译 translate = translate.
汉字
用法
- Works as both a verb (to translate/interpret) and a noun (a translation, or a translator/interpreter as a person) - 请帮我翻译一下 (qǐng bāng wǒ fānyì yíxià) please help me translate this; 他是翻译 he's a translator.
- Covers both written translation and spoken interpretation, unlike English which often splits these into two words.
- 翻 alone means "to flip/turn over", giving the sense of flipping meaning from one language into another.
- Common collocations: 翻译成中文 (fānyì chéng Zhōngwén) translate into Chinese, 同声传译 is the more specific term for simultaneous interpretation.
例句
- 我是个翻译。 Wǒ shì gè fānyì.I'm a translator.
- 我爱好翻译。 Wǒ àihào fānyì.I love translating.
- 请把这句话翻译成英语。 Qǐng bǎ zhè jù huà fānyì chéng Yīngyǔ.Please translate this sentence into English.