Problem
My previous post was about why you need to know another language and the problem you might meet en route. I translated into several languages and it got so long I've added the Chinese (meaning Mandarin) here.
English Translation
Russian - English
I have lost my group
They speak English.
Where is my train?
Where is the restaurant?
Can you phone for me?
Can you make an announcement that I'm lost?
('Wo' is I or my.
English reverses 'you can' to make a question, 'can you...?'. However, Chinese question sentence structure is' You - can do / other verb, is that so?
'Ni' is you. 'Ma' is a Chinese question word, equivalent to: 'is that so,' or, 'is that right,' or, 'tell me'.)
Èyǔ - yīngyǔ
wǒ shīqùle wǒ de xiǎozǔ
tāmen huì shuō yīngyǔ.
Wǒ de huǒchē zài nǎlǐ?
Cānguǎn zài nǎlǐ?
Nǐ kěyǐ gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà ma?
Nǐ néng xuānbù wǒ mílùle ma?
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俄语 - 英语
我失去了我的小组
他们会说英语。
我的火车在哪里？
餐馆在哪里？
你可以给我打电话吗？
你能宣布我迷路了吗？
Jiékè yǔ - yīngyǔ
xǐshǒujiān zài nǎ?
Bówùguǎn ménpiào duōshǎo qián?
Rènhé jiǎnshǎo?
Yǒu jǐ gè bówùguǎn bǐjiào piányí ma?
Shénme shíhòu jiéshù?
Wǒmen kěyǐ zài zhèlǐ chī wǔcān ma?
Wǒmen kěyǐ mǎi piào, qù chī wǔfàn, huílái ma?
Cèsuǒ
piào
bówùguǎn
cāntīng
xièxiè (shay shay - thank you)
Fānyì chéng xībānyá wén - yīngwén
nǐ xiànzài bìxū líkāi chēzhàn. Shì jǐnjí zhuàngkuàng.
Gàosù wǒ zài nǎlǐ.
Gēnzhe wǒ.
Tīng.
Xièxiè.
Líkāi
jí
yǐncáng
pǎo
gàosù
bāng bāng wǒ
děngdài
méiguānxì
nǐ kěyǐ zǒule.
....
Zhōngwén hé mǎláiwén (Chinese and Malay)
dǎ diànhuà gěi jiùhù chē.
Bàojǐng.
Wǒ jíxū yīgè diànhuà.
Yǒurén zài lùshàng shòushāng
kuài.
Shì jǐnjí zhuàngkuàng.
Yǒurén shuō yīngyǔ ma?
Mǎ lái yǔ
zhōngwén (Chinese)
wǒ shīqùle wǒ de jiàoliàn - jiǎng yīngyǔ de rén.
Qǐng gàosù wǒ fāngshì.
俄语 - 英语
我失去了我的小组
他们会说英语。
我的火车在哪里？
餐馆在哪里？
你可以给我打电话吗？
你能宣布我迷路了吗？
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捷克语 - 英语
洗手间在哪？
博物馆门票多少钱？
任何减少？
有几个博物馆比较便宜吗？
什么时候结束？
我们可以在这里吃午餐吗？
我们可以买票，去吃午饭，回来吗？
厕所
票
博物馆
餐厅
谢谢
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翻译成西班牙文 - 英文
你现在必须离开车站。 是紧急状况。
告诉我在哪里。
跟着我。
听。
谢谢。
离开
急
隐藏
跑
告诉
帮帮我
等待
没关系
你可以走了。
....
中文和马来文
打电话给救护车。
报警。
我急需一个电话。
有人在路上受伤
快。
是紧急状况。
有人说英语吗？
马来语
中文
我失去了我的教练 - 讲英语的人。
请告诉我方式。
..............
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Czech - English
Where is the toilet?
How much is a ticket for the museum?
Any reductions?
Is there a cheaper group for several museums?
What time will it close?
Can we eat lunch here?
Can we buy a ticket, go for lunch and come back?
Toilet
ticket
museum
restaurant
thank you
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Translate into Spanish - English
You must leave the station now. It's an emergency.
Show me where.
Follow me.
Listen.
Thank you.
leave
emergency
hide
run
tell
help
wait
It's ok
You can go.
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Chinese and Malay
Phone for an ambulance.
Call the police.
I need a phone urgently.
Somebody's injured in the road.
Quick.
It's an emergency.
Does somebody speak English?
Malay
Chinese
I have lost my coach - English speaking people.
Show me the way, please.
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You could do a similar translation of the words and phrases you are most likely to need on your trip, depending on whether you are walking, cycling, driving yourself, in a taxi, in a coach, on a bus or on a plane.
Most people in Singapore speak English as a first or second language or Singalist. However the bus drivers often don't speak English. They are introverts, and have to watch the road and keep to time. So if you have a question about the road or where to get off, you will proceed faster if you can speak to them in thier language, Mandarin, Tamil, or whetever they speak, or have a simple translation such as:
Can you help me, please?
I am going to this Community Club NORTH - SOUTH - EAST - WEST .
Can you call me when we reach my stop.
.....
I want to get off at the nearest MRT station.
Thank you - for helping me.
Goodbye.
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Nǐ néng bāng wǒ ma.
Wǒ yào qù zhège shèqū jùlèbù běi - dōng - nán - xī.
Dāng wǒmen dàodá wǒ de zhàndiǎn shí, nǐ néng gěi wǒ dǎ diànhuà ma?
.....
Wǒ xiǎng zài zuìjìn dì dìtiě zhàn xià chē.
Gǎnxiè nǐmen duì wǒ de bāngzhù.
Zàijiàn.
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你能帮我吗。
我要去这个社区俱乐部北 - 东南 - 西。
当我们到达我的站点时，你能给我打电话吗？
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我想在最近的地铁站下车。
感谢你们对我的帮助。
再见。
Wo is me in Chinese. (Easy to remember, from the Shakespeare play expression: 'Woe is me!'
I suggest you get my translation checked. You must have seen some weird Chinese translation into English!
This website give you the Chinese characters for Beijing.
You will also see the characters in the Wikipedia article on Beijing.
Bei-jing means northern capital.
The Chinese characters 北 ("north") and 京 ("capital") together mean the "Northern Capital". The name was first used during the reign of the Ming dynasty's Yongle Emperor, who made his northern estate a second capital along with Nanjing (南京, the "Southern Capital") .
The word for noth looks like parallel lines in the middle representing a road leading north. The word for capital looks like a little crown on the head of a king, controlling three areas below in three directions, three legs supporting the capital, or all roads lead up to the capital.
North
South
East
West
Běi
nán
dōng
xī
Remember Words For N S E W
北 - Bei - north as in the capital of China, Bei-jing (which used to be called Pe-king).
南 - south - Nan as in Nan-king
东 - east - dong (think of a bell in an oriental temple)
西 - west (she, being shy, she went home to the West)
Say these words four times, pointing your fingers up, down, right and left, remembering the mnemonics or memory aids.
In Singapore it is important to tell the bus or taxi driver or passenger or passer-by whether your Community Club is North or East or South or West, because often two Clubs are within walking distance of your destination bus stop.
How do I remember the symbols for north, south, east and west?
North Chinese Symbol
The Chinese symbol for North looks like it has the letter t on the right-hand side. (And the letter K reversed on the left.)
South Symbol in Chinese
South looks like a cross with a downward spike pointing south to the busy south, and three legs walking south.
East Symbol in Chinese
You might think the top line looks like the top of the letter E.
East - looks like a whirling Dervish dancer, pirouetting on a pole from West to East, skirt flying.
West Symbol in Chinese
West - looks like a window, a window on the west (alliterative) with curtains and a shady ledge above the window for flowerpots.
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