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Beata

Please Help with Translation

Post by Beata »

Hello,

My name is Beata Wazny. I am a student in Canada helping with some research. One of my tasks is to get the following 12 English phrases translated PHONETICALLY in both Cantonese and Mandarin. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could help me with this. By phonetics I mean the way an English person would read these expression. For example the French word QUI would be written as WE so that an English speaker would say it properly.

Here is the list...

Hello! How are you?
Very well, thank you very much.
What is your name?
Please teach me more of your language/of this place.
What is your occupation?
Please show me the way to ….. (a place)
Go straight; right; left
It is a beautiful place.
Yes. No.
You are wonderful!
Goodbye. So long. Farewell!
God bless you! Peace be with you!

Please reply ASAP.

Beata Wazny
AhMan

Re: Please Help with Translation

Post by AhMan »

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In Cantonese,
Hello! How are you?
"Wai! Nei Ho"
Very well, thank you very much.
"Ho Ho, Dor Jeh"
What is your name?
"Nei Giw Mud Yeh Meng"
Please teach me more of your language/of this place.
"Mmm Goi Gaau Ngor Dor Di Gwong Dung Wa" (Please teach me more Cantonese)
What is your occupation?
"Nei Geh Jig Yip Hai Meh?" (Your occupation is what?)
Please show me the way to ?. (a place)
"Ching Man Dim Hui?" (Please, how to get there?)
Go straight; right; left
"Jig Hui, Juen Yau, Juen Joh"
It is a beautiful place.
"Ni Dou Ho Leng." (This palce is very beautiful)
Yes. No.
"Hai" "Mmm-hai"
You are wonderful!
"Nei Jan Hai Ho"
Goodbye. So long. Farewell!
"Bye Bye, Hai Gam Sin, Joi Gin"
God bless you! Peace be with you!
(There is not such equivalent phrase in Cantonese)
Kevin

Re: Please Help with Translation

Post by Kevin »

: Hello,
:
: My name is Beata Wazny. I am a student in Canada helping with some research. One of my tasks is to get the following 12 English phrases translated PHONETICALLY in both Cantonese and Mandarin. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone could help me with this. By phonetics I mean the way an English person would read these expression. For example the French word QUI would be written as WE so that an English speaker would say it properly.
:
: Here is the list...
:
: Hello! How are you?
: Very well, thank you very much.
: What is your name?
: Please teach me more of your language/of this place.
: What is your occupation?
: Please show me the way to ?. (a place)
: Go straight; right; left
: It is a beautiful place.
: Yes. No.
: You are wonderful!
: Goodbye. So long. Farewell!
: God bless you! Peace be with you!
:
: Please reply ASAP.
:
: Beata Wazny
BEata

Re: Please Help with Translation

Post by BEata »

Thank you very much for your help :) I really appreciate it :)
Daniel

Re: Please Help with Translation

Post by Daniel »

: Hello,
Mandarin has a special phoneticisation system called pinyin. I will use it and add any addition info to reading it. I am a white guy so my answers are subject to correction.

: Here is the list...
:
: Hello! How are you?
Ni hao! Ni hao ma? (both sentences are eqivalent in meaning really)
: Very well, thank you very much.
Hen hao, xie xie (-en is pronounced like -un in pun) (x is pronounced like sh in sheets)
: What is your name?
Ni jiao shen me ming zi (zi is said like "zzzzzz" no vowle sound at all) (shen is a bit like "shun")
: Please teach me more of your language/of this place.
Ma fan ni jiao wo yi dian de Zhongwen? (Zh is J in Joe) (de is like "duh")
: What is your occupation?
Ni zuo shen me gong zuo?
: Please show me the way to ?. (a place)
Qu {????} zen me zou? (Qu is like chew but more aspirated) (zen is like zun) (zou is like zowl)
: Go straight; right; left
Zhi zou. You. Zuo. (Zhi is Jrr, no vowel sound) (You is like "Yule" but without the L sound) (-uo is like war)
: It is a beautiful place.
Zhe li shi ge hao mei li de difang. (Li you pronounce the vowel, like Lee) (Shi is without a vowel sound "Shr") (Zhe is like Juh) (ge is "guh")
: Yes. No.
Shi. Bu shi
: You are wonderful!
Ni zhen hao.
: Goodbye. So long. Farewell!
Zai jian.
: God bless you! Peace be with you!
Shen baoyou ni. ?
senor_smile

Re: Please Help with Translation

Post by senor_smile »

: In Cantonese,
: Hello! How are you?
: "Wai! Nei Ho"
: Very well, thank you very much.
: "Ho Ho, Dor Jeh"
: What is your name?
: "Nei Giw Mud Yeh Meng"
: Please teach me more of your language/of this place.
: "Mmm Goi Gaau Ngor Dor Di Gwong Dung Wa" (Please teach me more Cantonese)
: What is your occupation?
: "Nei Geh Jig Yip Hai Meh?" (Your occupation is what?)
: Please show me the way to ?. (a place)
: "Ching Man Dim Hui?" (Please, how to get there?)
: Go straight; right; left
: "Jig Hui, Juen Yau, Juen Joh"
: It is a beautiful place.
: "Ni Dou Ho Leng." (This palce is very beautiful)
: Yes. No.
: "Hai" "Mmm-hai"
: You are wonderful!
: "Nei Jan Hai Ho"
: Goodbye. So long. Farewell!
: "Bye Bye, Hai Gam Sin, Joi Gin"
: God bless you! Peace be with you!
: (There is not such equivalent phrase in Cantonese)
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Re: Please Help with Translation

Post by jikkana »

Mandarin has a special phoneticisation system called pinyin. I will use it and add any addition info to reading it. I am a white guy so my answers are subject to correction.
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