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[交流] confusing translation of "It has been 4 years since I smoked"

today I saw a translation by accident :
It has been 4 years since I smoked        is translated into  “  我戒烟已经四年了”。
so strange,why not “我抽烟四年了”?

hope we could talk about it and get the truth.

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lppv(金币+1): reasonable, I think you are right. 2011-07-06 10:51:53
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lppv(金币+2): thank you for your explanation. 2011-07-06 10:50:21
fresh_022(金币+2): 2011-07-06 11:17:05
是“我戒烟有四年了”。

百度的解释:
since后面如果接的是短暂性动词,就是否定的意思。
eg:It has been 3 years since she got married.意思是她离婚有三年了。
如果接的是延续性动作,就是正常的理解:自从....以来已经有...年了
somke是短暂动词,为否定意义,所以翻译为“我戒烟有四年了”。

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This sentence looks like very simple, but it is very easy to make a mistake.
Thank you for your sharing!
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lppv(金币+1): thank you for participation. welcome to english cafe. 2011-07-06 10:50:54
我已经4年不抽烟啦
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引用回帖:
Originally posted by bio-research at 2011-07-06 10:20:22:
是“我戒烟有四年了”。

百度的解释:
since后面如果接的是短暂性动词,就是否定的意思。
eg:It has been 3 years since she got married.意思是她离婚有三年了。
如果接的是延续性动作,就是正常的理解:自 ...

ok,thank you
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fresh_022(金币+1): 2011-07-06 11:17:54
xia_chong(金币+1): Good job! dai bing gan huo! :jok: 2011-07-06 18:12:46
a good question, but could you change both your own words and title into english? only english is allowed here. so , please use english as possible as you can.
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Originally posted by bio-research at 2011-07-06 10:26:35:
This sentence looks like very simple, but it is very easy to make a mistake.
Thank you for your sharing!

that is right. we always misunderstand the easy sentences.
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fresh_022(金币+5): 2011-07-06 11:13:12
since从句:1.如果谓语动词是延续性动词或是表示状态的动词,
时间应该从动作结束时算起;
如:It's 2 years since I smoked. 我戒烟已经两年了.
(抽烟的这个动作是延续性的)
2.如果谓语动词是非延续性动词,时间要从动作开始时算起
如:It's 2 years since I left school.
我离开学校已经两年了.
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lppv:编辑内容 2011-07-06 11:20
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Originally posted by bobo_916 at 2011-07-06 10:59:12:
since从句:1.如果谓语动词是延续性动词或是表示状态的动词,
时间应该从动作结束时算起;
如:It's 2 years since I smoked. 我戒烟已经两年了.
(抽烟的这个动作是延续性的)
2.如果谓语动词是非延续性动词,时 ...

thank you very much!


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引用回帖:
Originally posted by lppv at 2011-07-06 10:53:55:
a good question, but could you change both your own words and title into english? only english is allowed here. so , please use english as possible as you can.

ok,next time I will express in English!
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xia_chong(金币+1): That's true! :D 2011-07-06 18:13:04
我戒烟四年了
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an easy but confusing grammar question,
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Thank you for your sharing!

i misunderstand at the first sight of this sentence
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good job~
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引用回帖:
Originally posted by fresh_022 at 2011-07-06 09:47:23:
today I saw a translation by accident :
It has been 4 years since I smoked        is translated into  “  我戒烟已经四年了”。
so strange,why not “我抽烟四年了”?

...

          hey,you can see "since i smoked",in this sentence,the key word is "smoked",figure it out ?the thing did in the past time .
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wow, i am aslo misunderstood
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