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Aneri86 Posted 15 years ago
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Preparations for an exam
Hi!
Since I'm new here, I don't quite know how things work here, but I desperately need your help.
I'm a student of translation into English and German language and I'm having an exam next week, where I will have to translate a short text from my language into English. And since there is nothing for me to do than practice, it would help a lot if someone could read through one of my translations (native-speakers are especially welcome here:) and check for some grammar mistakes (tenses, use of a/the, prepositions...) and wrong use of collocations. Here I'm attaching you one short translation on an article about floods in Australia:
The inhabitants are worn out
In the city of Swan Hill people are prepared for the worst. They are filling bags with sand and setting up flood barriers for the Murray River, which is predicted to flood powerfully in the next ten days. People are already tired and desperate as the floods seem to last forever. The deputy prime minister of Australia Wayne Swan announced that these floods are the costliest natural disaster in the history of Australia.
Also in the town of Brisbane in Queensland state people are prepared for the worst. The area is still badly hurt from the last floods and now the rushing waters threaten again. People in this town are also filling their bags with sand and setting up flood barriers as they are trying to save what is left from the last floods. Brisbane experienced the worst floods two weeks ago and the consequences are still visible as the town is covered in mud. Furthermore – the rescue workers in Queensland are still looking for the nine people who disappeared in the last floods. Australian soldiers are trying to clean up the riverbed in order to mitigate at least a bit the new wave of floods. They are digging up tons of garbage, even cars, boats and building materials or parts of houses and furniture.
According to the foreign media, at least 30 people died in the floods that hit Australia. It has been 7 weeks already since Australians started fighting against serious floods.
Thanks a lot for your help!
Bye, Irena
Since I'm new here, I don't quite know how things work here, but I desperately need your help.
I'm a student of translation into English and German language and I'm having an exam next week, where I will have to translate a short text from my language into English. And since there is nothing for me to do than practice, it would help a lot if someone could read through one of my translations (native-speakers are especially welcome here:) and check for some grammar mistakes (tenses, use of a/the, prepositions...) and wrong use of collocations. Here I'm attaching you one short translation on an article about floods in Australia:
The inhabitants are worn out
In the city of Swan Hill people are prepared for the worst. They are filling bags with sand and setting up flood barriers for the Murray River, which is predicted to flood powerfully in the next ten days. People are already tired and desperate as the floods seem to last forever. The deputy prime minister of Australia Wayne Swan announced that these floods are the costliest natural disaster in the history of Australia.
Also in the town of Brisbane in Queensland state people are prepared for the worst. The area is still badly hurt from the last floods and now the rushing waters threaten again. People in this town are also filling their bags with sand and setting up flood barriers as they are trying to save what is left from the last floods. Brisbane experienced the worst floods two weeks ago and the consequences are still visible as the town is covered in mud. Furthermore – the rescue workers in Queensland are still looking for the nine people who disappeared in the last floods. Australian soldiers are trying to clean up the riverbed in order to mitigate at least a bit the new wave of floods. They are digging up tons of garbage, even cars, boats and building materials or parts of houses and furniture.
According to the foreign media, at least 30 people died in the floods that hit Australia. It has been 7 weeks already since Australians started fighting against serious floods.
Thanks a lot for your help!
Bye, Irena
Top answer
Hi - It's a very good translation. Py attention to punctuation (especially commas). The inhabitants are worn out In the city of Swan Hill , people are prepared (preparing) for the worst.
- Hi - It's a very good translation.
- Py attention to punctuation (especially commas).
- The inhabitants are worn out In the city of Swan Hill , people are prepared (preparing) for the worst.
- They are filling bags with sand and setting up flood barriers against for the Murray River, which is predicted to crest flood powerfully in the next ten days.
- People are already tired and desperate as the floods seem to last forever.
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Hi - It's a very good translation. Py attention to punctuation (especially commas).
The inhabitants are worn out
In the city of Swan Hill, people are prepared (preparing) for the worst. They are filling bags with sand and setting up flood barriers againstfor the Murray River, which is predicted to crest flood powerfully in the next ten
The inhabitants are worn out
In the city of Swan Hill, people are prepared (preparing) for the worst. They are filling bags with sand and setting up flood barriers against
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