{"id":15470,"date":"2019-12-27T01:09:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-grammar\/translation-challenge-asas-2\/"},"modified":"2019-12-27T01:09:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T01:09:09","slug":"translation-challenge-asas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/translation-challenge-asas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Translation Challenge: \u201cas\u2026as\u2026\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

\tHow does one tackle the challenge of translating the highly versatile and meaningful English construction “as…as…”?<\/p>\n

\tFind out as I break the structure down into its most common variants and give you translations with pinyin along the way.<\/p>\n

\tAs fast as possible \/ as soon as possible
\t\u5c3d\u5feb j\u01d0nkuài<\/strong>
\tT\u0101 j\u01d0nkuài wánchéng le zhè xiàng rènwù.
\t\u4ed6\u5c3d\u5feb\u5b8c\u6210\u4e86\u8fd9\u9879\u4efb\u52a1\u3002
\tHe completed the task as fast as he could.<\/p>\n

\tW\u01d2 huì j\u01d0nkuài huíxìn.
\t\u6211\u4f1a\u5c3d\u5feb\u56de\u4fe1\u3002
\tI will write back as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

\tBié jí, w\u01d2 huì j\u01d0nkuài dàodá.
\t\u522b\u6025\uff0c\u6211\u4f1a\u5c3d\u5feb\u5230\u8fbe\u3002
\tDon’t worry, I’ll be there as soon as I can.<\/p>\n

\tAs much as possible
\t\u5c3d\u5168\u529b – jìn quánlì \/ \u5c3d\u529b – jìnlì or \u5c3d\u91cf jìnliàng or \u5c3d\u53ef\u80fd j\u01d0nk\u011bnéng<\/strong>
\tW\u01d2men y\u012bngg\u0101i jìn quánlì b\u01ceohù w\u01d2men de chuánt\u01d2ng.
\t\u6211\u4eec\u5e94\u8be5\u5c3d\u5168\u529b\u4fdd\u62a4\u6211\u4eec\u7684\u4f20\u7edf\u3002
\tWe should preserve our traditions as much as possible.<\/p>\n

\tW\u01d2 jìn quánlì qù p\u01ceo le.
\t\u6211\u5c3d\u5168\u529b\u53bb\u8dd1\u4e86\u3002
\tI ran as fast as I could.<\/p>\n

\tW\u01d2 huì jìnliàng zhàogù h\u01ceo mèimei.
\t\u6211\u4f1a\u5c3d\u91cf\u7167\u987e\u597d\u59b9\u59b9\u3002
\tI will do my best to look after my younger sister.<\/p>\n

\tW\u01d2men y\u012bngg\u0101i j\u01d0nk\u011bnéng de qù b\u01ceohù rénquán.
\t\u6211\u4eec\u5e94\u8be5\u5c3d\u53ef\u80fd\u5730\u53bb\u4fdd\u62a4\u4eba\u6743\u3002
\tWe should try to protect human rights as much as possible.<\/p>\n

\tAs many X as possible
\tNo exact correspondence; use a free translation<\/strong>
\tW\u01d2 n\u01d4lì qù chángshì zhe mài piào, dànshì méiy\u01d2u rén l\u01d0c\u01cei w\u01d2.
\t\u6211\u52aa\u529b\u53bb\u5c1d\u8bd5\u7740\u5356\u7968\uff0c\u4f46\u662f\u6ca1\u6709\u4eba\u7406\u776c\u6211\u3002 
\tI tried to sell as many tickets as I could, but no one noticed me.<\/p>\n

\tMùbi\u0101o jiùshì f\u0113n q\u01d4dé de yuè du\u014d yuè h\u01ceo.
\t\u76ee\u6807\u5c31\u662f\u5206\u53d6\u5f97\u7684\u8d8a\u591a\u8d8a\u597d\u3002
\tThe objective is to get as many points as possible.<\/p>\n

\tW\u01d2men y\u012bngg\u0101i b\u01ce zhège gu\u01cenggào f\u0101g\u011bi zuìdu\u014d de rénshù.
\t\u6211\u4eec\u5e94\u8be5\u628a\u8fd9\u4e2a\u5e7f\u544a\u53d1\u7ed9\u6700\u591a\u7684\u4eba\u6570\u3002
\tWe should send the advertisement to as many people as possible.<\/p>\n

\tAs X as X
\tNo exact correpsondence; use a free translation<\/strong>
\tT\u0101 yu\u01cen méiy\u01d2u w\u01d2 zh\u01ceng de g\u0101o.
\t\u4ed6\u8fdc\u6ca1\u6709\u6211\u957f\u5f97\u9ad8\u3002
\tHe’s nowhere near as tall as me.<\/p>\n

\tZhège ch\u01cenp\u01d0n shì h\u011bn piányi, dàn què yu\u01cen méiy\u01d2u nàgè ch\u01cenp\u01d0n xiàol\u01dc g\u0101o.
\t\u8fd9\u4e2a\u4ea7\u54c1\u662f\u5f88\u4fbf\u5b9c\uff0c\u4f46\u5374\u8fdc\u6ca1\u6709\u90a3\u4e2a\u4ea7\u54c1\u6548\u7387\u9ad8\u3002
\tThis product is just as cheap but not as effective as the other one.<\/p>\n

\tXi\u01ceng sh\u0113n zhuàng rú h\u01d4 dehuà jiù yào píngshí du\u014ddu\u014d duànliàn!
\t\u60f3\u8eab\u58ee\u5982\u864e\u7684\u8bdd\u5c31\u8981\u5e73\u65f6\u591a\u591a\u953b\u70bc\uff01
\tIf you want to be as strong as an ox ["tiger"] you have to work out a whole lot!<\/p>\n