{"id":3031,"date":"2019-10-30T13:22:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T13:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-grammar\/translation-challenge-asas\/"},"modified":"2019-10-30T13:22:15","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T13:22:15","slug":"translation-challenge-asas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/translation-challenge-asas\/","title":{"rendered":"Translation Challenge: \u201cas\u2026as\u2026\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How does one tackle the challenge of translating the highly versatile and meaningful English co<\/em>nstruction “as…as…”?<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

As X as X
No exact correpsondence; use a free translation<\/strong>
T\u0101 yu\u01cen méiy\u01d2u w\u01d2 zh\u01ceng de g\u0101o.
\u4ed6\u8fdc\u6ca1\u6709\u6211\u957f\u5f97\u9ad8\u3002
He’s nowher near as tall as me.<\/p>\n

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

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