Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

sth. finds you well

Chinese translation:

我希望你一切都好。

Added to glossary by Peggy Huang
Mar 23, 2010 21:20
14 yrs ago
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English term

sth. finds you well

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Context:

I hope this email finds you well.

不清楚 ”Find" 在这里的意思是什么,有人解释为“给...带来..."意思是“希望此信给您带来愉快。 但是否可以理解为”见信好“,意思是“收到此信时,您一切都好”。 另外一个类似的例子:

As the first quarter of the year comes to a close, I hope our ... magazine finds you benefiting from early signs of the economic recovery.
所以怎么理解”find" 就决定这个句子的理解到底是“本杂志带给您带来益处”,还是说“收到本杂志时,您正从...中获益。”

多谢!
Proposed translations (Chinese)
3 +4 我希望你一切都好。

Discussion

Peggy Huang (asker) Apr 4, 2010:
非常感谢:)
Adsion Liu Mar 24, 2010:
應該是這樣 注意,這兩句話從語境和句子結構上都是不一樣的。同意您的理解。
Peggy Huang (asker) Mar 24, 2010:
多谢大家的讨论。我的另一个问题是这个类似句子的理解:
As the first quarter of the year comes to a close, I hope our ××× magazine finds you benefiting from early signs of the economic recovery.
原译是“...我希望 ×××杂志对经济复苏初现曙光的介绍,能令您获益” 因为译者把 “find" 解释为”给...带来益处", 就像把”I hope this email finds you well" 理解为“希望此信给您带来愉快“。 而我的理解是“我希望在收到本期×××杂志时,您正从经济复苏的初现曙光中获益” 就像把”I hope this email finds you well" 理解为“见信好”。 不知各位前辈有何建议?多谢!
Adsion Liu Mar 24, 2010:
Not that case 我真的不想反对谁,但这句话的意思真的不想大多数人理解的那样。具体请参考:http://www.englishforums.com/search/hope this email finds yo...
jyuan_us Mar 24, 2010:
這就是寫信開頭的問候語﹐想表達的意思 就是i hope you are doing fine。
Adsion Liu Mar 23, 2010:
I hope this email finds you well. 希望您能順利收到此電郵...不用理解得那麼複雜,只是表達習慣問題,如此而已。
一般是第一次給一個郵件地址寫時這樣說,因為不確定這個地址好不好用。

Proposed translations

+4
1 hr
Selected

我希望你一切都好。

A traditional fixed expression.
前面可以和 Letter 连用。- I hope this letter finds you well.
但 I hope this email finds you well 的表示方法似乎很少见到。
Note from asker:
Thank you very much!
Peer comment(s):

agree LJX
1 hr
Thank you.
agree Thinkcell Wang : 还有个例子就是:hope this day finds you wel。这里的 find 与witness 的某个用法有点类似,来个和谐的:China witnesses great change in 21th century 后者 21th century witnesses great change in China.
2 hrs
Thank you.
agree Dr JM Chen, PhD
2 days 18 hrs
Thank you.
agree Guei Lin
6 days
Thank you, Guei Lin!
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