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[criminalize]

hey hey all you chinese-speakers, would you mind helping me out again? this sentence has me pretty confused.

由全法学联和上海市国际人才交流会主办的首届中国能源挑战和发展战略论坛于12月13日在法国巴黎举。

i get up to "... 的首届" before getting completely lost. um.

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[tomatoshoes]

First one:

The resources challenge and development strategy forum jointly organised by the National French Academic Exchange and the Shanghai International Human Resources Exchange was held in Paris on the 12th-13th.

See, energy = capacity, resources, capabilities. Can be human as well as like nucular bombs 'n' shit.

Second one:
The majority of attendees think that the economic crisis will, for China, be a great challenge, but an even greater opportunity. (shitty english grammar but you get the point)

Not entirely accurate translation, but the thing you need to pick up is that there's a shi (= is), and a geng shi (= is even more) in parallel.

Written Chinese is so irritating because it doesn't have commas and stuff... but yah.

[criminalize]

thank you bb! i actually need the translations to be 100% accurate (and include all the words used in the original, because my teacher is a nitpicky bastard) but i can work with those, since i at least know what the hell they're talking about now. XD

also oh my god dude what, written chinese has TONS of commas sometimes. D: earlier on i had so much trouble with this one: 对计划开展的活动，应依据“非必须、不举办” 的原则，并根据本地疫情防控实际，进行认真审核；一些病例数较多的地区，应尽可能缩小活动的数量和规模；疫情防控重点地区，今年暑期应尽可能停止学生集中活动。 it's like a GIANT run-on sentence and i was like AUGHH PFFT STOP MAN STOP.

[criminalize]

.......... LMAO WHAT? XDD that's funny, 'cause chinese started as pictures. you have an awesome imagination though; i can't see 法 as a mountain exploding in fire at all.

[criminalize]

... oh my god, now i see it as this mountain i once used to pass on my way to school, with a giant cross on it and light beams radiating out of it.

DAMN IT CAT WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME

[chlorinehamster]

you haven't sucked as a Chinese person until you've tried conversing in Chinese with someone and they've replied in English

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o_o

[criminalize]

LMAO oh dear. unfortunately that happens to me nearly every time i speak mandarin. ;__;