Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
不当之处求教于大方之家
English translation:
Kindly favor me with advice of wisdom and expertise, should there be something amiss.
Added to glossary by
Jason Ma
Nov 3, 2008 03:22
15 yrs ago
Chinese term
不当之处求教于大方之家
Chinese to English
Art/Literary
Tourism & Travel
《XXXX》画册已成，是为序，不当之处求教于大方之家。
Thanks in advance!
Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | Kindly favor me with advice of wisdom and expertise, should there be something amiss. |
Francis Fine
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| 4 +2 | humbly invite corrections or comments from honorable professionals |
orientalhorizon
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Change log
Nov 8, 2008 14:28: Jason Ma changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/641710">Jason Ma's</a> old entry - "不当之处求教于大方之家"" to ""Kindly favor me with advice of wisdom and expertise, should there be something amiss.""
Proposed translations
+1
14 hrs
Francis Fine
United States
United States
Native in Chinese
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Native in: Chinese 
, English
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese, German to Chinese, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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Kindly favor me with advice of wisdom and expertise, should there be something amiss.
This style, I think, could better fit the original. But for straight translation I yield to our expert colleague.
Note from asker:
| Thank you. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I also like Orien's straight translation, but it seems your translation fits the context. Thanks for your help."
+2
1 hr
orientalhorizon
Native in Chinese
Works in field
Banking,law,commerce,engineering
Native in: Chinese 
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English, English, and 1 more.
humbly invite corrections or comments from honorable professionals
从这句可知，这是作者自序。这样，前后文结合，加上前一个问题，整体译起来就好办多了：At the completion of the XXXXX Photo Album, I specially prefix this preface and humbly invite corrections or comments from honorable professionals。
如果下边的接续部分需要，此部分的具体措辞仍可适当调整。
如果下边的接续部分需要，此部分的具体措辞仍可适当调整。
Note from asker:
| Thanks. Let's see what others might say about this. BTW, I forgot to lable PRO on the previous question, sorry about that. |
| Thanks to Bea Geenen and Orie agian. You are right, Dongfangxun, actually the whole article is pretty much antiquated and I am actually adopting Bea Geenen's approach, otherwise it might sound awkward to native speakers of English. |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Bea Geenen
: Better still "I welcome all corrections or comments from professionals". It's best to leave out the "humbly" and "honorable" as it sounds very old fashioned and insincere in English.
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Thank you very much for your valuable comment! The Chinese version here is actually somewhat antiquated, that's why I tried to put some old flavor into it.
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| agree |
Jason Young
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Thank you very much!
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