Would the following be the appropriate translation for "Let's test your sense of direction. How do we get to the car from here?"
It feels awkward, like English grammar forced into Chinese grammar. :)
我考妳的方向的。離這裡走我車怎麼樣？
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1Google translate: 讓我測試你的方向感 - 我們如何從這裡走到汽車– AlexApr 30, 2018 at 20:09
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“Let's(Google: 让我们) = "让我" but you can use "来"
test = 考, but it is better to use reduplication "考考"
your = 妳的 (it is easy)
sense of direction. = 方向感 (it is a common term )
吧 (optional final particle)
[How do we] [get to the car] [from here?]
Google translates "get to the car" as "到达汽车", but the native way is "走到汽车那边"
[我们如何] [到达汽车] [从这里？]
English place the location "from here" after the verb clause "get to the car" but Chinese would put the location before it, so the correct order is
[我们如何] [从这里] [走到汽车那边?]
“Let's test your sense of direction. How do we get to the car from here?”
Translation:
"让我考考妳的方向感吧, 我们如何从这里走到汽车那边?"
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could you say 離這裡 instead of 从这里? also would it be grammatically wrong to omit 那邊？ Apr 30, 2018 at 20:39
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also instead of 如何, could you say 怎麼樣？ 怎麼樣 feels more casual than 如何, is that a fair statement to make? thanks again! Apr 30, 2018 at 20:40
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从这里 means "from here" ; 離這裡 means "distance from here", so, 从这里 or 由这里 is the correct one; you can use 如何 or 怎麼樣/ 怎樣. "如何" is more literary and 怎樣 is more colloquial– Tang Ho ♦Apr 30, 2018 at 20:43
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Let's test your sense of direction.
让我们来测试一下你的方向感。
How do we get to the car from here?
从这里怎么找到我们停车的地方？
从这里怎么去我们停车的地方？
我们把车停在哪儿？
Apparently, it grates on Chinese ears to say 'get to the car,' because 'car' is not a position, 'get to where we parked the car' is better.
