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I'm trying to translate a song lyric that reads "something separates me from other people".

My translation is " 我从别人点儿什么分开“.

Is this correct? Thanks in advance for your help!

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Nice try, but not that correct.

Let’s disassemble this sentence.

The subject is: something / (1)什么东西

The verb is: separates / 分离,(2)将 ... 分离

The object is: me / (3)我

And the adverbial is: from other people / (4)从 其他人

So to re-assemble it in the Chinese way should be like:

(1)什么东西 (2)将 (3)我 (4)从 其他人 (2)分离

To clarify it: 什么东西将我从其他人分离。

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[Subject]: Something - 什么东西

[verb]: separates - 分开

[object]: me - 我

[adverbial]: from other people - 从其他人

  • English grammar: [什么东西] [分开][我], [从其他人]

  • Chinese grammar: [什么东西] [从其他人][分开][我]

(use deposit marker '将' to put object back before the adverbial)

"有东西(将)我从其他人(那裡)分开" -- There is something separates me from other people

"有东西将我和其他人分开" -- There is something separates me and other people

more native to use [和 (~)] instead of [从 (~) 那裡]

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It hurts to love you, but I still love you,
It's just the way I feel

Lana del Rey is really just complaining about the paparazzi in this song.

"13 Beaches"
十三片沙滩

I don't belong in the world
我与这个世界格格不入
That's what it is
就是这么回事
Something separates me from other people
我总与其他人有点不同
Everywhere I turn
我所到之处
There's something blocking my escape
总也无所遁形

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My attempt for this: 有些事物将我和别人分隔.

Have fun.

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There are a lot of answers here already, but I believe that the most succinct way to translate this hasn't been mentioned yet:

与众不同.

Wiktionary

different; distinct; standing out from the crowd

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13个海滩

I don't belong in the world 我不于这世

That's what it is 就是这样的

Something separates me from other people 某事与我分离他人

Everywhere I turn 到处我与转

There's something blocking my escape 某事挡我逃生

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There is more than one way to translate this sentence:

直译 (Literal translation): 某些事将我与他人分开

意译 (Sense-for-sense translation): 我与他人不同之处在于

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  • 我与他人不同之处在于 is "The thing that separates me from other people is"
    – Tang Ho
    Jun 28, 2020 at 0:32

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