The rubber meets the road...
Chinese translation: 真金火炼
| 10:03 Jul 20, 2007 |
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|  Selected response from: Shaunna (X) United States Local time: 06:03 | ||||||
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| 4 +2 | 真金火炼 |
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| 5 | 钢就用在刃上了 |
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| 3 +1 | 问题的关键 |
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| 3 +1 | 是馬是騾子，牽出來遛遛 |
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| 3 | 小试牛刀 |
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peer agreement (net): +1| the rubber meets the road... 问题的关键 Explanation: Where the rubber meets the road 这是一俚语： (USA) Where the rubber meets the road is the most important point for something, the moment of truth. An athlete can train all day, but the race is where the rubber meets the road and they'll know how good they really are. 我觉得此处译为“问题的关键”可也。 购买该服务之后会得到些什么，这才是问题的关键所在（问题的关键在于你购买该服务之后会得到些什么）——with our innovations in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, .NET Framework 3.0 and BizTalk Server, Microsoft is poised to empower the masses to bridge the transactional and the collaborative capabilities, empowering people to drive business success. |
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| the rubber meets the road... 钢就用在刃上了 Explanation: 本意是轮胎与路面接触，这里是个比喻 Reference: http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/where+the+rubbe... |
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1 hr confidence:
| the rubber meets the road... 小试牛刀 Explanation: This is my favourite, and I hope it's yours. |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2| the rubber meets the road... 真金火炼 Explanation: My try: 当你。。。。 的时候就是真金火炼的时候了。 Forrest 给出的定义很好。我查了查，“真金火炼”这个词还真有很多人用过了(~4,800条）： http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=“真金火炼”&btnG=Search -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2007-07-20 13:17:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- (USA) Where the rubber meets the road is the most important point for something, <<<the moment of truth>>>>. An athlete can train all day, but the race is where the rubber meets the road and they'll know how good they really are. 这个定义说得很清楚，the moment of truth就是说就这儿见真章，行不行就这儿看了。 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2007-07-20 14:01:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 或者，平白一点，就是真正检验的时候了？ |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
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