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天下没有白吃的午餐.

English英语 translation: One choice : A Grand Don't Come For Free

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13:09 Dec 26, 2005

Chinese汉语至English英语翻译 [专业]
成语/格言/熟语

Chinese汉语词条或短语： 天下没有白吃的午餐.

天下没有白吃的午餐.

joklin76 KudoZ活动问题： 160 (6个未决问题) (2 closed without grading) 回答： 0
Local time: 22:45

English英语翻译：One choice : A Grand Don't Come For Free

说明：
中文專輯名稱：天下沒有白吃的午餐(CD+DVD特別盤)
英文專輯名稱：A Grand Don't Come For Free(CD+DVD)

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Ritchest
Local time: 22:45

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你的解答比较接近.
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所提供的全部翻译如下：
5 +9	There's no such thing as a free lunch.	Peter Smith
5 +2	No free lunch.	xxxTwinpens
5 +1	Everything comes at a price.	albertdeng
3 +1	One choice : A Grand Don't Come For Free	Ritchest

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天下没有白吃的午餐.

One choice : A Grand Don't Come For Free

说明：
中文專輯名稱：天下沒有白吃的午餐(CD+DVD特別盤)
英文專輯名稱：A Grand Don't Come For Free(CD+DVD)

Ritchest
Local time: 22:45
母语： Chinese汉语
此类别中专业问题的积分： 15

Grading comment

你的解答比较接近.

9小时信心度：

同仁同意（净值）： +1

Everything comes at a price.

说明：
英文中很常见的说法。

albertdeng
Local time: 02:45
在该领域工作
母语： Chinese汉语

2小时信心度：

同仁同意（净值）： +2

天下没有白吃的午餐. No free lunch.

说明：
No free lunch.
在美国这是一个非常普通而常见的说法。

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Note added at 1 day 10 hrs 33 mins (2005-12-27 23:42:58 GMT)
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http://www.nofreelunch.org/
http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/~spears/yin-yang.html
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0742512975/103-7720584-8147...
http://www.no-free-lunch.org/
http://www.arn.org/arnproducts/books/b054.htm
http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa060400a.htm

xxxTwinpens
在该领域工作
母语： Chinese汉语

1小时信心度：

同仁同意（净值）： +9

天下没有白吃的午餐. There's no such thing as a free lunch.

说明：
A standard American expression that came straight from English into Chinese.

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Note added at 6 days (2006-01-01 14:00:25 GMT) Post-grading
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This is, as I said the first time, an American expression that has been around for years. The Chinese got it from English. Now, you're just translating it back into English. The problem with the 'grand don't come for free' answer is that: a) some people wouldn't know what a grand is, and b) it is a class-marked expression; few people use it.

Peter Smith
Local time: 22:45
母语： English英语

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