Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English英语 term or phrase:
You are fishing down another river.
Chinese汉语 translation:
您捞鱼捞过界了。
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Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Nov 28, 2006 12:45
18 yrs ago
English英语 term
中国大陆
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Native in: Chinese汉语 (Variants: Traditional, Simplified, Taiwanese, Mandarin, Sichuanese ) 
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You are fishing down another river.
English英语译成Chinese汉语
其它
成语/格言/熟语
colloquial
It is an interview going on. And the women being interviewed suggests that she dosn't like being asked the question her interviewer has put on the table.
Proposed translations
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您问得不切题。
客气一点，可以这么翻译。不过，要不要客气，那也是见仁见智的事。希望这个建议对你有帮助。
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wherestip
: agree. This is the most polite interpretation.
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Thanks, Steven. :D The most impolite interpretation: 你他妈捞过界啦！
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vwkl (X)
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Thanks.
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Danbing HE
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Comment: "To Wenjer Leuschel: I ended up translating this very much like how you did it. Thanks.
I don't like a rendering that deal with this "fishing" too literally. But I didn't have a better solution either."
1天 11小时
您问错人了。
您这个问题应该问其他人，不应该问我。
Discussion
Sounds like a pun, doesn't it?