Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Dec 30, 2011 02:15
12 yrs ago
Chinese term
Medical specialist.
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, and 2 more.
先不
Non-PRO
Chinese to English
Medical
IT (Information Technology)
medical equipment
This is from email exchanges between call center representatives and technicians in the field in China about medical equipment:
报价为第三方产品，先不报价.
联系过客户，先不到现场，不加operation.
I translated 先不 as "don't...first"; for example, "don't give a price quote first," but a reviewer said it should be "suspend" in the first sentence above. I haven't found 先不 in any dictionary.
报价为第三方产品，先不报价.
联系过客户，先不到现场，不加operation.
I translated 先不 as "don't...first"; for example, "don't give a price quote first," but a reviewer said it should be "suspend" in the first sentence above. I haven't found 先不 in any dictionary.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | don't ... yet. |
Bea Geenen
|
| 5 | temporarily no |
Kun Huang
|
| 4 | not...right now |
Min Xuanping
|
| 4 | donot |
Ahmad Hassan
|
| 3 | don't ... first |
Alvin Liu
|
Change log
Jan 4, 2012 08:27: Bea Geenen Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+1
4 hrs
Bea Geenen
Chinese/English/Spanish/German/French
Native in: Dutch
Works in: Chinese to Dutch, English to Dutch, Spanish to Dutch, and 2 more.
Selected
don't ... yet.
"Don't give a quote yet".
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Comment: "Thank you! "
10 mins
don't ... first
You are right. It means you should not take the mentioned action immediately, but should do others first.
10 mins
Min Xuanping
China
China
Native in Chinese
China
Bring you reoccurring business!
Native in: Chinese (Variant: Mandarin)
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English, English
not...right now
that means "do not give a price right now, but maybe later"
2 hrs
donot
With reference to the whole statement, he is only asking him not to quote now. The word 先 can be skipped at this point.
7 hrs
temporarily no
先不报价:temporarily no price quotation (is needed)
先不到现场:temporarily no field visits (are needed)
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Note added at 23 hrs (2011-12-31 01:37:23 GMT)
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You are welcoome!
Of course you can also say "no...for now" or "no...for the time being".
Note from asker:
| Thank you! This looks like the best choice, but I am thinking of making a small change and phrasing it as "no...for now"; that seems to have the same meaning while being less formal. |
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