我又找人重新翻译了 还耽误了交稿时间
“I had someone else translate it again. It even delayed the submission.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“It's not that I didn't want to pay you. The quality of your translation was too poor.”
我又找人重新翻译了 还 耽误了 交稿时间
“I had someone else translate it again. It even delayed the submission.”
差点误了人家客户的事 我都没跟你说 是吗
“We almost caused problems for the client. I didn't even bring it up with you. Really?”
“You caused me massive trouble and extra expense, so you have zero right to demand money from me.”
The speaker exploits their senior schoolmate status ('shixiong') combined with professional blame to suppress the junior's claim for pay without appearing solely selfish.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to retranslate / to translate again
Commonly used in professional translation workflows to indicate doing a job over due to poor quality.
to delay time / to hold up schedule
A frequent workplace collocation used when complaining about unmet deadlines or wasted effort.
to submit a manuscript or draft
Specific to publishing, translation, journalism, and academic submissions.
Marks completed actions while emphasizing the resulting negative consequences to strengthen the justification.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Either you send me the revised translation.”
“Submit the revised draft as soon as possible.”
“You don't have to help me translate anymore.”
“In the end, we didn't use your draft.”
“Missing deadlines just messes things up.”
“In that case, send me the revised translation.”