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Glossary entry

Chinese term or phrase:

即日起

English translation:

From now on

Added to glossary by lbone
Nov 23, 2008 14:42
15 yrs ago
Chinese term

即日起

Chinese to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) 即日起
context:

限时优惠！即日起购买 xxx 仅需$199.95 (您节约$50)!

这个问题Denyce Seow问过。

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/chinese_to_english/business_commer...

不过我觉得语境有点小区别。

是不是译为“Effective immediately”比较好一些。

TIA!
Proposed translations (English)
5 +5 From now on
4 from now/now/(不译)
Change log

Nov 24, 2008 06:47: lbone changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/105737">lbone's</a> old entry - "即日起"" to ""From now on""

Discussion

bigpanda Nov 27, 2008:
NOW! 简洁一点
lbone (asker) Nov 25, 2008:
ricochu0311，这只是孤零零的一句（另外还有一句，不过和时间无关）。“限时优惠！即日起购”，不带截止期的写法似乎是有点上下矛盾，不过营销口号并不需要严谨，有的营销口号就刻意写成某样。我有一位做销售起家的客户曾经和我说过，他很少见过谁即是好的研发人员，又是好的销售人员。促销口号好坏与否，不必以是否严谨为标准，这句中文即时如此，我觉得我只需要按客户的意思翻对了就行了。
ricochu0311 Nov 24, 2008:
Google這两项都没有显示"直到", 楼主如果要提及截止日期或条件, "on" 就有 "一直下去" 的意思, "from now on" 就未必适合; 如果不用提及, "from now on" 就没问题.
lbone (asker) Nov 24, 2008:
Searches I made before deciding the final version I did some searches before making the final choice:

http://www.google.cn/search?num=100&hl=zh-CN&newwindow=1&q="...
http://www.google.cn/search?num=100&hl=zh-CN&newwindow=1&q="...
Adsion Liu Nov 23, 2008:
Exact I agree with immediately, which is better in pragmatics...
Wilman Nov 23, 2008:
Effective immediately I agree with you, lbone. I like "effective immediately" better.

Proposed translations

+5
19 mins
Selected

From now on

Used to indicate a specified time as a starting point.
"effective immediately" is too formal to be used on AD.

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Note added at 21 mins (2008-11-23 15:04:08 GMT)
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Usually the effective date printed at bottom in small font on AD. But since this is on website, it is really not necessary.
Peer comment(s):
agree Wenjer Leuschel (X) : 干脆利落，像德语的ab sofort或是ab heute两个词对应"即日起"三个字。应该常见"xxx for $xx.xx from now on! What are you waiting for? Buy now!"，德文里简单说"Ab sofort xxx $xx.xx! Worauf warten? Leg los!"
17 mins
Thank you.
agree TRANS4CHINA
11 hrs
agree Caroline Moreno
1 day 2 hrs
agree Da Best
1 day 16 hrs
agree Yurek
2 days 10 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you Chunbiao, Adsion Liu, Wilman, ricochu0311 and special thanks to Wenjer Leuschel's full-sentence recommendation and detailed explanation. I later thought 'effective immediately' or 'immediately' may be too formal for my sentence. So I used 'From now on'."
9 hrs

from now/now/(不译)

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