Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
也没有特别到哪里去
English translation:
There isn't anything really special about it, though.
Chinese term
也没有特别到哪里去
她以胜利者的姿态虏获了他，得以进入洞房，不知让多少女人哭红了眼睛......至少，当初她是这么想。
他是个在业界颇有知名度的室内设计师，一项以好品位著称，包括在他身边的女人在内，都有各自专精的艺术素养。不是竖琴家，就是插画家，不然就是广告公司的创意文案，每一个人的资历似乎都比她显赫－－贺文琦只是个高中美术老师而已。这个职业当然不差，不过，{也没有特别到哪里去}。
The question:
How to express the contents of these 9 Chinese characters in English properly?
Any sensible suggestion is welcome. Thanks in advance.
| 3 +2 | it is nothing special |
Julia Zou
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| 3 | It is just so-so. |
Shirley Lao
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| 3 | nothing peculiar about it |
Jason Ma
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| 3 | would eventually lead to nowhere specific |
peter arnout
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Jul 4, 2007 08:37: Wenjer Leuschel (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/73066">Wenjer Leuschel (X)'s</a> old entry - "也没有特别到哪里去"" to ""It isn't something really special, though.""
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Proposed translations
it is nothing special
| Thank you, Julia! And special thanks to orientalhorizon. It does say in that way: ...but nothing really special, after all. |
| agree |
Denyce Seow
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Thank you, Denyce!
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| agree |
orientalhorizon
: (but) nothing really special. 我觉得原文是说，不错是不错（比一般的要好、要特别），但实质上也并无什么特别之处，与“毫无特别之处”在语气上不一样，
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Thank you for your suggestion!
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Taiwan
In Search of Clarity
Native in: Chinese (Variant: Traditional) 
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English
It is just so-so.
(or) Just so-so.
nothing peculiar about it
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Note added at 20 mins (2007-07-04 08:24:51 GMT)
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Or: it's nothing peculiar.
Belgium
Getting Better all the Time
Native in: Dutch
Works in: English to Dutch, French to Dutch, Dutch to English, and 5 more.
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