可用

English translation: functional

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Chinese term or phrase:可用
English translation:functional
Entered by: Carol C.W. CHUNG

17:45 Dec 18, 2004
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Other
Chinese term or phrase: 可用
外语能力
很好/好/可用/少许/无
Very Good/Good/???/Limited/None
Passable? Practical? Working?

谢谢!
Yongmei Liu
United States
Local time: 09:57
Functional
Explanation:
外语能力
很好/好/可用/少许/无

Foreign language competence
advanced/fair/functional/beginner/none

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Note added at 1 hr 17 mins (2004-12-18 19:02:46 GMT)
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or foreign language proficiency (instead of competence)
Selected response from:

Carol C.W. CHUNG
Local time: 00:57
Grading comment
Thank you very much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2Functional
Carol C.W. CHUNG
4 +1intermediate
Shang
4normal
Jianming Sun
3pass
Joyce Curran


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
¿ÉÓÃ
pass


Explanation:
in UK universities,when they give the course marks to students, 刚好合格的称为“pass". would that be ok?

Joyce Curran
Local time: 17:57
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Carol C.W. CHUNG: good point! but i don't think it's an academic evaluaton here...
5 mins
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
可用
Functional


Explanation:
外语能力
很好/好/可用/少许/无

Foreign language competence
advanced/fair/functional/beginner/none

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Note added at 1 hr 17 mins (2004-12-18 19:02:46 GMT)
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or foreign language proficiency (instead of competence)

Carol C.W. CHUNG
Local time: 00:57
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Denyce Seow
5 hrs
  -> thanks weiwei!

agree  English Chinese Medical Translator - Jimmy Deng
9 hrs
  -> thanks Jimmy!
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
可用
intermediate


Explanation:
...

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Note added at 1 hr 34 mins (2004-12-18 19:19:36 GMT)
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it should be \"fair\"

Shang
China
Local time: 00:57
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 88

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Sinclair (X)
7 hrs
  -> thanks!
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
normal


Explanation:
It is not for some kind of machines.
Normal might sound more appropriate.

Jianming Sun
Local time: 00:57
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 42
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