Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit
| Simplified Chinese (Mandarin: China) | ||
| 为消遣和盈利而养龙 Wèi xiāoqiǎn hé yínglì ér yǎng lóng |
为...而
wèi....... ér:
a formal construction meaning 'do something for the purpose of'. In this
case: 为 wéi 'for the purpose, sake of' is placed before the objective, i.e., 'pleasure and profit'. 而 ér is then placed before the means, i.e., 'raising dragons'. 消遣 xiāoqiǎn ='leisure'. 和 hé = 'and'. 盈利 yínglì = 'profit'. 养龙 yǎng lóng = 'to keep dragon' = 'dragon-keeping'. |
Keeping Dragons for Leisure and Profit |
| Traditional Chinese (Mandarin: Taiwan) | ||
| 養龍的快樂與利潤 Yǎng lóng de kuàilè yǔ lìrùn |
養龍
yǎng lóng = 'to keep dragon' = 'dragon-keeping'. 的 de = connecting particle 快樂 kuàilè = 'pleasure'. 與 yǔ = 'and'. 利潤 lìrùn = 'profit'. |
The Pleasure and Profit of Keeping Dragons |
| Japanese | ||
| 趣味と実益を兼ねたドラゴンの育て方 Shumi to jitsueki o kaneta doragon no sodate-kata |
趣味
shumi = 'hobby, interest'. と to = 'and'. 実益を jitsueki o = 'actual profit' + object particle 兼ねた kaneta = 'combine' (past tense in form, acts as modifier to 'method of raising dragons', equivalent in English to saying 'method ... which combines'). 兼ねる kaneru = 'to combine, hold two jobs etc. simultaneously'. ドラゴン doragon = 'dragon' の no = connecting particle 育て方 sodate-kata = 'method of raising'. 育てる sodateru = 'raise' + 方 -kata 'method'. (Best read from the end, starting from 'Method of raising') |
Method of Raising Dragons combining Hobby and Profit |
| Vietnamese (Chinese characters show etymology) | ||
| Nuôi rồng để giải trí và kinh doanh | nuôi = 'to keep, raise'. rồng = 'dragon'. để = 'for'. giải trí (解智) = 'diversion'. và = 'and'. kinh doanh (經營) = 'business'. |
Keeping Dragons for Diversion and Business |
| Mongolian (previous) | ||
| Лууг гэрийн нөхцөлд тэжээх нь Luug geriin nökhtsöld tejeekh n' |
Raising Dragons Under Domestic Conditions | |
| Mongolian (new) | ||
| Зугаа болон арилжааны зорилгоор луу үржүүлэх нь Zugaa bolon ariljaanii zor'lgoor luu ürjüülekh n' |
Breeding Dragons for Fun and Commercial Purposes | |
All four translations use a different choice of words to express 'pleasure' and 'profit' (all, incidentally, of Chinese etymology, although Vietnamese giải trí is analysed as 解智, a compound that is virtually unknown in Chinese).
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