"Min utaznak a belga riporterek, hajón vagy repülőgépen?"

Translation: What are the Belgian reporters traveling by, ship or airplane?

[Judit294350]

Huh! Translated it as Hunglish - and THIS time it wants real English.

[Patricia460976]

Hahahaha!

[Krisbaudi]

:-))

[Rachel928214]

If I were going to say this in English, I would say "how are the Belgian reporters travelling?" As currently translated, it reads like a non-native speaker trying to stay too close to their native language.

[weitzhandler]

Is the article mandatory when translating to English? As far as I understand, in Hungarian the article in this context doesn't necessarily force article. Like when we learned Az angolok lány szépek can also mean T̶h̶e̶ English girls are pretty. In case I'm right, why is What do t̶h̶e̶ Belgian reporters travel by, ship or airplane not accepted? Please advice.

[Patricia460976]

Shimmy, if the sentence refers to all Belgian reporters (or their habitual travel methods) then we don't use the article. If the sentence refers to a particular group of reporters we do use the article.

[weitzhandler]

That's not what this course taught me.

[Krisbaudi]

Why is this wrong?: What are the Belgian reporters travelling on, ship or airplane?

[BigWayne19]

what DO the belgian reporters travel IN , a boat or an airplane ?

[Xenocider]

Please try to understand that you cannot use the exact same antecedent in different languages due to different logic. In english the "traveling by" is the correct term to define an action with any transportation device (by plane, by bike, by bus).
//However, you say "on foot", because it's a part of your body, but that's a partial exception.//

Also, traveling is longer than a minute, hence the present continuous, eventhough in both cases the hungarian translation would be exactly the same.

[omer332252]

why not: what do the Belgian reporters travel on on a ship or on an airplane

[Harold77079]

on what are the belgian reporters traveling, in a ship or in a plane
In common english "by" is not necessary and the sentence above means the same and conveys the same meaning

[Forzafiori]

If you really want to get rid of unnecessary words, you don't even really need the "in" either for English. "on what are they traveling, a ship or a plane?" the on carries over and is assumed once you reach the choices.

[BigWayne19]

-------- yep. altho i'd say, "what are they traveling on, a boat or a plane ? " . . .

Big 1 may 19

[Harold77079]

on what do the belgian reporters travel, ship or airplane? - what is the problem with this translation?

[clairelanc3]

Boat or ship???