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- "我的公司不让我请假。"
"我的公司不让我请假。"
Translation:My company does not allow me to take leave.
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"My company won't let me take time off" is also a correct answer, please add to your database.
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Their lack of flexibility is historic. When we are complaining we should leave dates how about posting to make it clear how historic it is, perhaps shaming them. But it's free. December 18th 2020
"My company doesn't let me take a day off" should be accepted too (in my opinion).
My company won't let me take leave - this translation looks fine to me, please add to your database
It really does not need an indefinite article because "leave" is an uncountable verb. You don't take a water. You don't take a money. You don't take a leave. You take water, take money, take leave.
I said "My company doesn't allow time off." and when I asked 2 native speakers: "yes that sounds just fine to me." and "acceptable translation" were the verdicts. SCORE
In my dialect of English (western USA), "to take leave" means "to say goodbye and depart". "To take a leave" means "to be absent from military duty". We would never use these expressions for taking time off of work.
In my dialect (Indian English), it works fine. It is interesting how quickly languages evolve into dialects.
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"My work does not allow..." should be accepted. In English, it is quite common to speak of one's work when meaning one's employer or company.
the main english sentence "My work doesn't allow me take take days off." is wrong
I feel qīngjià here is meant to sound as "a request to take a leave"
If we are going with qīngjià as "a holiday", the sentence should be "The company does not accept my request to take a leave"
I might be wrong. Corrections will be appreciated.
"My company won't allow me to take leav" is arguably more idiomatic.
There are a dozen ways to properly translate this sentence. Duo rigidly insists on this on very narrow translation.
Here it's jià; part of 请假 - to ask for leave/ time off. It can also be jiǎ with several different meanings.
Here in the UK we definitely say 'take leave' or 'take some leave' but never 'take a leave'. I'm curious though, as I note that both the commenters saying 'a' is required have South Asian names - is 'take a leave' how it's said in Indian English?
"take leave" is completely acceptable in English. Not as common as "take holiday" but still common enough.
There is another meaning, e.g. "taking leave of your senses" which is sometimes shortened to "take leave" but that's nowhere near as common as the work related meaning.
No. You can say "take a vacation" but you cannot say "take a leave". You need to say just "take leave" if you want to use the word "leave".
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Where I come from 'leave' is always uncountable (no indefinite article) unless we say 'a leave of absence'.
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Why is "my company doesn't allow me to take leaves" unacceptable? Shouldn't it be the same whether you're referring to the singular 'leave' as well as the plural 'leaves'?
"Go on leave" should be accepted. "Take leave" is unnatural and requires an indefinite article, i.e. "take a leave".
No, "take leav" (no article) is fine; at least i (who speak American English) find it more idiomatic than "take a leav" (with article). (Brits et al. might find "take a leav" [with article] more idiomatic.)
It doesn't require an article because it's an uncountable noun. You don't drink a water. You drink water. You don't take a leave. You take leave.
