"公园在他们的学校附近。"

Translation: The park is near their school.

[AlyciaPete]

There's a park near their school.

[johnsark]

That's not correct! The Chinese statement says: The park is near their school. The statement implies that the speaker is talking about an already mentioned park, and now he/she is determining the park's location. Whereas your statement implies that the speaker is mentioning about a park for the first time, and that its location is not the main focus of the sentence but its existence whereas in the Chinese sentence it's the park's location that's the main focus.
Your sentence is best translated as: 在他們的學校附近有公園。

[hippietrail]

Thanks for the explanation. I was going to ask the same thing as AlyciaPete!

[notbad8]

What about "The park is close to their school"?

[deactivated user]

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[maartendoc]

附 (fù) = to add/to attach/to be close to
近 (jìn) = near/close to
附近 (fùjìn) = (in the) vicinity/nearby

公 (gōng) = public/collectively owned
园 (yuán) = garden/park
公园 (gōngyuán) = park

学 (xué) = to learn/to study/science
校 (xiào) = school
学校 (xuéxiào) = school

[perdueaime]

Is there a difference between using 附近 and just 很近 in this sentence?

[EdwardQuin360844]

"The park is in their school's vicinity."
If there is a reason this sentence is not a valid translation, I'd love to hear it.

[Nicofiesta]

What about 'next to'?

[perdueaime]

That would be 在~的旁边

[4QROmhX8]

I agree EXCEPT that Duo makes translations up all the time and says do it this way. Sometimes it's guessing.

[Elaine1950]

What's wrong with the park is close to the school?

[AndrKuczar]

公园在他们学校的附近。Is that correct too? I moved 的 to the right.

[Imre565437]

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