"现在的温度大约是十五度。"

Translation: The temperature now is approximately 15 degrees.

[Hedwigechouette]

"the temperature now is roughly fifteen degrees" was disallowed but I think it's fine

[crush]

If you report it, we will get around to adding it :)

[mb505]

Do you always need 是 after 大约？

[FuCnSW]

Can say or not say. Both fine, no problem

[Imnuts7]

No, it's optional.

[LHe474642]

Can we leave out the now and just use "the temperature is…" ? I find the now very redundant

[Brady457693]

Have we all just given up on "现在" being translated as right now? "The temperature right now is about 15 degrees" makes so much more sence.

[KX3.]

They are both acceptable.

[MaynardHogg]

I've heard the word so many times in airport and in-flight announcement meaning "currently" rather than "(right) now." YMMV. IADOTC.

[Ann55075]

Is it +15 or -15?

[HeidiMarti5]

If it's a negative temperature, they will say 零下十五度 ( literally: zero below 15 degrees). If it doesn't say 零下 then it is above 0.

[LauPaSat]

Probably +15, but if both of you now it's freezing -15 will be fine too (you can pretty safely assume it's +15)

[MMAMD]

shi dayue 15 du. is it okay?

[Shinya_Taiwan]

"It is about 15 degrees now." was rejected

[RuciGluci]

what temperature scale is used in China anyway？Celsius？Fahrenheit? or what

[ZelieZazou]

Celsius of course. Who on Earth would use the Farenheit scale when Celsius and Kelvin are available? (Teasing intended

[ZelieZazou]

;-)

[Chronomatex]

Do they have a transliteration for those names?

[chetlin]

Yep and i had to learn them in my Chinese class even.
Celsius is 摄氏 (Shèshì)
Fahrenheit is 华氏 (Huáshì)
You put this before the number, so for example to say 100°F, you say 华氏一百度.

[edide]

Like most of the world, Celsius.

[RuciGluci]

okay, 多谢 ♡

[Winston298006]

Celsius, definitely.

[Elijah.Fung]

哟，15度，要用复数

[sochmelbeinbein]

任性

[ElizabethL557723]

"Current" and "now" is the same. It should not be marked wrong.

[Shinya_Taiwan]

How about "current temperature" for 现在的温度? It was not accepted.

[Andres.Campe]

Do Chinese people use the Celsius centigrade temperature scale i.e.15°C or other such as Fahrenheit?

[Tydal.]

They use Celsius of course. Don't know about "centigrade" though, that would mean 1/100 of a degree. Why would people normally need that?

[Ethan921506]

Centigrade was the original name for the scale, they renamed it Celsius in 1948 to make it less confusing for non-English speakers. The scale invented by Celsius himself was different and actually went backwards, with water freezing at 100 degrees and boiling at 0 degrees.

[angela936443]

I put the "temperature at the moment is approximately 15 degrees" and it wasn't accepted, but it means exactly the same now = at the moment

[GaryGibson0]

'Just now' isn't accepted. Should it be?