"转机柜台在哪里？"
Translation:Where is the transfer counter?
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转机 means a flight in which there is a connecting flight or a transit e.g. Melbourne - Dubai - London so it's like a help desk where you deal with such flights, where you might not have to go through certain security checks again.
Transfer=transit + counter=front/help desk
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This Duo translation doesn't make sense to me. Airport check-in counters (before security) and boarding/gate counters (next to each gate) are usually specific to each airline. I've never heard of some generalized "transfer counter" that is run by the airport. When people need help with a connecting flight, they usually go to the gate counter next to the arriving flight or the one next to the departing flight. If you were forced to leave security for some reason, then you typically end up back at the initial airline check-in counter.
I am not sure what transfer counter refers to in China. Do their airports have a different setup?
"Where is the connecting flight counter?"
"Where is the check-in counter for the connecting flight?"
"Where is the boarding counter for the connecting flight?"
Any of those would make more sense to me.
If so, and they aren't talking about a token after all, why could they not refer to the airport's transfer counter so we non-frequent flier, never transfered, folk could make some sense out of it.
Usually one would head directly to the next gate, only stopping at a counter if there's a problem.
I do a lot of international traveling. I have been to two transfer counters ever. I had booked separate connecting flights through an international airport, so they had to print out my boarding pass for the second flight so that security could then verify said boarding pass before I could proceed to the international departure gates.
It's a relatively niche thing, usually you would not need to use one.
English isn't my mother tongue but what exactly are they referring to with 'transfer counter'?
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It's an airport facility for checking in between connecting flights, so you don't have to go through security again.
转机means transferring from one airplane to another (or "transfer" for short)
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转机 means flight connection here and 柜台 is like a sales counter or front desk. Together i think it refers to the place at an airport where airline/airport employees can help you with your connecting flights?
Transfer counter :thonk:
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转 (zhuǎn) = to turn/to change direction
机 (jī) = machine/engine/aircraft
转机 (zhuǎnjī) = to change planes -
柜 (guì) = cupboard/cabinet/wardrobe
台 (tái) = desk/table/counter OR platform/stage
柜台 (guìtái) = sales counter/front desk/bar
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I said ”connecting flight desk," which is more literally what it means, and it was counted wrong.
I was confused aswell but they mean something like: a counter (at an airport) where you can get a transfer flight (google 柜台 for a good impression)
Ah, The comments on the comments didnt load, I see now its been answered before, my bad
Where is the transfer desk is also accepted
"transit" is not :( neither desk nor counter
Why can't it accept the plural i.e "Where are the transfer counters?"
The green owl I dont know but I am learning fine please start learning Chinese
A transfer counter is where you ask where to switch to your next connecting flight from your current ones. It happens often when you have stopovers yo your destinations. Cheap flight struggle.
I believe that depends on the dialect of English you speak. I would have thought "transit" was completely wrong had I not read comments from some British English speakers earlier in this lesson.