"We made this decision based on what everyone needs."
Translation:根据大家的需要，我们做了这个决定。
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I am not sure why the following sentence would not be accepted: 我们根据大家的需要做了这个决定。 Could someone explain this to me?
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It is acceptable; a different structure with about the same emphasis. Report it.
I agree. Here's an example from the web: 我们可以根据大家的需要进行调整。(http://lib.utsz.edu.cn/article/view/id-252.html?locale=zh_CN) To my ear, your version is a more natural translation of the given English sentence.
i put that too, and i'm not sure why either. pretty frustrated with Duolingo's lack of flexibility sometimes
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It is not impossible but it is also not very accurate, being slightly unnatural, unless colloquially with a long pause between 决定 and 根据, and not idiomatic. I would go with the given translation or the one lleblanc1 suggested.
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I would also like to know if the clauses can be ordered in this way. If not, why?
I wrote '我们做了这个决定, 根据大家的需要', is that a wrong translation? Does the order of the sentences make a difference?
The English sounds fairly formal. Is this also true about the Mandarin?
I'm comparing to something more casual, like "we decided based on what's best for everyone"
