"对不起，这个鸡肉很难吃。"

Translation: I'm sorry, this chicken is terrible.

[TimKoster]

It should accept "Sorry, this chicken is terrible" too

[Riven333]

“Sorry, this chicken is terrible” still marked wrong as of 2019-04-28. Reported.

[KinVict]

Accepted 7/7/2020

[DestinationVoid]

Reported 2019-01-16

[Simon299426]

Reported again 25th May 2019...

[Lorbster]

Seems to be accepted now

[DestinationVoid]

I've got a feedback response on May 24, 2019, 5:38 AM

You suggested “Sorry, this chicken is terrible” as a translation for “对不起，这个鸡肉很难吃。” We now accept this translation. :)

Well... It took a while.

[BobBowles1]

There are an infinite number of ways the chicken could be terrible, but the Chinese seems to strongly imply that it's flavour is at issue. I therefore think the English should at least include the option of 'tastes terrible'.

[g-c-]

The translation is technically 'bad to eat' which includes, amongst other things, foods that taste terrible.

'Tastes terrible' is too narrow of a translation because it could be, for example, a texture or temperature problem.

[richard711603]

In the tips 难吃 was 'tastes bad', they do not accept that answer here.

[tagada427029]

Sorry this chicken is terrible

[Sopha_]

wow, duo has no filter.

[LightKnigh4]

"sorry, though"

[Eewustrache]

One lesson it's "I'm sorry" and the next it's "sorry". More consistency please...

[Dejo]

难吃 = unpalatable (but they didn't accept it)

[MoritzEhl]

Why not "Excuse me, this chicken is terrible"? It could be a customer attracting the attention of the waiters?

[Celticfiddleguy]

That makes more sense to me, I suppose this could be a staff member apologizing for serving bad chicken, but somehow I think that would be something else like "我对不起..." Otherwise it sounds like the customer is sorry for the "bad chicken"!

[grippygecko]

You must translate the sentence given and not try to imagine a specific scenario then change the wording to fit your imagination. The sentence doesn't say "excuse me" it says sorry.

[LightKnigh4]

The sentence doesn't say "sorry", it says "duibuqi".
There is no such thing as strict equivalence between words from different languages, so the context does impact (choice of) words.

[LightKnigh4]

I wonder in which context we would come to hear this...

[Rob869844]

'Sorry, this chicken dish is terrible' should be accepted. The chinese sentence makes clear it is about the meat, not the chicken itself.

[grippygecko]

Yes but in English the meat of a chicken is just called chicken. If I was complaining about the meat of a chicken I would just say "this chicken is terrible".

[bogvin]

agreed, you wouldn't say, he/she/they sorry. it's implied that it's 'I'm'.

[nathaneastwood1]

"Sorry, this chicken is terrible" was not accepted, but this would perfectly acceptable in English.

[seanxluong]

WHy is "Sorry, this chicken is difficult to eat" not accepted?

[chetlin]

难吃 doesn't mean difficult to eat, it means not pleasant to eat. A coconut is difficult to eat but would only be 难吃 if you didn't like the taste or texture.

[hippietrail]

How would you say "coconuts are difficult to eat" in Chinese?