"音乐不影响我工作。"
Translation:The music does not bother me at work.
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I totally think that translates to 'my work'. Not sure how they get 'me at work' from that!
This is correct. In my opinion, using 我工作 here connotes that the work is not mine exclusively, but that I have a claim on it.
MY WORK NOT ME AT WORK also they said I got it wrong for saying "didn't" instead of "did not"
That's what English speakers are more likely to say. I agree. And it is absurd that you get marked wrong for it. Sometimes Duo should do some work too, instead of sending emails telling students to work harder.
That's year gone by since it was reported but no change.
音 (yīn) = sound/noise/tone
乐 (yuè) = music
音乐 (yīnyuè) = music
WE LEARNED 乐 BEFORE IN:
快乐 (kuài lè) = happy/merry
影 (yǐng) = picture/movie/reflection/shadow
响 (xiǎng) = echo/sound/to (make a) sound
影响 (yǐngxiǎng) = influence/effect/to influence/to affect/to disturb
WE LEARNED 影 BEFORE IN:
电影 (diàn yǐng) = movie
When I wrote "the music doesn't disturb me at work" it was not accepted, even though "disturb" and "bother" are counted as equivalent in other sentences in this unit. A little frustrating. Maybe when there is this kind of problem it would be better to have us use the word boxes instead of our own sentences. Just a suggestion.
So ridiculous, it won't accept : The music at work doesn't bother me
Duo please do some work too. Nothing has changed for 3 years !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reported over and over again.
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"Music doesn't bother me while I'm working." Is this what the Chinese is trying to say. Because the "official" translation suggests to me that the speaker's workplace plays elevator music or something that a normal person could find distracting. I'm still baffled but what this means.
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... and their problem is? .... The music at work doesn't bother me .... Is there a difference?
Muskc at work does not bother me. This is correct, but marked wrong. I feel that there are eithe limitations with Duolingos translation software or gaps in the understanding of English
"Music doesn't distract me from work" should be accepted. Admittedly, there are a lot of ways to say this.
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The lack of different ways to say in English is greatly lacking on this site . by only accepting one ridgid way js doing more harm than good.
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How would an artist say "music doesn't influence my work"? By using the same sentence? Random and unlikely, but genuinely curious.
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I'm not bothered by the music at work. The music at work doesn't bother me. There are hundreds of ways to express this in English. The suggested translation is probably nothing I would ever say...the order is just odd to a native speaker. If you want me to translate from Chinese into English, I refuse to write Chinglish. FIX THIS!
