Need help in translation

• DeadPoet

  14 Jul 04, 23:38

  One of my China friends shows me her son’s report card. In the teacher’s comments, it says ‘XXX has attitude problem, he can achieve more if he pay attention in class…blah blah blah’.
  
  So my China friend points to the words ‘attitude problem’, and asks me what is the meaning of ‘attitude’?
  
  I was dumbfounded!
  
  How to explain ‘attitude’ or ‘attitude problem' in Mandarin?
  
  
• foga

  14 Jul 04, 23:39

  tai du bu hao?
  
  

  Originally posted by DeadPoet:

  One of my China friends shows me her son’s report card. In the teacher’s comments, it says ‘XXX has attitude problem, he can achieve more if he pay attention in class…blah blah blah’.
  
  So my China friend points to the words ‘attitude problem’, and asks me what is the meaning of ‘attitude’?
  
  I was dumbfounded!
  
  How to explain ‘attitude’ or ‘attitude problem in Mandarin?
  
  

• laurence82

  14 Jul 04, 23:41

  yup, its 'tai du'
• DeadPoet

  14 Jul 04, 23:48

  Originally posted by foga:

  tai du bu hao?
  
  

  Thanks!
  
  I think 'Tai du bu hao' should be the correct answer.
  
  I will tell her tomorrow, 'lao shi shou ni de er zhi tai du bu hao!'
• laurence82

  14 Jul 04, 23:48

  is the child xiao didi or xiao mei mei?
• foga

  14 Jul 04, 23:52

  u're most welcomed.
  
  

  Originally posted by DeadPoet:

  Thanks!
  
  I think 'Tai du bu hao' should be the correct answer.
  
  I will tell her tomorrow, 'lao shi shou ni de er zhi tai du bu hao!'

• foga

  14 Jul 04, 23:54

  u're most welcomed.
  
  

  Originally posted by DeadPoet:

  Thanks!
  
  I think 'Tai du bu hao' should be the correct answer.
  
  I will tell her tomorrow, 'lao shi shou ni de er zhi tai du bu hao!'

• DeadPoet

  14 Jul 04, 23:56

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  is the child xiao didi or xiao mei mei?

  Xiao Di Di, Aikido/Karate/Judo Blackbelt.
• laurence82

  15 Jul 04, 00:04

  Originally posted by DeadPoet:

  Xiao Di Di, Aikido/Karate/Judo Blackbelt.

  ok
• DeadPoet

  15 Jul 04, 00:16

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  ok

  
  
  So you get the hint.
  
  
• laurence82

  15 Jul 04, 00:20

  Originally posted by DeadPoet:

  
  
  So you get the hint.
  
  

  What hint?
• KittynMeow

  15 Jul 04, 13:50

  "tai du bu hao" means bad attitude.... attitude problem more accurately translates into "tai du wen ti" ....
  
  may be better to use the latter because sometimes good and bad is subjective... the teacher might see non-conformist behavior as "attitude problem" but what if changing that will mean hampering the kid's creativity next time?? just thinking out loud... and from the context of your sentence, it seems to be a case of being disinterested in the particular study or subject more than really bad attitude....
• DeadPoet

  16 Jul 04, 00:22

  Originally posted by KittynMeow:

  "tai du bu hao" means bad attitude.... attitude problem more accurately translates into "tai du wen ti" ....
  
  may be better to use the latter because sometimes good and bad is subjective... the teacher might see non-conformist behavior as "attitude problem" but what if changing that will mean hampering the kid's creativity next time?? just thinking out loud... and from the context of your sentence, it seems to be a case of being disinterested in the particular study or subject more than really bad attitude....

  Hmm... that also sound good.
  
  Hope she doesn't interpret it as 'wen ti shao nian'.
• serash

  16 Jul 04, 00:58

  Originally posted by DeadPoet:

  Thanks!
  
  I think 'Tai du bu hao' should be the correct answer.
  
  I will tell her tomorrow, 'lao shi shou ni de er zhi tai du bu hao!'

  well "tai du bu hao" is ok bt if she is from china+if u r not veri close to her,it is not very good to tell her this bad news...maybe just say "tai du qian jia" something like "bu hao" be sounds nicer~~heehee
• tare

  18 Jul 04, 15:46

  Originally posted by KittynMeow:

  "tai du bu hao" means bad attitude.... attitude problem more accurately translates into "tai du wen ti" ....
  
  may be better to use the latter because sometimes good and bad is subjective... the teacher might see non-conformist behavior as "attitude problem" but what if changing that will mean hampering the kid's creativity next time?? just thinking out loud... and from the context of your sentence, it seems to be a case of being disinterested in the particular study or subject more than really bad attitude....

  hehee.... saw tis too late.... well i think kitty gave the most accurate explaination....