可怜天下父母心

English translation: parents' love

12:22 May 14, 2022
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / 可怜天下父母心
Chinese term or phrase: 可怜天下父母心
请问这个如何处理

可怜天下父母心
Yi Cao
New Zealand
Local time: 22:02
English translation:parents' love
Explanation:
常以感叹句形式出现,所以加感叹号。
日常口语中可以是 Poor parents’ love!
正式一些: How heart touching is parent's love across the world!

诗歌翻译力不能及
Selected response from:

Chuan Xiao
Canada
Local time: 03:02
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1I really felt sorry for his mother
Kiet Bach
4"Pity all caring parents!" is a thought that finds an echo in many hearts.
Frank Wang
4Parents' love is universal
pkchan
4Parents' unconditional love for their children.
Yao Zhang
3parents' love
Chuan Xiao
3Parents always hope their children well
Yawen Xing
3sympathy for parents' heart in the world
Yuemin Chen


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
parents' love


Explanation:
常以感叹句形式出现,所以加感叹号。
日常口语中可以是 Poor parents’ love!
正式一些: How heart touching is parent's love across the world!

诗歌翻译力不能及

Chuan Xiao
Canada
Local time: 03:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: 我觉得用HEART TOUCHING 切中要害i

Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
I really felt sorry for his mother


Explanation:
根据你在 Yawen 的回答里的 Notes to answerer 中写的语境,我想可以这样翻译:

I really felt sorry for his mother. she didn't know her son and her daughter-in-law had divorced.
可怜天下父母心,她并不知道她的儿子和儿媳已经离婚。

Kiet Bach
United States
Local time: 03:02
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tt Gg: 赞同。另外“他就说可怜天下父母心”里的他是谁?不然就是“He really felt sorry...”
4 hrs
  -> Thanks!
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"Pity all caring parents!" is a thought that finds an echo in many hearts.


Explanation:
FYI

Frank Wang
China
Local time: 18:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Parents always hope their children well


Explanation:
具体的语境是什么呢?如果只是一句非常通用的、表达亲子关系的quote,那么可以理解为“父母总是期望自己的孩子好”;如果正在翻译《长恨歌》全诗,或许就需要更灵活的处理了

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 15小时 (2022-05-15 03:34:09 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

原来是这个样子!那么我觉得另外三位的回答都很到位,有那种感叹父母永远为孩子着想/牵挂孩子的含义

Yawen Xing
China
Local time: 18:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Chinese
Notes to answerer
Asker: 我觉得你的翻译味道不对, 语境是一个人让别人帮他办出国,后来他的母亲希望经办人帮他的老婆也办签证,其实这个时候他们已经离婚但是他母亲并不知道,所以他就说可怜天下父母心

Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Parents' love is universal


Explanation:

“可怜天下父母心”用英语怎么说 - 百度知道https://zhidao.baidu.com › question· Translate this page
Apr 20, 2017 — 可怜天下父母心. Parents' love is universal 父母的爱是宇宙中最伟大的,个人觉得比poor parents要好。 已赞过 已踩过

pkchan
United States
Local time: 06:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

1 day 10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sympathy for parents' heart in the world


Explanation:
Sympathy means a feeling of pity or sorrow for the distress of another. The speaker may want to say that he pities the heart of all parents.

Yuemin Chen
China
Local time: 18:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Parents' unconditional love for their children.


Explanation:
FYI.

Yao Zhang
China
Local time: 18:02
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.


See also:
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search