<ul>
<li><p>"<strong>那个人看起来</strong>"(that man seems) is perfectly fine </p></li>
<li><p>You can omit "看起来"  in "我觉得那个人看起来" and just write "<strong>我觉得那个人</strong>" </p></li>
</ul>

<p>There are other choices:</p>

<ul>
<li>對我來說，那個人 ( to me, that man)</li>
<li>在我看來，那個人 ( from my point of view, that man)</li>
<li>我看那個人 ( I see that man/ that man, to me)</li>
</ul>

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Hey Tang, do you not believe in upvoting questions, only answering them?
Stumpy Joe Pete
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Could I say 在我的看来? Basically, I'm thinking of how to continue the translation of the poem I mention in the post, and it goes on with a relative clause, so I'd start with `在我的看来，那个正在你 ／ 的旁边坐下，听你来说话 ／ 说得很甜蜜 的人看起来 ／ 就像上帝一样的。`, which would be the whole first stanza, and a bit of the second one. Though thinking on it, that huge relative clause had probably better be avoided… but anyways, is 在我的看来 OK?
MickG
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"Could I say 在我的看来?" -- no, you can't .  我 is the subject,  看 is the verb. '的' has no role between them. The correct structure: "在我看来, 那个正在你旁边坐下，听你来说话说得很甜蜜的人, 看起来就像上帝一样的。"
Tang Ho
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Actually, here is another translation: `在我看来，来坐在你／ 旁边而听 到你说话 ／ 说得甜蜜， 甜蜜得笑， ／ 让人仿佛跟上帝／ 一样。`, which keeps the sentence overflowing into the second stanza. What do you think? English «Equal to the gods he seems to me, / That man who in front of you / Sits, and, near you, to you sweetly speaking / Listens, / And [sees you] lovably smiling».
MickG
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OK, I'll just go with my alternate translation then.
MickG
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@Stumpy Joe Pete.  Up voting the questions I answer myself,  seems to be too self-serving. For that same reason, I never down vote any answer if I myself have answered the same question too.
Tang Ho
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I disagree (at least on the first one); it helps out the questioner, and it _really_ helps out the questioner if they're relatively new.
Stumpy Joe Pete
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Tang Ho
<p>English «Equal to the gods he seems to me, / That man who in front of you / Sits, and, near you, to you sweetly speaking / Listens, / And [sees you] lovably smiling».</p>

<p>Chinese &lt;那个男人--我心中的男神，他就站在你的眼前，然后慢慢靠近你，坐在你的身边说着甜言蜜语，聆听你的倾诉，看着你可爱迷人的微笑></p>

<p>I try to make this translation for you. This is my understanding of the stanza. You can make reference.</p>

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dan
<p>I <a href="http://michelegorini.blogspot.it/2017/07/chinese-poetic-sappho.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">am planning to translate all of Sappho to Chinese</a>. I wanted to start from Sappho Campbell 31 / Edmonds 2 (which is fragment theta there as well as <a href="http://michelegorini.blogspot.it/2017/07/all-of-sappho.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>, theta being the Greek way of writing 9), and that requires me to translate "that man seems to me". As far as "that man seems", I can get:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>那个人看起来 | Nà ge rén kànqǐlái,</p>
</blockquote>

<p>or with <code>仿佛 | fǎngfú</code> or even <code>显得 | xiânde</code> (or other similar verbs like <code>似乎 | sìhu</code>). But "to me"? The only thing I could think of was:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>我觉得那个人看起来 | Wô juéde nà ge rén kànqîlái,</p>
</blockquote>

<p>but for some reason I don't like this. So how do I translate that indirect object into Chinese?</p>

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In case anyone is curious, I put the full translation in the post just now.
MickG
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"Seems to [...]": how to express tha indirect object?
# "Seems to [...]": how to express tha indirect object?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-07-28)

I [am planning to translate all of Sappho to Chinese](http://michelegorini.blogspot.it/2017/07/chinese-poetic-sappho.html?m=1). I wanted to start from Sappho Campbell 31 / Edmonds 2 (which is fragment theta there as well as [here](http://michelegorini.blogspot.it/2017/07/all-of-sappho.html?m=1), theta being the Greek way of writing 9), and that requires me to translate "that man seems to me". As far as "that man seems", I can get:

> 那个人看起来 | Nà ge rén kànqǐlái,

or with `仿佛 | fǎngfú` or even `显得 | xiânde` (or other similar verbs like `似乎 | sìhu`). But "to me"? The only thing I could think of was:

> 我觉得那个人看起来 | Wô juéde nà ge rén kànqîlái,

but for some reason I don't like this. So how do I translate that indirect object into Chinese?

**Tags:** translation, grammar

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: In case anyone is curious, I put the full translation in the post just now.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-07-28. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

* "**那个人看起来**"(that man seems) is perfectly fine
* You can omit "看起来" in "我觉得那个人看起来" and just write "**我觉得那个人**"

There are other choices:

* 對我來說，那個人 ( to me, that man)
* 在我看來，那個人 ( from my point of view, that man)
* 我看那個人 ( I see that man/ that man, to me)

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Hey Tang, do you not believe in upvoting questions, only answering them?  
> **username_0**: Could I say 在我的看来? Basically, I'm thinking of how to continue the translation of the poem I mention in the post, and it goes on with a relative clause, so I'd start with `在我的看来，那个正在你 ／ 的旁边坐下，听你来说话 ／ 说得很甜蜜 的人看起来 ／ 就像上帝一样的。`, which would be the whole first stanza, and a bit of the second one. Though thinking on it, that huge relative clause had probably better be avoided… but anyways, is 在我的看来 OK?  
> **username_1**: "Could I say 在我的看来?" -- no, you can't .  我 is the subject,  看 is the verb. '的' has no role between them. The correct structure: "在我看来, 那个正在你旁边坐下，听你来说话说得很甜蜜的人, 看起来就像上帝一样的。"  
> **username_0**: Actually, here is another translation: `在我看来，来坐在你／ 旁边而听 到你说话 ／ 说得甜蜜， 甜蜜得笑， ／ 让人仿佛跟上帝／ 一样。`, which keeps the sentence overflowing into the second stanza. What do you think? English «Equal to the gods he seems to me, / That man who in front of you / Sits, and, near you, to you sweetly speaking / Listens, / And [sees you] lovably smiling».  
> **username_0**: OK, I'll just go with my alternate translation then.  
> **username_1**: @username_2.  Up voting the questions I answer myself,  seems to be too self-serving. For that same reason, I never down vote any answer if I myself have answered the same question too.  
> **username_2**: I disagree (at least on the first one); it helps out the questioner, and it _really_ helps out the questioner if they're relatively new.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-07-30. Score: 0

English «Equal to the gods he seems to me, / That man who in front of you / Sits, and, near you, to you sweetly speaking / Listens, / And [sees you] lovably smiling».

Chinese <那个男人--我心中的男神，他就站在你的眼前，然后慢慢靠近你，坐在你的身边说着甜言蜜语，聆听你的倾诉，看着你可爱迷人的微笑>

I try to make this translation for you. This is my understanding of the stanza. You can make reference.


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