<p>No, it's not correct.</p>
<ol>
<li>We use 以 to start a reason clause that is at the end of the sentence. Hence 以帮家, not 得帮家. (If you place reason clause at the front, use 为 or 为了.)</li>
<li>For rhythmic reasons, modern Chinese tends to use two-character words. Hence 帮助家庭, not 帮家. 帮 can be used when there are more words after the object, like 我帮家人干活.</li>
</ol>
<p>If you just need a faithful translation then 很多人需开始工作以帮助家庭 would probably work. To make it more natural, you can replace 需 with 不得不 (implying the people were forced to go to work), and replace 帮助家庭 with 帮家庭减轻负担 (reduce the burden).</p>

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2023-12-08T18:49:13.327Z
2023-12-08T18:49:13.327Z
user2249675
<p>I don't think the concept is quite clear. Maybe some rich, spoilt kids, plagued by their slowly developing consciences, decide to get a job to contribute to the family fortune, but most people get a job to have a life and pay their way.</p>
<p>Many people need to start working to help their families financially.<br />
许多人不得不开始工作以在经济上帮助他们的家庭.</p>

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2023-12-09T19:18:16.333Z
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Pedroski
<p>Many people need to start working to help their families.</p>
<p>很多人需要<strong>去</strong>工作，<strong>来</strong>支持家庭生活。</p>
<p><strong>去</strong>工作 = to start working</p>
<p><strong>来</strong>支持 = to help</p>

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2023-12-09T21:55:33.133Z
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PdotWang
<p>I'm making a text for a test and I ended up with this sentence 很多人需开始工作得帮家. What I'm Trying to say is:</p>
<p><em>Many people need to start working to help their families</em></p>
<p>It's a complex phrase for my level and I'm not sure if it's correct mostly because of the caracterization of 工作. Can someone help?</p>

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Is this sentence correct 很多人需开始工作得帮家
# Is this sentence correct 很多人需开始工作得帮家

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-12-08)

I'm making a text for a test and I ended up with this sentence 很多人需开始工作得帮家. What I'm Trying to say is:

*Many people need to start working to help their families*

It's a complex phrase for my level and I'm not sure if it's correct mostly because of the caracterization of 工作. Can someone help?

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2023-12-08. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

No, it's not correct.

1. We use 以 to start a reason clause that is at the end of the sentence. Hence 以帮家, not 得帮家. (If you place reason clause at the front, use 为 or 为了.)
2. For rhythmic reasons, modern Chinese tends to use two-character words. Hence 帮助家庭, not 帮家. 帮 can be used when there are more words after the object, like 我帮家人干活.

If you just need a faithful translation then 很多人需开始工作以帮助家庭 would probably work. To make it more natural, you can replace 需 with 不得不 (implying the people were forced to go to work), and replace 帮助家庭 with 帮家庭减轻负担 (reduce the burden).


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### Answer by username_2 on 2023-12-09. Score: 0

I don't think the concept is quite clear. Maybe some rich, spoilt kids, plagued by their slowly developing consciences, decide to get a job to contribute to the family fortune, but most people get a job to have a life and pay their way.

Many people need to start working to help their families financially.  
许多人不得不开始工作以在经济上帮助他们的家庭.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2023-12-09. Score: 0

Many people need to start working to help their families.

很多人需要**去**工作，**来**支持家庭生活。

**去**工作 = to start working

**来**支持 = to help


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