<p>"My co-workers use English when they talk amongst themselves".
我的同事们之间用英语聊天儿。</p>

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Pedroski
<blockquote>
  <p>"My co-workers use English when they talk amongst themselves".</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I will interpret it as: 我们同事之间交谈使用英文. Or 同事之间交谈我们使用英文. </p>

<p>Among themselves(coworkers): 同事之间; </p>

<p>when they talk amongst themselves: 我们同事之间交谈</p>

<p>My co-workers use English:  (我的同事们)使用英文</p>

<p>You can add 相互，but the meaning stays unchanged. 我们同事之间相互交谈使用英文 is fine too. </p>

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dan
<p>There are more than one way to express this sentence in Chinese</p>

<p>1.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"My co-workers talk among themselves" = "我的同事們私下交談"</p>
  
  <p>"My co-workers  (use English) (when) they talk among themselves" = "我的同事們私下交談(時)(使用英語)"</p>
  
  <p>"<strong>我的同事們私下交談時(都是)使用英語</strong>"  - <em>Add 都是 (always) to make it more clear</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>2.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"My co-workers talk among themselves" = "我的同事們私下交談"</p>
  
  <p>"(when) my co-workers talk among themselves, (they use English)  " = "(當)我的同事們私下交談(時), (他們使用英語)"</p>
  
  <p>"<strong>(當)我的同事們私下交談(時), (他們都是使用英語)</strong>" - <em>Add 都是 (always) to make it more clear</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>Edit:</p>

<p>dan wrote:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><em>私下交談 denotes those informal circumstances, which doesn't well address the sense of talk among themselves.</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>I replied:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p><em>'私下交談' means 'talk privately' implying 'without including people outside of their circle. May be I can change '我的同事們私下交談' to '我的同事們在他們之間交談' to make the translation more direct, but that would be quite wordy</em></p>
</blockquote>

<p>If I decided to use the more direct translation, the sentences would become:</p>

<p><strong>"我的同事們(在他們之間交談時)都是使用英語"</strong></p>

<p><strong>"(當)我的同事們(在他們之間交談時), 他們都是使用英語"</strong></p>

<p>But it can be rephrased to make less wordy:</p>

<p>"<strong>我的同事們之間的交談都是用英語</strong>" (the conversations between my co-workers are all in English)</p>

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2018-06-26T05:49:43.027Z
私下交談 denotes those informal circumstances, which doesn't well address the sense of *talk among themselves*.
dan
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@dan '私下交談' means 'talk privately' implying 'without including people outside of their circle. May be I can change '我的同事們私下交談' to '我的同事們在他們之間交談'to make the translation more direct, but that would be quite wordy
Tang Ho
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Wouldn’t 聊天(兒) be a better word than 交談?
Sweeper
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Tang Ho
<p>I'd like to express the idea that the members of a group perform a multi-party action, e.g., conversing, amongst themselves.　E.g., "My co-workers use English when they talk amongst themselves".</p>

<p>The best I can do right now is:</p>

<p>我同事互相交谈用英文。</p>

<p>But I imagine there's a lot of work to be done here, both in expressing the notion of "amongst themselves" and translating the "when X, Y" subordinate structure.</p>

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2018-06-26T06:38:47.710Z
The English idea of `amongst` could just simply be omitted here without losing clarity.
Mou某
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Express"with each other" or "amongst themselve"
# Express"with each other" or "amongst themselve"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-06-26)

I'd like to express the idea that the members of a group perform a multi-party action, e.g., conversing, amongst themselves.　E.g., "My co-workers use English when they talk amongst themselves".

The best I can do right now is:

我同事互相交谈用英文。

But I imagine there's a lot of work to be done here, both in expressing the notion of "amongst themselves" and translating the "when X, Y" subordinate structure.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: The English idea of `amongst` could just simply be omitted here without losing clarity.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2018-06-26. Score: 1

"My co-workers use English when they talk amongst themselves".
我的同事们之间用英语聊天儿。


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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-06-26. Score: 0

> "My co-workers use English when they talk amongst themselves".

I will interpret it as: 我们同事之间交谈使用英文. Or 同事之间交谈我们使用英文.

Among themselves(coworkers): 同事之间;

when they talk amongst themselves: 我们同事之间交谈

My co-workers use English: (我的同事们)使用英文

You can add 相互，but the meaning stays unchanged. 我们同事之间相互交谈使用英文 is fine too.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2018-06-26. Score: 0

There are more than one way to express this sentence in Chinese

1.

> "My co-workers talk among themselves" = "我的同事們私下交談"
>
> "My co-workers (use English) (when) they talk among themselves" = "我的同事們私下交談(時)(使用英語)"
>
> "**我的同事們私下交談時(都是)使用英語**" - *Add 都是 (always) to make it more clear*

2.

> "My co-workers talk among themselves" = "我的同事們私下交談"
>
> "(when) my co-workers talk among themselves, (they use English) " = "(當)我的同事們私下交談(時), (他們使用英語)"
>
> "**(當)我的同事們私下交談(時), (他們都是使用英語)**" - *Add 都是 (always) to make it more clear*

Edit:

dan wrote:

> *私下交談 denotes those informal circumstances, which doesn't well address the sense of talk among themselves.*

I replied:

> *'私下交談' means 'talk privately' implying 'without including people outside of their circle. May be I can change '我的同事們私下交談' to '我的同事們在他們之間交談' to make the translation more direct, but that would be quite wordy*

If I decided to use the more direct translation, the sentences would become:

**"我的同事們(在他們之間交談時)都是使用英語"**

**"(當)我的同事們(在他們之間交談時), 他們都是使用英語"**

But it can be rephrased to make less wordy:

"**我的同事們之間的交談都是用英語**" (the conversations between my co-workers are all in English)

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: 私下交談 denotes those informal circumstances, which doesn't well address the sense of *talk among themselves*.  
> **username_4**: @username_3 '私下交談' means 'talk privately' implying 'without including people outside of their circle. May be I can change '我的同事們私下交談' to '我的同事們在他們之間交談'to make the translation more direct, but that would be quite wordy  
> **username_5**: Wouldn’t 聊天(兒) be a better word than 交談?  

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