<p>Once an English sentence is translated into Chinese, you can treat it as Chinese.</p>
<p>(上引号 - upper quotation mark) = 「</p>
<p>(下引号 - lower quotation mark) = 」</p>
<p>Tom said &quot;I have a house&quot; = 汤姆说：「我有一套房子」。</p>
<p>It is very common for people to use English quotation mark in Chinese text, there is nothing wrong with 汤姆说：“我有一套房子”.</p>
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<p><em>In a Chinese text, if I used a quote that was in English, but was translated into Chinese, how would I indicate this?</em></p>
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<p>I would write:</p>
<p>汤姆说：「我有一套房子 (I have a house) 」。</p>
<p>汤姆说：&quot;我有一套房子 (I have a house)&quot;.</p>
<p>If you don't want to use English in the sentence at all, you can write:</p>
<p>汤姆说：「我有一套房子 (英文) 」。</p>
<p>汤姆说：&quot;我有一套房子 (英文)&quot;.</p>

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<p>In a Chinese text, if I used a quote that was in English, but was translated into Chinese, how would I indicate this?</p>
<p>For example, if Tom said &quot;I have a house&quot;, and to quote Tom in the text, I wrote:</p>
<p>汤姆说：“我有一套房子”。</p>
<p>Where and how would I indicate that “我有一套房子” is a translation from English?</p>

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How to indicate in Chinese text that a quote has been translated from English?
# How to indicate in Chinese text that a quote has been translated from English?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-12-14)

In a Chinese text, if I used a quote that was in English, but was translated into Chinese, how would I indicate this?

For example, if Tom said "I have a house", and to quote Tom in the text, I wrote:

汤姆说：“我有一套房子”。

Where and how would I indicate that “我有一套房子” is a translation from English?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-12-14. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Once an English sentence is translated into Chinese, you can treat it as Chinese.

(上引号 - upper quotation mark) = 「

(下引号 - lower quotation mark) = 」

Tom said "I have a house" = 汤姆说：「我有一套房子」。

It is very common for people to use English quotation mark in Chinese text, there is nothing wrong with 汤姆说：“我有一套房子”.

> *In a Chinese text, if I used a quote that was in English, but was translated into Chinese, how would I indicate this?*

I would write:

汤姆说：「我有一套房子 (I have a house) 」。

汤姆说："我有一套房子 (I have a house)".

If you don't want to use English in the sentence at all, you can write:

汤姆说：「我有一套房子 (英文) 」。

汤姆说："我有一套房子 (英文)".


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