<p>Your translation is accurate and correct. Here's my version for your reference. It's more colloquial. I guess it is what a native speaker would say in a daily conversation.</p>
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<p>My friend has invited me to New Years in Copenhagen. Im taking the train and I will be there at 5 pm.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>我朋友邀请我去哥本哈根过新年。我坐火车去，下午5点到。</p>

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2021-10-20T21:22:22.897Z
Agreed. That's probably what I, as a natively speaker, would say. The other translations are more or less awkward.
ALife
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aafulei
<p>The translation is correct, but can be improved.</p>
<p>My translation: 我的朋友邀请我去哥本哈根过新年。我将在下午五点坐火车到达。</p>

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PRO
<p>I wasn't too happy with the English, so I changed it a little, hope you don't mind.</p>
<p>Which New Year are you talking about, the Chinese New Year or the Western New Year?</p>
<p>My friend invited me to spend New Year's Eve with her/him in Copenhagen.<br />
我朋友邀请我和她/他一起在哥本哈根度过除夕/元旦前夜。</p>
<p>I'm going by train, so I should be there at 5 pm, all being well.<br />
我要乘火车去，一切顺利的话, 我会下午5点到了。</p>

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Pedroski
<p>I think this is more complete.</p>
<p>我的朋友邀请我<strong>去</strong>哥本哈根<strong>過年</strong>。 我<strong>打算</strong>坐火车<strong>去</strong>，将<strong>於當天</strong>下午5点到<strong>達</strong>那里(or 将<strong>於當天</strong>下午5点<strong>抵達</strong>)。</p>
<p>Note the OP didn't say for what reason he was invited and invited for which &quot;new year&quot;, but obviously he is invited to spend the new year holidays with his friend. Therefore &quot;過年&quot; is sufficient and appropriate, as it does not involve guessing.</p>

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2021-10-20T00:53:49.133Z
Among native speakers, esp. those traditional ones, 过年usually refers to celebrating the spring festival (or chinese/lunar new year). Within this context, 过新年is probably better in the sense that it implies the Gregorian new year or does not specify. The difference is subtle and not a clear cut though.
ALife
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2021-10-20T01:16:36.330Z
@ALife Why 过新年? Maybe they were celebrating the lunar new year, then "舊歷年" is more specific?
r13
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2021-10-20T14:13:44.480Z
that's just the way how people imply. 过新年may mean both chinese new year or gregorian, but more likely the latter. This is similar to the original text: it could mean chinese new year, but in english, w/o additional specification, it probably implies the gregorian. As for why it's developed this way, my *guess* is that originally (before interaction with the west), there is only one 年, ie. the chinese new year, and 过年always means celebrating the chinese new year. The new usage 过新年is for the new 年，ie G. Probably similar in english: "new year" means G unless we explicitly say "*chinese* new year"
ALife
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2021-10-20T16:34:26.780Z
@ALife So what's wrong with 过年? I don't quite follow your argument. Since OP didn't say which new year he was invited to celebrate with, so 过年 is a better choice for "no need to guess" on our part but covers both. This is my stance, period.
r13
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2021-10-20T18:38:06.067Z
as I mentioned earlier, 过年strongly implies "celebrating chinese new year", while the original text earlier either left the ambiguity open, or implied gregorian new year.
ALife
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2021-10-20T18:53:44.187Z
年 is simply "year", people celebrate the pass of an old year and welcome the new coming year, it is a universal practice everywhere around the world, never heard of 过年 (celebrate the new year) means celebrating "Chinese" new year only.
r13
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that's the reason why I doubt you are a chinese native speaker. I've also seen  you committed other mistakes that native speakers rarely, if not never, will.
ALife
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Why guess? I am, but only with limited exposure to the current language in China.
r13
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2021-10-20T19:21:41.923Z
my guess is about *why*, not about the meaning/implication of 过年。
ALife
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2021-10-20T21:20:11.110Z
I am curious a native speaker of what chinese dialect, or of what era of chinese in history would translate 我是饿 to "I am a hunger", as you posted on another thread (https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/48519/difference-between-%e6%88%91%e5%be%88%e9%a5%bf-and-%e6%88%91%e6%98%af%e9%a5%bf/48527?noredirect=1#comment67917_48527).
ALife
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r13
<p>I'm trying to translate the following sentence into Chinese:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>My friend has invited me to New Years in Copenhagen. I'm taking the train and I will be there at 5 pm.</p>
</blockquote>
<p><a href="https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&amp;tl=zh-CN&amp;text=My%20friend%20has%20invited%20me%20to%20New%20Years%20in%20copenhagen.%20Im%20taking%20the%20train%20and%20I%20will%20be%20there%20at%205%20pm.&amp;op=translate" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Google Translate</a> gives me</p>
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<p>我的朋友邀请我参加哥本哈根的新年活动。 我坐火车，我将在下午5点到那里。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Is that correct?</p>

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How do I translate "My friend has invited me to New Years in Copenhagen..."?
# How do I translate "My friend has invited me to New Years in Copenhagen..."?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-27)

I'm trying to translate the following sentence into Chinese:

> My friend has invited me to New Years in Copenhagen. I'm taking the train and I will be there at 5 pm.

[Google Translate](https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=zh-CN&text=My%20friend%20has%20invited%20me%20to%20New%20Years%20in%20copenhagen.%20Im%20taking%20the%20train%20and%20I%20will%20be%20there%20at%205%20pm.&op=translate) gives me

> 我的朋友邀请我参加哥本哈根的新年活动。 我坐火车，我将在下午5点到那里。

Is that correct?

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2021-06-30. Score: 1

Your translation is accurate and correct. Here's my version for your reference. It's more colloquial. I guess it is what a native speaker would say in a daily conversation.

> My friend has invited me to New Years in Copenhagen. Im taking the train and I will be there at 5 pm.

我朋友邀请我去哥本哈根过新年。我坐火车去，下午5点到。

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Agreed. That's probably what I, as a natively speaker, would say. The other translations are more or less awkward.  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2021-08-03. Score: 0

The translation is correct, but can be improved.

My translation: 我的朋友邀请我去哥本哈根过新年。我将在下午五点坐火车到达。


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### Answer by username_6 on 2021-01-29. Score: 0

I wasn't too happy with the English, so I changed it a little, hope you don't mind.

Which New Year are you talking about, the Chinese New Year or the Western New Year?

My friend invited me to spend New Year's Eve with her/him in Copenhagen.  
我朋友邀请我和她/他一起在哥本哈根度过除夕/元旦前夜。

I'm going by train, so I should be there at 5 pm, all being well.  
我要乘火车去，一切顺利的话, 我会下午5点到了。


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### Answer by username_7 on 2021-06-28. Score: 0

I think this is more complete.

我的朋友邀请我**去**哥本哈根**過年**。 我**打算**坐火车**去**，将**於當天**下午5点到**達**那里(or 将**於當天**下午5点**抵達**)。

Note the OP didn't say for what reason he was invited and invited for which "new year", but obviously he is invited to spend the new year holidays with his friend. Therefore "過年" is sufficient and appropriate, as it does not involve guessing.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Among native speakers, esp. those traditional ones, 过年usually refers to celebrating the spring festival (or chinese/lunar new year). Within this context, 过新年is probably better in the sense that it implies the Gregorian new year or does not specify. The difference is subtle and not a clear cut though.  
> **username_7**: @username_4 Why 过新年? Maybe they were celebrating the lunar new year, then "舊歷年" is more specific?  
> **username_4**: that's just the way how people imply. 过新年may mean both chinese new year or gregorian, but more likely the latter. This is similar to the original text: it could mean chinese new year, but in english, w/o additional specification, it probably implies the gregorian. As for why it's developed this way, my *guess* is that originally (before interaction with the west), there is only one 年, ie. the chinese new year, and 过年always means celebrating the chinese new year. The new usage 过新年is for the new 年，ie G. Probably similar in english: "new year" means G unless we explicitly say "*chinese* new year"  
> **username_7**: @username_4 So what's wrong with 过年? I don't quite follow your argument. Since OP didn't say which new year he was invited to celebrate with, so 过年 is a better choice for "no need to guess" on our part but covers both. This is my stance, period.  
> **username_4**: as I mentioned earlier, 过年strongly implies "celebrating chinese new year", while the original text earlier either left the ambiguity open, or implied gregorian new year.  
> **username_7**: 年 is simply "year", people celebrate the pass of an old year and welcome the new coming year, it is a universal practice everywhere around the world, never heard of 过年 (celebrate the new year) means celebrating "Chinese" new year only.  
> **username_4**: that's the reason why I doubt you are a chinese native speaker. I've also seen  you committed other mistakes that native speakers rarely, if not never, will.  
> **username_7**: Why guess? I am, but only with limited exposure to the current language in China.  
> **username_4**: my guess is about *why*, not about the meaning/implication of 过年。  
> **username_4**: I am curious a native speaker of what chinese dialect, or of what era of chinese in history would translate 我是饿 to "I am a hunger", as you posted on another thread (https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/48519/difference-between-%e6%88%91%e5%be%88%e9%a5%bf-and-%e6%88%91%e6%98%af%e9%a5%bf/48527?noredirect=1#comment67917_48527).  

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