<p>您晚上休息不了多长时间吧 is between interrogative and rhetorical. It means </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>(I reckon that) you don't have much time for sleep at night, do you?</p>
</blockquote>

<p>There is a strong suggestion for the answer, yet an answer is expected to complete the dialog.</p>

<p>Word by word translation is like </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>You are unable to rest for long time at night right?</p>
</blockquote>

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<p>实际上，仅仅翻译一个意思即可，譬如：</p>

<p>You have only little time to have a test, do you?</p>

<p>这句话在中文中的意思是略带否定含义的，问话者的态度表明那个人几乎没有时间休息。</p>

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<p>他是‘业余作家‘。</p>

<p>您在白天应酬、工作之后，晚上是怎样进入写作状态的，您晚上休息不了多长时间吧？</p>

<p>Have  I got this right, seems she is asking the question in reverse.</p>

<p>您晚上休息不了多长时间吧？ = How long do you sleep at night?</p>

<p>His answer is '我大概一天睡四到五个小时。‘ but her question says 'how long can't(不了） you rest'.</p>

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How to interpret 休息不了多长时间吧？
# How to interpret 休息不了多长时间吧？

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-16)

他是‘业余作家‘。

您在白天应酬、工作之后，晚上是怎样进入写作状态的，您晚上休息不了多长时间吧？

Have I got this right, seems she is asking the question in reverse.

您晚上休息不了多长时间吧？ = How long do you sleep at night?

His answer is '我大概一天睡四到五个小时。‘ but her question says 'how long can't(不了） you rest'.

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-16. Score: 7

您晚上休息不了多长时间吧 is between interrogative and rhetorical. It means

> (I reckon that) you don't have much time for sleep at night, do you?

There is a strong suggestion for the answer, yet an answer is expected to complete the dialog.

Word by word translation is like

> You are unable to rest for long time at night right?


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### Answer by username_2 on 2015-08-16. Score: 1

实际上，仅仅翻译一个意思即可，譬如：

You have only little time to have a test, do you?

这句话在中文中的意思是略带否定含义的，问话者的态度表明那个人几乎没有时间休息。


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