<p>这里 开了 家 医院。<br>
Here opened a hospital.</p>

<p>They opened up a hospital here.</p>

<p>Translating is also a task of creation. Translators can change a bit the original meaning so the sentence sounds better in the target language.</p>

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2016-01-28T02:40:23.407Z
They opened up a hospital here.
SIDU
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2016-01-27T12:20:10.007Z
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Enrico Brasil
<p>"There's a hospital here." is okay but it does omit "开了".</p>

<p>In my perspective, "There's a hospital here" = "这里有家医院".</p>

<p>"开了" adds a subtle change to the sentence that, imagine you're no stranger to this place, then someday you find that there's a hospital which you've never known before, then you may say "这里开了家医院".</p>

<p>In translation, you don't necessarily need translate "开了" literally as "someone opened/founded". I suggest to translate this as "这里开了家新医院".</p>

<p>Though there's no "新" in the original sentence, but this could imply the change from "这里没有医院" to "这里有家医院".</p>

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2016-01-30T23:39:11.667Z
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Lucius Hu
<p>Word-to-word translation is not always good.</p>

<p>For example, a similar mistake Chinese English beginners always make:</p>

<p>桌子上有一本书   &lt;-->  There <em>have</em> a book on the table</p>

<p>Here, 有 is not always the English word "have".</p>

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2016-01-30T15:38:00.953Z
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Shanker Wang
<p>I think it just means "has just been opened". It is much like the use of the  English perfect tense to give news.</p>

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johnseah
<p>I found a translation of 这里开了家医院 to "There is a hospital here" but this translation seems to ignore the word 开了。</p>

<p>Does the word 开了 add addition meaning to the sentence which the translation does not include or is it a perfectly valid translation?</p>

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2016-01-27T11:30:16.513Z
cf.＂汉语水平考试词典开＂，开：［义６］兴办；创立（set up；run）：～创｜他在路边～了一家小吃店｜几个人合伙～了一家贸易公司, there is a hospital = it has been set up, is being run
user6065
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2016-01-27T12:52:49.097Z
check your university or public library for "Introduction to Chinese-English Translation Key Concepts and Techniques"
user6065
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2016-02-24T18:49:21.477Z
cf。 http://www.99lib.net/book/5929/206788.htm D.Hammett, The Dain Curse: I learned where these joints were and then went downtown again,...我问清楚了这两家店开在什么地方，就又回城里去了...
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Translation of 这里开了家医院
# Translation of 这里开了家医院

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-27)

I found a translation of 这里开了家医院 to "There is a hospital here" but this translation seems to ignore the word 开了。

Does the word 开了 add addition meaning to the sentence which the translation does not include or is it a perfectly valid translation?

**Tags:** translation, grammar

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: cf.＂汉语水平考试词典开＂，开：［义６］兴办；创立（set up；run）：～创｜他在路边～了一家小吃店｜几个人合伙～了一家贸易公司, there is a hospital = it has been set up, is being run  
> **username_1**: check your university or public library for "Introduction to Chinese-English Translation Key Concepts and Techniques"  
> **username_1**: cf。 http://www.99lib.net/book/5929/206788.htm D.Hammett, The Dain Curse: I learned where these joints were and then went downtown again,...我问清楚了这两家店开在什么地方，就又回城里去了...  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-01-27. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

这里 开了 家 医院。  
Here opened a hospital.

They opened up a hospital here.

Translating is also a task of creation. Translators can change a bit the original meaning so the sentence sounds better in the target language.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: They opened up a hospital here.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2016-01-30. Score: 1

"There's a hospital here." is okay but it does omit "开了".

In my perspective, "There's a hospital here" = "这里有家医院".

"开了" adds a subtle change to the sentence that, imagine you're no stranger to this place, then someday you find that there's a hospital which you've never known before, then you may say "这里开了家医院".

In translation, you don't necessarily need translate "开了" literally as "someone opened/founded". I suggest to translate this as "这里开了家新医院".

Though there's no "新" in the original sentence, but this could imply the change from "这里没有医院" to "这里有家医院".


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### Answer by username_5 on 2016-01-30. Score: 0

Word-to-word translation is not always good.

For example, a similar mistake Chinese English beginners always make:

桌子上有一本书 <--> There *have* a book on the table

Here, 有 is not always the English word "have".


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### Answer by username_6 on 2016-02-13. Score: -1

I think it just means "has just been opened". It is much like the use of the English perfect tense to give news.


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