<p>My suggestion:</p>
<p>第一節, 第二節 /jie2/...</p>
<p>Cantonese pronunication /jit3/</p>
<p>Literally a part, or a section of a whole.</p>
<p>课 &quot;lesson&quot; - sounds too much like a class, where a (group of) student(s) learn(s) from a teacher.</p>
<p>会话 &quot;dialogue&quot; - is not the same as a workshop session.</p>

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Cantonese pronunciation in Jyutping is /zit3/, IPA is /ʦit˧/
Daniel Cheung
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@DanielCheung /jit3/ is Yale
monalisa
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@monalisa IMHO, probably better if you specified /jit3/ being Yale, because reading /jit3/ in Jyutping makes me think of 噎.
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monalisa
<p>Given each gathering <em>is</em> a workshop <em>is</em> a session:</p>
<p>培训课程采取一系列研讨会的形式。<br />
The training programme takes the form of a series of workshops.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“the moderator leads people to share their experiences of certain
things with each other”</p>
</blockquote>
<p>(Self-help group maybe??)</p>
<p>研讨会： discussion forum, seminar, workshop</p>
<p>Why not just use: 第一研讨会，第二研讨会，第三 。。。</p>
<p>Doesn't sound too ominously off-putting!</p>

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Pedroski
<blockquote>
<p>it is rather a gathering where the moderator leads people to share their experiences of certain things with each other.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>In this case, I suggest 聚會(gathering) or 研討 (Seminar)</p>
<p>Session 1 -- 第一次聚會 (the first gathering) / 研討(會)一 (seminar 1)</p>
<p>Session 2 -- 第二次聚會 (the second gathering)/ 研討(會)二 (seminar 2)</p>
<ul>
<li><p>研 = 研究 (study)</p>
</li>
<li><p>討 = 討論 (discuss)</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>研討 (study + discuss + gathering) = seminar</p>
<p>To be more specific: 交流研討會</p>
<p>聚會 sounds more casual</p>
<p>Also, consider 坐談 (Discussion)</p>
<p>坐談(會)一, 坐談(會)二</p>

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<p>In a workshop context, I am trying to verblly translate &quot;Session 1&quot;, &quot;Session 2&quot; into Chinese. The first word coming to my mind is <code>第一课</code>,<code>第二课</code>, but we are trying to avoid the implication that the workshop is a course, it is rather a gathering where the moderator leads people to share their experiences of certain things with each other. <code>会话一</code>,<code>会话二</code> are too formal and not very Chinese. Is there any better translation?</p>

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How to translate Session?
# How to translate Session?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-16)

In a workshop context, I am trying to verblly translate "Session 1", "Session 2" into Chinese. The first word coming to my mind is `第一课`,`第二课`, but we are trying to avoid the implication that the workshop is a course, it is rather a gathering where the moderator leads people to share their experiences of certain things with each other. `会话一`,`会话二` are too formal and not very Chinese. Is there any better translation?

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-04-16. Score: 3

My suggestion:

第一節, 第二節 /jie2/...

Cantonese pronunication /jit3/

Literally a part, or a section of a whole.

课 "lesson" - sounds too much like a class, where a (group of) student(s) learn(s) from a teacher.

会话 "dialogue" - is not the same as a workshop session.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Cantonese pronunciation in Jyutping is /zit3/, IPA is /ʦit˧/  
> **username_1**: @username_2 /jit3/ is Yale  
> **username_3**: @username_1 IMHO, probably better if you specified /jit3/ being Yale, because reading /jit3/ in Jyutping makes me think of 噎.  

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### Answer by username_4 on 2021-04-17. Score: 0

Given each gathering *is* a workshop *is* a session:

培训课程采取一系列研讨会的形式。  
The training programme takes the form of a series of workshops.

> “the moderator leads people to share their experiences of certain
> things with each other”

(Self-help group maybe??)

研讨会： discussion forum, seminar, workshop

Why not just use: 第一研讨会，第二研讨会，第三 。。。

Doesn't sound too ominously off-putting!


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### Answer by username_5 on 2021-04-16. Score: 0

> it is rather a gathering where the moderator leads people to share their experiences of certain things with each other.

In this case, I suggest 聚會(gathering) or 研討 (Seminar)

Session 1 -- 第一次聚會 (the first gathering) / 研討(會)一 (seminar 1)

Session 2 -- 第二次聚會 (the second gathering)/ 研討(會)二 (seminar 2)

* 研 = 研究 (study)
* 討 = 討論 (discuss)

研討 (study + discuss + gathering) = seminar

To be more specific: 交流研討會

聚會 sounds more casual

Also, consider 坐談 (Discussion)

坐談(會)一, 坐談(會)二


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