<p>without over-thinking, it translates to: This is all I know.</p>

<p>maybe i watch too many detective movies, in which the guilty will end their confessions w/ "我知道的就這麼多了"...which to me translates to "this is all I know" in english dialog in such settings.</p>

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Nice example of usage.
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<p>I think you are close.</p>

<p>Basically:</p>

<p>知道 = to know</p>

<p>我知道 = I know</p>

<p>我知道的 = What I know</p>

<p>就 = Just</p>

<p>這麼多 = this much</p>

<p>就這麼多了 = Just this much</p>

<p>I personally wouldn't translate this as "Beyond this I know nothing." It would be closer to "What I know is just this much", however I would translate it as "I only know this much". I don't see where this sentence would insinuate the "and no more" or the "beyond this"; it is not expressed in the sentence.</p>

<p>It's the type of sentence that would benefit from a bit more context to get a more accurate translation.</p>

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<p>I found this sentence and its English translation on <a href="http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/402894" rel="nofollow noreferrer">tatoeba.org</a>:</p>
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<p>我知道的就這麼多了。</p>
<p>Beyond this I know nothing.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Now I'm trying to parse the sentence structure, and I'd like some confirmation or a correction, please. I think that 我知道的 means &quot;what I know&quot; or &quot;the things that I know&quot;. Then 就這麼多了 means &quot;just this much&quot;. So I might literally translate the sentence as, &quot;What I know is just this much, and no more.&quot;</p>
<p>Am I on the right track?</p>

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Translation of "this much and no more"
# Translation of "this much and no more"

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-01-10)

I found this sentence and its English translation on [tatoeba.org](http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/402894):

> 我知道的就這麼多了。
>
> Beyond this I know nothing.

Now I'm trying to parse the sentence structure, and I'd like some confirmation or a correction, please. I think that 我知道的 means "what I know" or "the things that I know". Then 就這麼多了 means "just this much". So I might literally translate the sentence as, "What I know is just this much, and no more."

Am I on the right track?

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### Answer by username_3 on 2012-01-10. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

I think you are close.

Basically:

知道 = to know

我知道 = I know

我知道的 = What I know

就 = Just

這麼多 = this much

就這麼多了 = Just this much

I personally wouldn't translate this as "Beyond this I know nothing." It would be closer to "What I know is just this much", however I would translate it as "I only know this much". I don't see where this sentence would insinuate the "and no more" or the "beyond this"; it is not expressed in the sentence.

It's the type of sentence that would benefit from a bit more context to get a more accurate translation.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2012-01-10. Score: 4

without over-thinking, it translates to: This is all I know.

maybe i watch too many detective movies, in which the guilty will end their confessions w/ "我知道的就這麼多了"...which to me translates to "this is all I know" in english dialog in such settings.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Nice example of usage.  

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