<p>那修长的睫毛，<br>
Those slender eyelashes,<br>
那水润的眼眸，<br>
those doe-like eyes,<br>
那高挺的琼鼻，<br>
that exquisite straight nose<br>
那粉嫩的小嘴，<br>
those tender pink lips,<br>
那胸前凸起的完美弧度，<br>
the perfect curve of her ample bosom,<br>
再加上如雪一般的白皙肌肤，<br>
also her snow-white skin,<br>
真的是美到让人砰砰心跳，<br>
really amount to beauty which makes my heart pound,<br>
说其是仙子下凡也不为过。<br>
it is not an overstatement to say, she really resembles an immortal descended to our world.</p>

<p>也不为过: not too much to say, not an overstatement</p>

<p>Must be a lady-boy from Bankok!</p>

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Pedroski
<p>How would we more accurately translate 那胸前凸起的完美弧度?</p>

<p>Maybe not more accurately, but another contextual suggestion, like,</p>

<p>那胸前 = the bosom</p>

<p>凸起 = raised up</p>

<p>的完美弧度 = with a perfect curvature.</p>

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Wayne Cheah
<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/menwritingwomen/comments/flfaxj/he_has_previously_described_her_as_having_good/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Reddit's /r/MenWritingWomen</a> laughed at this awful-sounding description of a female character's appearance (<a href="https://www.novels.pl/novel/MGA/70/Chapter-70-Jealousy.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">original translation</a>):</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Her long and thin eyebrows, water-like eyes, tall and beautiful nose, pink and soft lips, <strong>perfect curve of the convex in front of her chest</strong>, and in addition, her snow-like white skin. It really made people’s heart bump loudly. Even if it was said that she was a descended fairy, it would be correct.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Particularly jarring is the use of "convex" to describe her breasts.  It was translated <a href="https://novel.zhwenpg.com/r.php?id=278350" rel="nofollow noreferrer">from the Chinese</a> (so there's some translation problems):</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>那修长的睫毛，那水润的眼眸，那高挺的琼鼻，那粉嫩的小嘴，<strong>那胸前凸起的完美弧度</strong>，再加上如雪一般的白皙肌肤，真的是美到让人砰砰心跳，说其是仙子下凡也不为过。</p>
</blockquote>

<p>My own translation of this would be:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Those slender eyelashes, those watery eyes, that tall nose, that pink tender small mouth, <strong>that bosom which protrudes like perfect arcs</strong>, and additionally with skin as white as snow. It really is beautiful enough to cause a person's heart to beat <em>*peng peng*</em> and say that she is a descended fairy.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I'm finding this tricky since <a href="http://youdao.com/w/eng/%E5%87%B8%E8%B5%B7" rel="nofollow noreferrer">凸起</a> means "to protrude" and "convex", and the 的 indicates it's used as an adjective.  Maybe I'm adding a nice spin on this, and it really does say "convex".</p>

<p><strong>Question</strong>: How would we more accurately translate 那胸前凸起的完美弧度?</p>

<p>(I reiterate, this question is about <strong>accurately translating</strong> this phrase, not making it sound nice.  <em>What does it say?</em> not <em>What should it say?</em>)</p>

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2020-05-13T14:06:31.050Z
Maybe, "the perfect arc protruding from her chest".  But I'm unsure if it's idiomatic English.
dan
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How would we more accurately translate 那胸前凸起的完美弧度 (published translation: "perfect curve of the convex in front of her chest")?
# How would we more accurately translate 那胸前凸起的完美弧度 (published translation: "perfect curve of the convex in front of her chest")?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-13)

[Reddit's /r/MenWritingWomen](https://www.reddit.com/r/menwritingwomen/comments/flfaxj/he_has_previously_described_her_as_having_good/) laughed at this awful-sounding description of a female character's appearance ([original translation](https://www.novels.pl/novel/MGA/70/Chapter-70-Jealousy.html)):

> Her long and thin eyebrows, water-like eyes, tall and beautiful nose, pink and soft lips, **perfect curve of the convex in front of her chest**, and in addition, her snow-like white skin. It really made people’s heart bump loudly. Even if it was said that she was a descended fairy, it would be correct.

Particularly jarring is the use of "convex" to describe her breasts. It was translated [from the Chinese](https://novel.zhwenpg.com/r.php?id=278350) (so there's some translation problems):

> 那修长的睫毛，那水润的眼眸，那高挺的琼鼻，那粉嫩的小嘴，**那胸前凸起的完美弧度**，再加上如雪一般的白皙肌肤，真的是美到让人砰砰心跳，说其是仙子下凡也不为过。

My own translation of this would be:

> Those slender eyelashes, those watery eyes, that tall nose, that pink tender small mouth, **that bosom which protrudes like perfect arcs**, and additionally with skin as white as snow. It really is beautiful enough to cause a person's heart to beat *\*peng peng\** and say that she is a descended fairy.

I'm finding this tricky since [凸起](http://youdao.com/w/eng/%E5%87%B8%E8%B5%B7) means "to protrude" and "convex", and the 的 indicates it's used as an adjective. Maybe I'm adding a nice spin on this, and it really does say "convex".

**Question**: How would we more accurately translate 那胸前凸起的完美弧度?

(I reiterate, this question is about **accurately translating** this phrase, not making it sound nice. *What does it say?* not *What should it say?*)

**Tags:** translation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Maybe, "the perfect arc protruding from her chest".  But I'm unsure if it's idiomatic English.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-05-14. Score: 1

那修长的睫毛，  
Those slender eyelashes,  
那水润的眼眸，  
those doe-like eyes,  
那高挺的琼鼻，  
that exquisite straight nose  
那粉嫩的小嘴，  
those tender pink lips,  
那胸前凸起的完美弧度，  
the perfect curve of her ample bosom,  
再加上如雪一般的白皙肌肤，  
also her snow-white skin,  
真的是美到让人砰砰心跳，  
really amount to beauty which makes my heart pound,  
说其是仙子下凡也不为过。  
it is not an overstatement to say, she really resembles an immortal descended to our world.

也不为过: not too much to say, not an overstatement

Must be a lady-boy from Bankok!


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-05-13. Score: 0

How would we more accurately translate 那胸前凸起的完美弧度?

Maybe not more accurately, but another contextual suggestion, like,

那胸前 = the bosom

凸起 = raised up

的完美弧度 = with a perfect curvature.


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