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schiffer
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“土办法”如何说

例：这个“土办法”很管用。

土办法，是否可翻译为：indigenous method?

但indigenous含意为：Originating and growing or living in an area or environment
似乎不太适合
2008-2-25 12:57 AM#1
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Depending on the context, it can also be translated as "local method".
2008-2-25 01:38 AM#2
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QUOTE:
Originally posted by schiffer at 2008-2-24 11:57
例：这个“土办法”很管用。

土办法，是否可翻译为：indigenous method?

但indigenous含意为：Originating and growing or living in an area or environment
似乎不太适合
"Indigenous" may mean more than that.
Indigenous method 说得通的。
2008-2-25 01:45 AM#3
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Hi:
How about "folk method"?
Hope it helps
2008-2-25 12:40 PM#4
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How about "traditional method"?
2008-2-25 01:04 PM#5
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Thanks a lot for all the above suggestions and kindness for providing instructive hints

一般“土办法”指非公众正式承认的或民间流传的、不是很正规的方法等。

土办法应该不等于traditional，因为traditional也有可能是正式的或不那么updated,

看来似乎只能用indigenous method了
2008-2-25 03:42 PM#6
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ordinary  and usual  solution
2008-2-26 04:10 PM#7
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regular method
2008-2-26 05:25 PM#8
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Another option: a crude method
2008-2-26 10:03 PM#9
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My be 'local method'
2008-2-28 09:43 AM#10
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The indigenous method costs less money.
土办法少花钱。
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2008-2-29 10:44 AM#11
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traditional living ways
2008-2-29 04:38 PM#12
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home method
2008-2-29 04:41 PM#13
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homemethod
2008-3-2 03:53 PM#14
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QUOTE:
Originally posted by edward_lee at 2008-2-25 01:38
Depending on the context, it can also be translated as "local method".
To be honest, I take your answer with a bit of salt
2008-3-2 06:18 PM#15
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how about "original method"
2008-3-3 01:29 PM#16
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It depends on the context:

makeshilft, expedient and stopgap may work
2008-3-4 12:17 PM#17
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QUOTE:
Originally posted by schiffer at 2008-2-25 00:57
例：这个“土办法”很管用。

土办法，是否可翻译为：indigenous method?

但indigenous含意为：Originating and growing or living in an area or environment
似乎不太适合
improvise, as in IED to describe the homemade bombs in Iraq.
2008-3-4 12:30 PM#18
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Occasionally we can use "personally/locally invented/applied method", a much easier way to express "土办法".
2008-4-5 09:28 AM#19
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handy way
2008-4-18 09:28 PM#20
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