Hi @vivi_1485. Thanks for inspiring this little thought of mine. I’ve added it to the thread because I’m guessing that some people might not know about it.
So for those who haven’t come across this before…
This use of “principal” is interesting. If the drama is about a law firm, “Principal” could be correct because it’s a legal term used to mean “Senior Partner/Lawyer in a Law Firm.” While it isn’t a synonym for CEO of a law firm, a law firm’s CEO would indeed be a senior partner of the firm and so “principal” could be used as one his or her titles.
this is from my girl friend is an alien drama, right?
when i watched it officially on that platform it was CEO only, at that time the platform is not banned for us. where are you watching now?
it is even dubbed in our languages
This was obviously to make a point why the dog is called 900. Because one would loose the meaning if they wrote 9 million. But still, a very awkward sub.
Edit: Just read fully the long discussion about that
Notice anything amiss in this scene?
Yup. An inaccurate translation of a popular proverb. Just pointing it out here so no one will learn it wrongly and recall it erroneously later.
Summary
It should be: The sparrow near a school sings the primer.
It would be good to also include a brief on what it means.
It means: If you see and hear anything for a long time, you will know how to do it.
Exactly.
It’s a good example to show the importance of sentence structure, as well as the placement and function of nouns.
That’s understandable.
There are several definitions. The one that’s relevant here is the one shown above (by @choitrio) , or this (from Oxford Languages):
an elementary textbook that serves as an introduction to a subject of study or is used for teaching children to read.
Only a spelling error, but it changes so much of the meaning
One more: the chairman has to leave a meeting because of an unexpected emergency
This isn’t a subbing mistake, the production crew probably ran some Chinese through Google translate and made the actor say it
In your second example, there isn’t anything inherently wrong with the sentences themselves, so maybe the context is what makes it questionable or funny, like who is saying it, or the use of the word ‘maybe’ when very clearly the meeting will be over since the chairman left. I’m trying to figure it out.
