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Daily Translation: Washing Dishes Quietly

English Learning
Daily Translation
Author

Ryan Sun

Published

2026-10-24

中文原文

你下班到家,发现宝宝睡着了。你轻手轻脚把包放下,打算先快速把晚饭简单收拾一下,结果厨房水槽里堆着昨天没洗的碗。你不想弄出响声吵醒宝宝,只能慢慢清洗。

My translation

When I got home from work, my baby had fallen asleep. I put down my bag quitely, then decided to make a simple dinner. I found water sink was full of unwashed bowls from yesterday. I didn’t want to make any noise to wake up the baby, so I had to clean slowly.

Revised version

When I got home from work, my baby was already asleep. I set my bag down quietly and decided to whip up a simple dinner. I saw the sink was piled up with dirty bowls from the night before. I didn’t want to make any noise and wake the baby, so I washed them carefully and quietly.

Key phrases

  • be asleep,侧重睡着的状态
  • set my bag down,放下包
  • whip up a simple dinner,简单做顿饭
  • the sink,一般不用water sink
  • was piled up,堆了很多的样子
  • wake the baby = wake up the babay,日常更用wake sb.
  • carefully and quietly,表示轻手轻脚的洗碗,不能用slowly,太中译了
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