My responses

1. the man knows to spend appropriately->knows how to ...? or is known to ...

It is okay to say "know to do something". Here is an example from Oxford: Does he know to come here (that he should come here) first?

2. dispise->despised

Good catch! "Dispise" is the obsolete spelling of "despise".

3. Afterwards, the pressure from mortgage, college tuition, etc, gradually changes the spending habits.觉得有点歧义，the spending habits是不是换成his spending habits更清楚些.

Quite often, the man and woman need to discuss and agree on big ticket items. That's why I prefer to say "the spending habits" instead of "his spending habits."

4. advancing better->advancing faster, or climbing the corporate ladder faster

I'm not very sure here. By "better" I wanted to include a number of metrics, including faster. Maybe you are right, but I am not totally sure.

5. get things done well带着well觉得怪

This word "well" is in parallel with "within budget" and "on schedule", stressing the quality of the work. What would be a better way to say this?

6. Nice is an extra but not essential;-->"Being nice" is something extra, maybe?

You are right. I will change it to "Being nice is an added bonus but not essential;"

 

Thanks again! It realy helps.

所有跟帖： 

• 关于know to do something，I am not very convinced -非文学青年- ♀ (354 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 08:50:20

• The example I found comes from this dictionary: -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (125 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 17:55:53

• 恩，估计是不怎么常用的用法。 -非文学青年- ♀ (101 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 21:33:09

• 英国人编的，一堆的人翻译的 -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (138 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 21:56:05

• 确实跟我很象，喜欢搞蹩脚的文字游戏，哈哈。 -非文学青年- ♀ (81 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 23:36:41

• 天，谁像谁呀？ -冲浪潜水员- ♂ (135 bytes) () 09/04/2011 postreply 23:55:07

• haha, 踩着猫尾巴了。 -非文学青年- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/05/2011 postreply 00:00:40