I checked in a dictionary and ë°¤ seems to be translatable in either 'evening' or 'night' in English. As far as I know, evening is the time from 6 pm to 12 am and night is the time from 12 am to 6 am. Or is this difference not that strict in English? I think for translations to other language it would be good if the distinction is made more clear because it can get confusing.
You're not wrong, but it's mostly reliant on the context. In most languages, a lot of rules are dropped when speaking because the language has changed over time.
When saying something like "Let's go see a movie tonight" (whether in English or Korean), it's assumed that you're referring to the evening, rather than the time between midnight and 6 a.m.
I think for translations to other language it would be good if the distinction is made more clear because it can get confusing.
Just out of curiosity, are there any specific languages you're referring to?
Yes, in English the difference is not as strict as in other languages. Remember West Side Story? The famous song "Tonight, tonight, I'll see my love tonight"?
They mean they are going on a date that evening, not sneak out of the house past midnight.
In Italian and in French we never say "tonight I'm going on a date", we will say "stasera, ce soir"
and not "stanotte, cette nuit". Unless of course it's a secret rendez-vous or you are vampires.
I'm German and there are many different things you need to know when yout alk about "evening" and "night"
And to it there are many many ways of telling a person wich part of the day it is and often it even depents on where in Germany you are from.
@youraverageangel For this question, I was mainly referring to the Dutch language since that's the language I sub in.
When I see a scene in a Korean movie outside that takes place during the evening/night the sky is always dark already. I don't know what time the sun sets in Korea, but in the Netherlands the sun sets really late in summer. Maybe subbers are confused because of that and think that the time must be really 'night' because it's dark outside.
That's interesting So in Dutch, there's no word that can mean both night and evening? Because in English, Arabic and French (the languages I speak), night and evening are easily interchanged.
I guess in that case, you would have to use whichever word makes sense in your language so that the viewers aren't confused.
in English, Arabic and French (the languages I speak), night and evening are easily interchanged.
I don't know about Arabic, but in French "bonsoir" and "bonne nuit" are not said interchangeably. When you go on a movie/dinner/opera date with someone, you greet them with "bonsoir" and when you leave to go home to sleep you wish them "bonne nuit". You cannot really say "bonne nuit" when first meeting the person, even if it's very late. Because you are wishing the person to have a good whole night, meaning from then until morning.
When you think of it that way, I guess the terms aren't interchangeable in English either lol.
Hmm... In English I've often heard "tonight" meaning "this evening", as I said in my previous post. English is peculiar that way.
It is really really rude to greet people who arn't your close friends with Slangwords, what means like: When someone you don't know or you arn't that close too comes to you like "Ey Diggah" or "Was geht ab?" than they arn't beeing seriously to you and sometimes you can even see that they are trying to fool you maybe.
When you are female and a random guy comes across you and says something like "Hey Perle", "Na Süße", "Hey Lady",... and so on. Than that means that they don't want to be siriously to you and just want to have an easy flirt.
Wau Wau -> "Woof woof" mostly used by children who can't say "Hund" or used as a cute way to say something where you inclued a dog, but in a way between "aaw so cute" and "urg just a dog ya know"
Usually while translating there is context, so based on the context I usually choose between "night" and "evening" in my native language. So "let's go see a movie tonight" becomes "Let's see a movie this evening". I think evening can be used for a longer time span than night, so when in doubt I use evening. For example if I say "I go hang out with friends this evening" than this can also go on until after midnight.