关于低头族的问题
对这个关于低头族的句子：其中，有78.9%的人因为自己玩手机，他们觉得很对不起家人和朋友们。

1. 这个句子里的“玩”怎么翻？ Play, use, hold?
2. 句子里的“因为自己玩手机“ 有什么意思？ Because they themselves use smartphones?
3. “觉得对不起家人和朋友们” = “feel bad/guilty toward their family and friends”?

Is this translation OK: “Of these, 78.9% feel guilty toward their family and friends because they use their smartphones (so much).”

Question

关于低头族的问题
对这个关于低头族的句子： 其中，有78.9%的人因为自己玩手机，他们觉得很对不起家人和朋友们。

1. 这个句子里的“玩”怎么翻？  Play, use, hold?
2. 句子里的“因为自己玩手机“ 有什么意思？  Because they themselves use smartphones?
3.  “觉得对不起家人和朋友们” = “feel bad/guilty toward their family and friends”?

Is this translation OK:  “Of these, 78.9% feel guilty toward their family and friends because they use their smartphones (so much).”

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1. 这个句子里的“玩”怎么翻？  Play, use, hold?
play&use will be fine，hold is not suitable.
2. 句子里的“因为自己玩手机“ 有什么意思？  Because they themselves use smartphones?
Yes,correct.I'm not prefer "paly with",it sounds odd.
3.  “觉得对不起家人和朋友们” = “feel bad/guilty toward their family and friends”?
Good!

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玩  手机 = use, play, enjoy the mobile phone

Among them, 78.9% of those, who use cellphones, feel uneasy towards their family and friends.

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Darker and Danny, thank you both!

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"play with their phone" sounds weird in English. I think your translation "use their phone (too much)" is good. Or maybe "spend too much time on their phone"?

The Chinese sentence would sound better this way ：其中，79.8%的人因为自己玩手机而感到愧对家人和朋友。

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有78.9%的人因为自己玩手机，他们觉得很对不起家人和朋友们.

sounds a little weird to me. you can just know what it means ,  do not speak exactly like that.

有78.9%的人觉得很对不起家人和朋友们, 因为（经常）玩手机 。  this sounds better to me （native ， was born in Beijing ）

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