only saw their fortune

Chinese translation: missing words added back

14:13 Aug 23, 2017
English to Chinese translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology) / Forbes
English term or phrase: only saw their fortune
Eleven of the 100 richest tech billionaires got poorer over the past year. Of those, {only saw their fortune shrink by more than $1 billion}. The biggest dollar loser on the list is China’s Lei Jun, whose net worth dropped $2.9 billion to $6.9 billion, as his smartphone maker Xaiomi lost market share in China amidst stiff competition.
{}这部分是不是缺少了主语啊?怎么看不懂作者想表达的意思。
clearwater
China
Local time: 01:56
Chinese translation:missing words added back
Explanation:
here's the full sentence with the missing part added back:
Eleven of the 100 richest tech billionaires got poorer over the past year. Of those, some their fortune shrink by more than $1 billion.

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Note added at 22 hrs (2017-08-24 13:00:20 GMT)
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I added the missing verb back:
Some (saw) their fortune shrink by ...
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fyao99
Local time: 12:56
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谢谢!
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5missing words added back
fyao99
4FYI
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
typo
FYI


Explanation:
{only saw their fortune shrink by more than $1 billion}

only 和saw 之间少了一个数字,因为用了 only,很大可能是11 中的少数,即5 以下, 因为是负数代词,又不能是 only 1,所以,那里漏掉了 2 以上、10 以下的数字,最大可能是 2-5.

jyuan_us
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
typo
missing words added back


Explanation:
here's the full sentence with the missing part added back:
Eleven of the 100 richest tech billionaires got poorer over the past year. Of those, some their fortune shrink by more than $1 billion.

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Note added at 22 hrs (2017-08-24 13:00:20 GMT)
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I added the missing verb back:
Some (saw) their fortune shrink by ...


    https://businesstech.co.za/news/internet/194216/meet-the-20-richest-tech-billionaires-in-2017/
fyao99
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谢谢!
Notes to answerer
Asker: 谢谢fyao!不过,some their fortune这部分仍不对吧。

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