當牆上的鐘敲了十下, 我便要睡覺了

當牆上的鐘敲了十下, 我便要睡覺了翻釋:
When the clock on the wall has struck ten times, it is time for me to sleep.

2013-09-15 18:07:10 補充：
Use present tense in your daily routine. It is OK to write:
When the clock on the wall has struck ten times, it is time for me to sleep.
Another way of showing when your bedtime is:
I have to go to bed after the clock on the wall strikes ten times.

2013-09-16 14:30:19 補充：
鐘敲了十下，強調"十下"，Engish translation is "the clock has struck ten times"。
The clock strikes ten.中譯是"鐘敲十點鐘",強調"十點鐘".
两個說法強調不同處，寫法便需要不同。

2013-09-16 14:31:04 補充：
鐘敲了十下，強調"十下"，Engish translation is "the clock has struck ten times"。
The clock strikes ten.中譯是"鐘敲十點鐘",強調"十點鐘".
两個說法強調不同處，寫法便需要不同。

2013-09-16 14:41:12 補充：
當牆上的鐘敲了十下, 我便要睡覺了(When the clock on the wall has struck ten times, it is time for me to sleep.)-"has struck" and "is" are both present tense. 因為"敲了"是完成了，所以用"has struck"(present perfect tense)。

2013-09-16 14:44:14 補充：
In my other translation "I have to go to bed after the clock on the wall strikes ten times.(牆上的鐘敲十下後，, 我便要睡覺了)", "have" and "strikes" are both simple present tense, but the meaning of the sentence is slightly different from the original Chinese sentence.

2013-09-17 18:18:03 補充：
Example with the use of present perfect tense in a routine:
Absence and Lateness
............
Please immediately advise us of any change of phone number or address. If your child does not arrive at school and you have not notified us of absence, we phone you or your emergency number.

當牆上的鐘敲了十下, 我便要睡覺了
When the clock on the wall strikes ten, I have to go to bed.

當掛鐘敲了十下, 我便要睡覺了
When the wall clock strikes ten, I have to go to bed.

When you write your routine, use present simple tense if possible.


No offence:

In British English, we say "We go to bed at ten (o'clock)."
~ not "We go to sleep at ten (o'clock.)"

going to bed = going to get into bed in order to sleep
time for bed = time to go to sleep

The clock strikes ten.
~ no need to say "The clock strikes ten times"

2013-09-17 10:00:29 補充：
發問者說 routine, 我用 zero conditional.
When .. present simple…,, present simple
用 zero conditional. 因為 events can occur more than once, 是 repeated action ~ habit
This pattern means that one thing always follows automatically from another.
我不是強調 “完成敲了十下”, 雖然中文是“敲了”,
用 zero conditional 強調經常習慣, 事實

2013-09-17 10:36:34 補充：
純個人意見:
The clock strikes ten = the clock makes a sound ten times when the time is 10 o’clock.
這句不是 exactly 解 The clock shows (or says) ten o’clock
strike是解 hit
The clock strikes ten times 可用來解釋這句 The clock strikes ten
It may be a pendulum clock

2013-09-18 08:54:32 補充：
When -clause 中, 我沒有用 perfect tense, 我不是強調等鐘已經完成敲了十下, 我才去睡
強調是 10 o’clock, 我便要睡覺了, 那動作 strike ten 只不過表明時間十點
抱歉沒有 every word 跟足發問者, 中英語有差別, 例如 go to bed, strikes ten

2013-09-18 08:57:58 補充：
We focus the future consequences of a past event, we use present perfect in the if-clause.

If I have failed my exam again, I am going to give up the course. [Suggest that I have already taken the exam, I don’t know the result.]

2013-09-18 08:59:13 補充：
If I fail my exam again, I am going to give up the course. [I may or may not have already taken the exam]

當牆上的鐘敲了十下, 我便要睡覺了
When the wall clock struck ten, it is the time for me to go to bed.
I am writing my routine.
Therefore, what tense should I use ?
Usually it is written in present tense, for that is doing everyday.

Present perfect tense denotes present results of past actions Or habit:-
When the clock has struck ten times on the wall, I have to lie on a bed.

The clock strikes ten on the wall; I lie on the bed.----(habit).

2013-09-21 18:52:38 補充：
When a clock strikes Or strikes ten etc,its bell sounds a certain number of times to show what the time is: The Big Ben begins to strike ten,strike the hour,strike when it is exactly Ten o'clock .routinely.Routinely adv. if something is routinely done,it's part of normal process of working,sleeping.

When the clock struck ten times on the wall, I have to sleep.

When the clock on the wall struck ten, I would want to sleep.

Striking ten times by the wall clock, I go to bed.

I have to sleep when the clock on the wall strikes ten times.