Tuesday was the first day of the week.

[yuechu]

大家好！

I was recently thinking of how to translate the following into Chinese:
"I wanted to get an agenda from the dollar store, but the ones they had all had Tuesday being the first day of the week, and a small space for Sunday and Monday for the weekend (=They were all printed wrong. They are not supposed to be like that, of course!). I ended up buying a more expensive one instead from somewhere else."
How would you say this in Chinese? Would it sound ok if I said "我最近想在一元店买一本日程记录本（？），可是它们都有星期二为每个星期的第一天"? (Feel free to change this completely!)

Thanks!

 

[hx1997]

Would it sound ok if I said "我最近想在一元店买一本日程记录本（？），可是它们都有星期二为每个星期的第一天"?

The first half of the sentence is ok, but you'll have to change the second half.

我最近去一元店想买本日程记录本，结果店里卖的本子都印得有问题，上面一周是从周二开始，而且周日和周一的空很小，后来我就去别的地方买了本贵一点的。

 

[SuperXW]

日程记录本 sounds rare. We generally call them 记事本.
I'd say
他们那些记事本全都把周二印成了每周第一天，给周日和周一只留了一点空白，当成周末。

 

[yuechu]

谢谢，hx1997 and SuperXW! Your translations help me a lot! 😃

日程记录本 sounds rare. We generally call them 记事本.

The dictionary I use says that 记事本 also means "laptop computer". With little context, could this possibly be confusing or ambiguous? (or are they normally called 笔记本?)

 

[SuperXW]

The dictionary I use says that 记事本 also means "laptop computer".

Bad dictionary. I've never heard of anyone called a "laptop" 记事本.
They are normally called 笔记本, as a direct translation of the British word “notebook”.

 

[yuechu]

Good to know! Thanks!

PS: We also say "notebook" here in North America! (I imagine we use the word in the same way as the British but I'm not sure!)