<p>Both translations are correct, you can make them flow better by writing</p>
<blockquote>
<p>我真希望能够梦想成真</p>
<p>我真希望我的梦想能实现</p>
</blockquote>
<p>As for your thought of difference between 能 and 会，there is a very nice <a href="http://www.hwjyw.com/jxyd/cybx/200803/t20080304_13437.shtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">reference</a> which you can read about.</p>

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2019-03-22T21:06:42.127Z
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zyy
<p>Both are accurate. 梦想成真 is a set phrase, so using 能 before it is acceptable. Note that if it is not a set phrase you need to put 能 before the verb 成真 here, but because it is a set phrase, it is usually perceived/interpreted as a whole. </p>

<p>You can also break it up and put 能 before 成真. Both are valid here.</p>

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2019-03-22T21:04:17.637Z
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Ben Yang
<p>Here's a child's essay [1]:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>今天是元宵节，妈妈说，在滨江公园有猜灯谜的活动。她还说，看花灯、猜灯谜、还有吃汤圆是元宵节的民俗。</p>
<p>晚上七点半，我和妈妈还有亲戚一起来到滨江公园，人真多，非常热闹！那里没有猜灯谜，我好失望。但是我们放了烟花，还放了孔明灯和河灯，真是太有趣了！</p>
<p>我觉得最有意思的是放孔明灯。我先在上面写了“希望我学习100分”，然后妈妈把蜡烛固定在孔明灯上，我用打火机点燃蜡烛，孔明灯全都鼓起来时，就松开手，它就慢慢地升向了天空。我真希望能梦想成真。</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The very last sentence translates in my perception to:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>I really hope that it is possible for my dreams to come true.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I would have probably transposed the sentence moving the 能, like so (better yet, drop the melancholic note by substituting it for the firmer 会):</p>
<blockquote>
<p>我真希望梦想能成真</p>
<p>I really hope that my dreams can come true.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Is my line of thought correct for the translation? Are both translations accurate?</p>
<p>[1] <a href="https://zw.liuxue86.com/z/3628756.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://zw.liuxue86.com/z/3628756.html</a></p>

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Difference in meaning based on position of modal verb
# Difference in meaning based on position of modal verb

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-22)

Here's a child's essay [1]:

> 今天是元宵节，妈妈说，在滨江公园有猜灯谜的活动。她还说，看花灯、猜灯谜、还有吃汤圆是元宵节的民俗。
>
> 晚上七点半，我和妈妈还有亲戚一起来到滨江公园，人真多，非常热闹！那里没有猜灯谜，我好失望。但是我们放了烟花，还放了孔明灯和河灯，真是太有趣了！
>
> 我觉得最有意思的是放孔明灯。我先在上面写了“希望我学习100分”，然后妈妈把蜡烛固定在孔明灯上，我用打火机点燃蜡烛，孔明灯全都鼓起来时，就松开手，它就慢慢地升向了天空。我真希望能梦想成真。

The very last sentence translates in my perception to:

> I really hope that it is possible for my dreams to come true.

I would have probably transposed the sentence moving the 能, like so (better yet, drop the melancholic note by substituting it for the firmer 会):

> 我真希望梦想能成真
>
> I really hope that my dreams can come true.

Is my line of thought correct for the translation? Are both translations accurate?

[1] <https://zw.liuxue86.com/z/3628756.html>

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-03-22. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Both are accurate. 梦想成真 is a set phrase, so using 能 before it is acceptable. Note that if it is not a set phrase you need to put 能 before the verb 成真 here, but because it is a set phrase, it is usually perceived/interpreted as a whole.

You can also break it up and put 能 before 成真. Both are valid here.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-03-22. Score: 2

Both translations are correct, you can make them flow better by writing

> 我真希望能够梦想成真
>
> 我真希望我的梦想能实现

As for your thought of difference between 能 and 会，there is a very nice [reference](http://www.hwjyw.com/jxyd/cybx/200803/t20080304_13437.shtml) which you can read about.


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