You don't sound like a foreigner talking English
聽你講英語，不像是外國人。
'Does it sound like music?' — 'I wouldn't go that far.'
“這聽上去像音樂嗎？”——“我可不那樣認為。”
I don't want to sound like I'm some old fogy.
我不想讓自己聽上去像一個老古董。
It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
它聽起來不能像是虛情假意的恭維。
Whilst this might sound like a truism, it is nevertheless a crucial problem to address.
盡管這可能聽起來像是老生常談，但卻是待解決的重要問題。