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Let \(\beta\) (resp. \(\gamma\)) be a nonzero element of a number field \(K\), and let \(\beta_g\) (resp. \(\gamma_g\)) be the conjugates of \(\beta\) (resp. \(\gamma\)) over \(K\) by the action of \(g\in G\), where \(G\) is the Galois group of \(K\). Let \(l(x)\in \mathbb{Z}[x]\) be different from the minimal polynomial of \(\gamma\). The author proves that the number \[ \alpha:= \sum_{g\in G} l(\gamma_g)e^{\beta_g} \] is badly approximable, that is that the inequality \[ \biggl|\alpha-\frac pq \biggr|> q^{-2-A_1/(\log\log q)^{1/2}}, \qquad p,q\in\mathbb{Z}, \quad q>0, \] holds, provided \(q>A_2\), where \(A_1\) and \(A_2\) are positive constants dependent only on \(\beta\), \(\gamma\), \(l(x)\), \(G\) and \(K\). It is a generalization of a result of \textit{G. V. Chudnovsky} [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 80, 3138-3141 (1983; Zbl 0511.10027)]. The generalized Padé approximation is the main tool for the proof.