Jul 10, 2006 16:46
17 yrs ago
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French term
Hungary
Is this sentence missing a "que"?
Non-PRO
French to English
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
It seems to me that a "que" is missing to correspond with the "ne":
Perhaps it should read "...qu'uniquement dans le(s) magasins...". Qu'est-ce que vous en pensez?
Perhaps it should read "...qu'uniquement dans le(s) magasins...". Qu'est-ce que vous en pensez?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | [No] |
Andreas THEODOROU
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| 4 +3 | - |
Christine Schmit (X)
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Change log
Jul 10, 2006 17:21: writeaway changed "Field" from "Law/Patents" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "Law: Contract(s)" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Jul 10, 2006 20:52: JCEC changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jul 10, 2006 21:10: Tony M changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Other"
Proposed translations
7 mins
Andreas THEODOROU
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Specializes in field
Spain
Translator/writer (medical/pharma specn)
Native in: English
Works in: Greek to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
French term (edited):
Is this sentence missing a
Selected
[No]
It is wrong IMNSHO
To correct it
take out 'ne'
or
change 'uniquement' to 'que'
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Note added at 11 mins (2006-07-10 16:57:43 GMT)
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I'd take out 'ne' actually because otherwise the distance between ne and que is too high - presumably this was the author's thinking too
To correct it
take out 'ne'
or
change 'uniquement' to 'que'
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Note added at 11 mins (2006-07-10 16:57:43 GMT)
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I'd take out 'ne' actually because otherwise the distance between ne and que is too high - presumably this was the author's thinking too
Note from asker:
| Thank you kindly, Andy. Succinctly helpful. :) |
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Both suggestions were helpful and consistent - I wish I could divide the points. But since Andy answered first, and he proposed a nuance of criteria for how to decide, I must select his answer for Kudoz points. I know it's SUGGESTED that we wait 24 hours, but I'm happy with these answers, and don't want to keep receiving new answer notifications while working on this (deadline, concentration, etc.). I awarded 2 points because it's native language grammar, not coming up with a translation. I think that's the convention here on ProZ. Thanks to both of you!!!!!!"
+3
12 mins
French term (edited):
Is this sentence missing a
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apparemment l'auteur a mélangé deux structures différentes :
1) Il s'engage à n'utiliser ... que dans le magasin
2) Il s'engage à utiliser ... uniquement dans le magasin
1) Il s'engage à n'utiliser ... que dans le magasin
2) Il s'engage à utiliser ... uniquement dans le magasin
Note from asker:
| Merci, Christine! |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
writeaway
: yes-I think it may be a case of bad editing-they decided to change to uniquement and forgot to remove the ne ... As you say, they ended up with a mixture instead.
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merci
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| agree |
Tony M
: The most logical explanation, IMHO!
4 hrs
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thanks Tony!
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| agree |
df49f (X)
: oui, bonne explication - should have been asked in FR monolingual pair
5 hrs
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