Apr 14, 2021 00:47
3 yrs ago
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Japanese term
Italy
ライトに当たってくれなくて
Non-PRO
Japanese to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Dear ProZ members,
could you please confirm me how the following sentence should be translated? In a movie, two guys who dive are talking, and one of them says he saw a rare fish, showing a photograph to the other one. The second one asks if the photo was shot by him, and the first one replies:
うねりのせいでライトに当たってくれなくて
(Due to waves swelling, the light wasn't hitting it, so...)
It's the fish that wasn't hit by the light/explosed to the light?
Thank you!
could you please confirm me how the following sentence should be translated? In a movie, two guys who dive are talking, and one of them says he saw a rare fish, showing a photograph to the other one. The second one asks if the photo was shot by him, and the first one replies:
うねりのせいでライトに当たってくれなくて
(Due to waves swelling, the light wasn't hitting it, so...)
It's the fish that wasn't hit by the light/explosed to the light?
Thank you!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | the light didn't shine (on it) |
Port City
|
| 5 | it did not come under the light |
Dr. M. S. Niranjan
|
| 4 | It did not hit the light |
Sittie Hane Mama
|
Proposed translations
22 mins
Selected
the light didn't shine (on it)
You're right. The light didn't shine on the fish.
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Dr. M. S. Niranjan
India
India
Native in Japanese
&
English
India
Expert Japanese Technical Translation
Native in: English 
, Japanese
Works in: Japanese to English
it did not come under the light
This would be the exact translation. Probably the fish moved just at the instant the photo was taken due to the swelling of the waves and thus the fish did not come under the light.
1 day 13 hrs
Sittie Hane Mama
Philippines
Philippines
Native in English
Philippines
ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪʟɪᴘɪɴᴏꜱ
Native in: Tagalog (Variant: Philippines) 
, English (Variant: US) , Maranao
Works in: English to Tagalog, Maranao to Tagalog, Tagalog to English, and 6 more.
It did not hit the light
In other words, the light did not hit the fish. And according to the sentence before the missing translation, this version is more relevant. :)
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