By Tenses, Translation

Hello Hela, yes, it's nice to see you too! I'm not posting here much at the moment, because my pc is defective; but I hope to be re-kitted-out shortly... If I say that you're harping on about X, I mean that you are obsessively talking about X, in an irritating and excessive way....

Good evening, Mr P, nice to read you again. I often ask questions on the site but you seem not to have seen my posts What's the meaning of "to harp on about something" then? How would you use it?Best regards,Hela

Hello everybody! Probably, you already know of my infamous venture —the translation of an adventure game called Star Heritage. Below I'll repeat part of my answer to Huevos, whom I shall thank for accidently reminding me of the problem that I now ask you to help me with: «I have tried to...

Hi everyoneI just wondered if anyone could help - I have to write a profile of a chinese learner of English (completely made up). In it I must put any difficulties that the learner has in learning English as an L2. I have got so far:Intonation transfer from L1 may cause them to be perceived as...

Hi my englishforums friends, I just finished translation of one episode of my favourite TV Show to cut my teeth in english and I came across there to very cool idiom "let the chips fall where they may."... I heard that in this sentense: I'm gonna tell it to the private...

I think you are right, RayH. The reason why I used the past tense when I referred to my interviewees is that the interviews took place in the past (two years ago). I got only confused when I attempted to translate the rest of the sentence. I undertook these interviews in Arabic and the tense my...

Can anyone check the sentences below for me, please. They are the translation exercises I got from school. Million thanks!! Peggy is so brave that she never cries in pain. Peggy is so brave that she’s never cried in pain. (which tense is correct? and why?) Jane has always liked eating...

what's is the translation of the past perfect in spanish? for example:I have eaten a pizza todayYo he comido una pizza hoy-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I had eaten a pizza before you have arrivedYo ____ comido una pizza antes...

Hello, I'll be really glad if somebody checks my motivation letter draft too. I've gone through this forum and copied some ideas and even senteces into that. I'm not sure if I can ask you also for grammar correction, but if somebody correct (maybe "fills in" is more appropriate, plenty of them...

Soleen I found your contribution interesting, but I have the following problems with it: 1. I think that anyone trying to determine the precise meaning of every word in an ancient text is going to have a hard time of it. One may have difficulty in interpreting a text in one's own language...