By Translation, Before and After

hi break away! I am not an expert in english language but I have had some studies in grammar. as far as I know, "about four years ago when I was living in Paris" is an adverb clause of time. adverb and adjective clauses of time should be as close as possible to the word or phrase that is...

I have looked at these sentences so long that I can no longer think clearly about the subtle differences! All the while realizing that translation is always a compromise, I would vote for a) as the closest in literal meaning to the English. Nevertheless I find that b) reads better (with just one...

Hello! I'm a French student and I have to write an essay in English. It is about translation (from English to French) and I have difficulties finding websites about the way you type punctuation in English. I know it is different from the way we type in French, but I can't find any explanations of...