By Translation, Pronouns

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

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...

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Hi, everyone! Happy New Year! But I'm trying to be happy. I'm pulled into a debate over "the very English standard" in a Chinese translation forum. A "sensible" lad who crammed in China's New Oriental Language School asserts that many usages, including those in nytimes.com, economist.com,...

Clive wrote: Hi, Welcome to the Forum. You say Don't worry about the Hebrew . . . However, my first reaction is to think that the crux of the matter is the intention of the original Hebrew writer. So, what is to be gained by debating the nuances of English pronouns? Surely the nuances of...

Can you unpack a bit more the nuance of the colloquial Danish expression? Phrases that spring to mind in English are things like "arranged marriage", which isn't quite right, or "bartered with other plantation owners", which doesn't quite bring across the dehumanising element of treating...

Hi again. In this sentence, That is an oversimplification as to what we have in mind your translation=That way of explaining as to what we are thinking about is too simple to show our meaning adequately. Sorry ,but i can't undrestand what he is thinking about?He didn't explain anything that...

Seems as if this thread is turning into an "Italianforum!" Well, "coloro" has nothing to to with "loro." It's a demonstrative pronoun, while "loro" is a personal pronoun. A correct translation, to my mind, would be: - loro => they/them - con loro => with them - coloro (che) => those...

Hi, So the article is wrong. Yes. It seems to me like it might be a translation of some kind. It should also begin with People can say anything You wouldn't write 'at the face value'. Could you tell me why it is incorrect? It's really just idiomatic, that's just the way we like to say it. The...