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| | 22 liepa 2008 14:15 |
| | In this context i prefer the word boring-and i don't like the word ugly either. |
| | 22 liepa 2008 15:17 |
| | You don`t like ugly, but what do you suggest instead of?
Tiresome and boring are synonyms http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tiresome |
| | 22 liepa 2008 17:28 |
| | There's nothing wrong with "tiresome", and "very" is the same as "so". I've never heard of "clunch", mideia, and I'd rather work with this version, since it was done directly from the Serbian. The Greek version may be wrong.
English correction:
I feel bad to delete you --> I feel bad about deleting you
But now the whole thing doesn't make sense in English. If she says she feels bad about deleting the other person, it means she feels sorry, but then she says, "You are very ugly", which certainly doesn't sound like someone who feels sorry, so I'm wondering if "feel bad" is the right phrase. |
| | 22 liepa 2008 17:34 |
| | Could someone please tell us what "a" means and what "zao mi" means? Also, are there several possibilities for "ruzan"? |
| | 22 liepa 2008 17:35 |
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| | 22 liepa 2008 19:02 |
| | "A" may mean "and", may mean "but", depands.
"Zao mi je" is I am sorry. But there is some irony in that "i am sorry". Probably this is "I am sorry" to delete you,cause you are so tiresome and ugly.
"Ružan" is ugly, homely, ill-featured etc http://www.krstarica.com/dictionary/index.php?u=ruzan
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| | 22 liepa 2008 18:37 |
| | In this case "A zao mi da te obrisem" (And I feel sorry to delete you) is a bit ironic. (S)he thinks he's boring and ugly but feels sorry to take him off the list. (delete or block, as you wish).
Ugly is just ugly, there's no other way to tell it.
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| | 22 liepa 2008 18:55 |
| | Kafetzou, I suggested clunch after looking at a dictionnary. You're probably right, the greek one must be wrong. It doesn't say ugly, but without grace.I agree with Roller-Coaster :
Ugly is just ugly.I don't know why galka translated that way, and Cinderella probably didn't see it!That happens all the time! |
| | 22 liepa 2008 19:11 |
| | I kow they are synonyms but according to the greek version it is not a word you would use in this phrase.
Same thing with ugly; i guess the greek one is wrong. |
| | 22 liepa 2008 19:54 |
| | Reggina, please leave the decisions about English usage to the English experts. Tiresome and boring are equal choices here.
As for "And I feel sorry to delete you!", it just doesn't sound sarcastic in English. My suggestion: "And I'm so sorry to have to delete you." (no exclamation point)
To be honest, I still don't understand why the word "and" is in there twice. Maybe the Greek version was right to get rid of it. |
| | 22 liepa 2008 20:29 |
| | Kafetzou i just pointed out that the greek version is probably wrong...i guess a greek expert will understand that better than you do... |
| | 22 liepa 2008 21:07 |
| | Most certainly - that's why we have experts. |
| | 22 liepa 2008 22:24 |
| | Εγώ επισής έψαχνα να βρω συνώνυμα γιά "ruzan" :άχαρος, αδέξιος, άσχημος, δυσάρεστος.
Πόλυ βαριά κουβέντα το 'άσχημος' ...
Από την άλλη ξέρω ότι υπάρχει συζήτηση γιά τις μεταφράσης και περίμενα να δω τις προτάσης.
Δεν μπορώ ώμος να αμφισβητώ τους ειδικούς! |
| | 23 liepa 2008 01:13 |
| | Όταν ο ειδικός δεν ξέρει τη γλώσσα πηγής καλά κάνεις να τον/την αμφισβητείς. Αυτό το λέμε βοήθεια, και όχι αμφισβήτηση!  |
| | 23 liepa 2008 08:44 |
| | Kafetzou, probably you are right about getting rid of the "and", cause it is exactly that what expresses the irony in the serbian version, but since in the english one the irony is expressed by the other means, it would be reasonable to skip that "and".
But I`d leave the second "and", cause the last phrase seems to me the addition to the said. |
| | 23 liepa 2008 08:24 |
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| | 23 liepa 2008 09:27 |
| | Η galka εννοεί ότι δεν μπορεί να αμφισβητήσει τους ειδικούς γι'αυτήν εδώ τη μετάφραση,όχι των ελληνικών, δηλ. εμένα αφού κ εγώ ακολούθησα τη γνώμη ειδικού στα σέρβικα.Στο κάτω κάτω της γραφής αν το άχαρος δίνεται ως συνώνυμο, το θεωρώ απολύτως φυσιολογικό να γίνει μπέρδεμα τόσο από την galka όσο κ από την ειδικό.
So it's ugly, referring to the bad appearance? |
| | 24 liepa 2008 01:02 |
| | ugly and άσχημος (μιλάμε για έναν άνθρωπο που είναι άσχημος και δεν μπορούμε να το πούμε αλλιώς). Αυτές τις μέρες έχω πάρα πολύ δουλιά και δεν προλαβαίνω να κάνω τίποτα εδώ. |
| | 24 liepa 2008 08:47 |
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| | 26 liepa 2008 19:38 |
| | Mideia  |