La traduzione, come metodo di esercizio nell’apprendimento di una lingua, farà sicuramente parte della vecchia scuola, però, inserita in un contesto più vario di apprendimento, soprattutto con feedback in tempo reale, può sempre essere un utile esercizio di allenamento.
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Ricorda l’importanza di immaginare un contesto reale nel quale la frase in questione avrebbe senso, prima di procedere con la traduzione.
Per chi è già ben avviato al livello intermediate (B1/B2)
Ecco la nuova frase:
Non ero del tutto sicura che sarei riuscita a preparare tutto prima che Lucy tornasse e vedesse cosa stessi facendo. Ma sapevo che dovevo provare.
Buon divertimento!
I wasn’t enterely sure that I’ d manage to get everything ready before Lucy came back and saw what I was doing
I knew I I had to try
Very good, Fede!
Just one little spelling mistake (typo?) → “entirely” and you forgot “but” (nothing serious)
Have a nice day! 🙂
Non ero del tutto sicura che sarei riuscita a preparare tutto prima che Lucy tornasse e vedesse cosa stessi facendo. Ma sapevo che dovevo provare.
I wasn’t completely sure that I would be able to prepare everything before Lucy came back and saw what I was doing. But I knew I had to try.
Very good, Dany.
“Get everything ready” might sound a little more typical, but your version is fine.
🙂
Yeah! I couldn’t agree more 🙃🙂
😉👍
Hi prof,
” I wasn’t totally sure I would be able to set everything before Lucy came back and saw what I was up to (what I was doing). But I knew I had to try.”
Hi Roby,
The only thing that really doesn’t work in your version is “set” which sounds incomplete. Generally speaking the best option with “preparare”, when the sense is “approntare”, is “to get (something) ready”.
The rest is all good. 🙂
Ok prof….
To get something ready🙏
😘👍
I was not absolutely sure I would be able to get everything ready before Lucy came back and saw what I was doing but I knew I had to try . Lucy always on your mind
When she’s not in the sky with diamonds! 😉
Very good, Carla! 🙂
I wasn’t completely sure I would be able to get everything ready before Lucy came back and saw what I was doing. But I knew I had to try.
Thanks!
Well done, folks! Spot on, today! 🙂
Hi there
I wasn’t totally sure I would have managed to prepare everything before Lucy’s return and she saw what I was doing. But I knew I should take a chance.
Thank you!
Nice try, but there are some problems here. First of all, remember that the future in the past in English works with a present conditional and not past as in Italian. So it should be, “I would manage”.
“Prepare everything” is fine, but “get everything ready” would be more typical here.
“Before lucy’s return” is also good, but it makes life complicated because you then have to repeat “before” because you don’t have a conjugated verb! So you would need to say, “…before Lucy’s return and before she saw…” which doesn’t sound great. Much better to conjugate il “ritorno”: “Before Lucy came back and saw…”
In the last part, you really need the past of “dovere” and the verb “try”: “I knew I had to try.”
🙂
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Non ero del tutto sicura che sarei riuscita a preparare tutto prima che Lucy tornasse e vedesse cosa stessi facendo. Ma sapevo che dovevo provare.
I wasn’t entirely sure I would be able to get everything ready before Lucy got back and saw what I was doing. But I knew I had to try.
Top notch, Claudio. 🙂
Non ero del tutto sicura che sarei riuscita a preparare tutto prima che Lucy tornasse e vedesse cosa stessi facendo. Ma sapevo che dovevo provare.
I wasn’t totally sure I would be able to get everything ready before Lucy got here and saw what I was doing. But I knew I had to try.
If I wanted to be pedantic, I’d say “before Lucy got/came back” but it’s too hot to be pedantic 🙂
Pedantic Tony in the HOT…
Non ero del tutto sicura che sarei riuscita a preparare tutto prima che Lucy tornasse e vedesse cosa stessi facendo. Ma sapevo che dovevo provare.
I wasn’t totally sure I would be able to get everything ready before Lucy got back and saw what I was doing. But I knew I had to try.
Ciao!
I wasn’t that sure I would be able to set everything before Lucy came back and saw what I was doing.
But I knew I was supposed to try.
Hi Davide!
The only thing that really doesn’t work in your version is “set” which sounds incomplete. Generally speaking the best option with “preparare”, when the sense is “approntare”, is “to get (something) ready”.
In the second part, “supposed” is fine, but it implies that someone else was expecting this from you. It’s a possible interpretation, the important thing is that you are aware of it. Otherwise the simplest solution is just “I had to try”. Your verb tenses are all good.
Well done 🙂