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Consiglio una partecipazione attiva e visibile, postando la tua versione tra i commenti in fondo a questa pagina. In questo modo riceverai un mio commento o suggerimento in tempo più o meno reale. Ma per chi non se la sente, si può semplicemente annotare la propria versione e controllarla attraverso i miei commenti lasciati per gli altri.
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 elementary (A2)
Ecco la nuova frase:
Tom non voleva aspettare gli altri e decise di entrare subito prima che facesse buio. Non aveva dubbi che fosse la cosa giusta da fare.
Buon divertimento!
Tom didn’t want to wait for the others and decided to get in immediately just before it was getting dark. He had no doubt that was the RIGHT thing to do.
Very good, Alexia.
I would change “get in” here for “go in”. There’s no need for “just” which actually changes the meaning to “appena prima che facesse buio”. Also the continuous tense is not right here because the arrival of the dark is seen as a pivotal moment and not as an ongoing action. So, “before it got dark”.
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Tom didn’t want to wait for the others and he decided to enter soon before getting dark. He didn’t have any doubt about the right thing to do
A good effort here, Patrizia, but there are a few things that need adjusting.
1. to enter → to go in (‘enter’ va bene ma ‘go in’ è più naturale)
2. soon → immediately (soon = presto, ma non subito)
3. before getting dark → before it got dark (non puoi usare il gerundio se c’è un cambio di soggetto: Tom/it)
4. He didn’t have any doubt → He had no doubt (la forma più enfatica con ‘no’ è più naturale nell’espressione ‘nessun dubbio’)
5. about → (that) it was (più naturale e più vicino all’italiano)
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Tom non voleva aspettare gli altri e decise di entrare subito prima che facesse buio. Non aveva dubbi che fosse la cosa giusta da fare.
Tom didn’t want to wait for others and made up his mind to get in before it got dark. He had no doubts it was the right thing to do.
Very good, Dany.
“Others” needs an article as it does in Italian: “the others” (they are specific to that particular situation).
I think I would probably say “go in” here, but “get in” is also possible.
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I also prefer ” go in” . Thx😊
Tom didn’t want to wait for the others and made up his mind to go in before it got dark. He had no doubts it was the right thing to do.
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Tom did not want to wait for the others and decided to go inside before it grew too dark. He had no doubts it was the right thing to do.
Very good, Carla.
I think “got too dark” would be a more typical way of expressing it here, but your “grew too dark” is very poetical. 😉
Tom didn’t want to wait the others and decided to get into immediately before it getting dark.
He had no dubts it was the right thing to do.
THANKS!
There are a few things to think about here, Aurelio:
1. …to wait FOR the others…
2. …decided to GO IN immediately…
3. …it GOT dark…
If you’re not sure why, ask me!
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Thanks, I’ll do.
Ciao!
Tom didn’t want to wait for the others and decided to go into before it got dark.
He had no doubts it was the right thing to do.
To go into at once
All good, Davide, except for “into” which requires a destination. If there’s no destination nominated then you must use either simply “in” or “inside”.
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Hi
Tom didn’t want to wait for the other ones and he decided to go inside immediately before it got dark. He had no doubts it was the right thing to do.
Very good!
There’s no need for “ones” – make “others” plural.
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