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.
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 intermediate (B1/B2)
Ecco la nuova frase:
Per Lucy diventava sempre più difficile credere che Tom non stesse semplicemente cercando di sostituirla non appena lei fosse partita per l’Irlanda.
Buon divertimento!
It was becoming more and more.difficult for Luxy to believe that Tom wasn’t simply trying to replace her as soon as she left for Ireland
Very good, Fede.
As I said to Roby and Paolo below, perhaps “take her place” would be more typical for “sostituire”, but “replace” is okay, too. 🙂
Welcome back from your holiday. Lucy’s story is getting more and more intriguing … are you writng a short story?
It was getting more and more difficult for Lucy to believe that Tom was not simply trying to take her place as soon as she left for Ireland.
Very good, Carla. You’re the first to come up with “take her place” which is for me the best option here for “sostituire”.
“Lucy” started as a bit of a joke in the Ingliando chatroom. She is actually a very pretty online English teacher who does videos on Instagram and probably YouTube, too. Since then she has become one of the main protagonists in the Ingliando translations, along with Bob, Kate, Tom and the others. 🙂
Good evening prof,
” It was getting harder and harder for Lucy to believe that’ Tom wasn’t Simply trying to replace her as soon as She left for Ireland”.
Very good, Roby.
As I said to Paolo, perhaps “take her place” would be more typical for “sostituire”, but “replace” is okay, too. 🙂
Ok prof,thanks a lot🙏
Have you changed your name? 😂
Per Lucy diventava sempre più difficile credere che Tom non stesse semplicemente cercando di sostituirla non appena lei fosse partita per l’Irlanda.
It was getting harder and harder for Lucy to believe that Tom wasn’t just trying to replace her as soon as she left for Ireland.
…. she had left for Ireland.
“Had” is not really necessary, Paolo. Your original version is fine.
Perhaps “take her place” would be more typical for “sostituire”, but “replace” is okay, too. 🙂
Wasn’t Just tryin’…
Ciao!
It was gettin ‘harder and harder to lucy to think that tom wasn’t tryin’ to fill in for her as soon as she had left to Ireland
Prepositions will be your undoing, my friend! 😂
→ for Lucy
→ for Ireland
Here, I would use “believe” rather than “think” as it is a genuine case of “belief” (not in the religious sense, of course). However, “think” is also possible.
A passing observation: “Fill in for her” seems to have a more temporary and perhaps less drastic implication. Here I would use “take her place”.
Well done 🙂