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:
Quel tizio non ha ancora escogitato un piano per far uscire tutti quei pipistrelli da sotto il tuo tetto? Probabilmente avresti dovuto chiedere a qualcuno con molta più esperienza. Ormai è troppo tardi, immagino.
Buon divertimento!
Hasn’t that guy devised a plan to let all those bats out from under the roof yet? Maybe you should have asked someone with much more experience. Now it’s too late, I guess.”
That’s all really good, Carla, except for “let” instead of “get”!
Let…out = lasciare uscire
Get…out = fare uscire
🙂
Hasn’t that bloke come up with a plan yet to get all those bats out from under your roof? You probably should have asked someone with much more esperience, it is too late now, I suppose
I have worked my fingers to the bone
The bone is impressive! 😉
Remember that when there are two auxiliaries, the adverb generally comes between them: “You should probably have asked…
Well done! 🙂
Good evening prof,
“Hasn,t that’ fellow man come up with a Plan to get all those bats out from under your roof yet? You should have probably asked tò a much more experienced One. I guess it’s too late (by)now.”
Hi Roby. You need to choose between “fellow” and “man”.
Quando ci sono due ausiliari, l’avverbio viene in mezzo: “You should probably have asked…”
“Ask” (come “tell”) non vuole “to” quando viene seguite direttamente da “a chi”: “…should have asked someone…” (Perché “one” se c’è il pronome “qualcuno”?)
Also, as I said to Davide, at the end, I would avoid “by”. The expression “by now” implies that it should have happened earlier, as in expressions such as “They should be here by now” and “he should have finished by now”. If the meaning is more to do with the actual moment (‘adesso’ al posto di ‘ormai’), then “now” is sufficient.
Mamma mia oggi ho fatto un disastro!!!! Ovvio che ask non vuole il TO 🤣 ….I AM SPEECHLESS!!!!!!!
You can’t expect all your doughnuts to come out with a hole! 😉
Hi there
My attempt:
Has that guy devised a plan to get all those bats out from under the roof yet? Probably you should ask to someone with much more experience. It’s too late by now, I guess.
**Hasn’t
“Hasn’t” is a good improvement!
“Avresti dovuto chieder” requires a past form: “You probably should have asked…”
“Ask” (come “tell”) non vuole “to” quando viene seguite direttamente da “a chi”: “…should have asked someone…”
Also, as I said to Davide, at the end, I would avoid “by”. The expression “by now” implies that it should have happened earlier, as in expressions such as “They should be here by now” and “he should have finished by now”. If the meaning is more to do with the actual moment (‘adesso’ al posto di ‘ormai’), then “now” is sufficient.
🙂
Hasn’t that guy still thought up a plan to get all those bats out from under his roof?
You should probably have asked somebody with much more experience.
By now it’s too late, I imagine.
Thanks!
Hi folks!
If you want to use the “still” version, you need to detach the negative from the auxiliary verb:
“Has that guy still not though up a plan….”
Also, as I said to Davide, at the end, I would avoid “by”. The expression “by now” implies that it should have happened earlier, as in expressions such as “They should be here by now” and “he should have finished by now”. If the meaning is more to do with the actual moment (‘adesso’ al posto di ‘ormai’), then “now” is sufficient.
🙂
Hasn’t that guy figured out yet a plan to get all those bats out from under your roof? You should have probably asked someone more expert. Now it’s too late
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Hi Leonora.
That’s a really good version. Well done.
The only thing I would change is the position of “probably” which would sound more natural immediately after the subject: “You probably should have asked…” or between the two auxiliaries: “You should probably have asked…”
At the end, after “Now it’s too late”, you need something like “I guess” or “I suppose”.
🙂
Thank you Prof!
Ciao !
Hasn’t that chap come up with a plane yet to make all those bats get out from under your roof?
You should probably have asked someone with much more experience.
It’s too late by now,I guess.
Hi Davide. Another very good version from you today. 🙂
An interesting note to make regarding your “make…get” interpretation. As you’ve written it, the sense is something like, “costringere a uscire” which is possible, of course. However, a more direct version would be simply to use get: “…to get all those bats out from under your roof.” The use of “get…out” is sufficient and therefore “make” is not really necessary.
At the end, I would avoid “by”. The expression “by now” implies that it should have happened earlier, as in expressions such as “They should be here by now” and “he should have finished by now”. If the meaning is more to do with the actual moment (‘adesso’ al posto di ‘ormai’), then “now” is sufficient.
plane → plan (typo!) 😉