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 transita tra il livello A2 e il livello B1
Ecco la nuova frase:
Se non riesci a vedere nulla su questo schermo quando spengo la luce, non devi fare altro che premere questo pulsante e sarò subito da te.
Buon divertimento!
Hi Tony, can you correct my version? I know I’m not so practice in this type of exercise….
If you can’t see anything on this screen when I turni off the light, you will push (I used the future, because it’s the first conditional’s structure) this botton and I will come to you.
Hi Elena, that’s a very good effort on your part.
Remember with the first conditional that the future can be replaced with an imperative or with a modal verb in the present. In this case the future is not present but it is understood by the context. In this case, assuming that you are not familiar with the expression “non devi fare altro che”, the simplest alternative is to use an imperative with “just”: “just push this button”. The future in the last part (and I will come to you) is correct, but it would be a bit more natural to say something like, “I’ll be right back” or “I’ll come straight back to you.”
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Ahh thanks so much!!! So, the correct version on my phrase Is: “If you can’t see anything on this screen when I turn off the light, you just push this botton and I’ll be righ back”, isn’t It?
Yes, but without “you” → “just push this button”.
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You are right Tony I misread your sentence! Sorry!
Nothing too serious! 😉
If you can’t see anything on this screen when I switch off the light, you have nothing else to do except to push this button and I’ll be back to you at once /immediately/
Hi Carla.
The first part is great, but I’m afraid you can’t say “You have nothing else to do” as it gives the sense of “Non hai nient’altro da fare (cioè sei sfaccendato)”. What you need here is the classic “All you have to do is…”
“I’ll be back to you at once” is okay but “I’ll get back to you at once” would be better if you want a dynamic feel.
Otherwise you could just say, “I’ll be right with you” or “I’ll be right back.”
🙂
Hi there
If you can’t see anything on this screen when I turn the light off, you just have to push this button and I will be with you immediately.
Se non riesci a vedere nulla su questo schermo quando spengo la luce, non devi fare altro che premere questo pulsante e sarò subito da te.
If you can’t see anything on this screen when I switch off the light, all you have to do is to push this button and I’ll be right with you.
Spot on, Paolo! 🙂
If you can’t see anything when I turn the light off, all you have to do is press this button and I’ll be right back.
Thank you!
Very good, Lenora.
You missed out “su questo schermo”, but the rest is perfect. 🙂
Ciao!
If you can’t see anything on this screen when I turn off the light, all you have to do is press this button and I’ll be right to you.
Hi Davide!
It’s always prepositions! The rest is perfect.
“I’ll be right with you.”
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Mannaggia..
But why do you say…run to you…?🤣
“Run” is a dynamic verb → ‘verso’ you (destination)
“Be” is a static verb → sarò “con” te.
I can understand the mistake because you felt that although “be” is static” there is an implied movement, right? It’s true, but unfortunately in this case, it doesn’t work.
It DOES work in expressions like, “Have you ever been TO China?”
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Se non riesci a vedere nulla su questo schermo quando spengo la luce, non devi fare altro che premere questo pulsante e sarò subito da te.
If you can’t see anything on this screen when you switch off the light, all you have to do is press this button and I’ll be right with you.
Very good, Claudio!
You’ve got the wrong subject for “spegnere” (spengo), but I think I can overlook it as the rest of the sentence is very well structured. 😉