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:
Ho una notizia importante per Harry. Hai qualche idea di dove potrebbe essere a quest’ora del giorno?
Buon divertimento!
I have an important piece of news for Harry.
Do you have any idea about where could he be at this time of the day?
Very good, Luca.
Just two things to take into consideration:
1. No “about” after “idea.
2. The article at the end is very often omitted in spoken English, but is perfectly correct. 🙂
I can see a lot of “The article at the end is very often omitted in spoken English” comments from your side but I’m not sure to have understood which article are you talking about 🙂
The one at the end: this time of THE day.
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Ho una notizia importante per Harry. Hai qualche idea di dove potrebbe essere a quest’ora del giorno?
I’ve got an important piece of news for Harry. Have you got any idea where he could be at this time of the day?
Spot on, Claudio.
The article at the end is very often omitted in spoken English, but is perfectly correct. 🙂
I have an important piece of news for Harry. Do you have a faint idea of where he could be at this t ime of the day ??
Hi carla.
All good, but I think that in this context the adjective “faint” is only really used in the superlative form and mostly in the negative: “I haven’t the faintest idea”. However, you could say, “Do you have the faintest idea…?” Otherwise I’d just stick to the more classic, “Do you have any idea…?” (without “of”).
🙂
Oh my forgetful mind… I had thought of the faintest idea,,then it slipped my mind.. and voilà.. This certainly depends on my age..
😉👍
Hi there
I’ve an important news for Harry. Do you have any idea where he could be at this time of day?
“News” is uncountable, so you can’t talk about “a news”. You have to talk about “some news” or you have to render it countable: “a piece of news” or “a bit of news”.
The second part is great. 🙂
Mornin’
I have an important piece of news for harry.
Do you have any idea where he could be at this time of the day?
Spot on, Davide.
The article at the end is very often omitted in spoken English, but is perfectly correct. 🙂
Great 👍