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:
La maggior parte di questa gente non sa neanche cosa vuol dire avere fame e non avere un posto dove dormire.
Buon divertimento!
Hi there
The most part of these people don’t even know what it means to be starving and don’t have a place to sleep.
A good effort here again.
There are just two things that need adjusting:
1. Remember that in English “la maggior parte” is simply “most” (no article and no “part”) – “Most of these people…”
2. “to be starving” is perfect but you need to continue with another infinitive (negative this time) and not with a conjugated verb: “…to be starving and not to have a place to sleep.”
🙂
La maggior parte di questa gente non sa neanche cosa vuol dire avere fame e non avere un posto dove dormire.
Most of these people don’t even know what to be hungry and not to have a place to sleep means.
Your version works, Paolo, as I’ve said to Davide and Carla who both used the same construct as you. You even put the verb in the singular which was very clever of you.
However, if there is a slight improvement to be made, I would suggest using gerunds rather than infinitives when you turn a verb into a noun subject as you’ve done here.
This would give you, “…what being hungry and not having a place to sleep means.”
Personally, with this formula, I would add “really” or “actually” before “means” to give it a bit more strength at the end of the sentence.
Gosh, what a lot I’ve written! I need a glass of wine now! 🙂
Most of these people do not even know what being hungry and sleeping rough mean
have I shortened it too much ?
Not at all. You’ve used the same idea as Davide and it’s fine. My only comment would be the same as I said to Davide:
“Interesting idea to put the verb at the end. It works, but I have a feeling it would sound more natural in the singular form: as a sort of “singular concept”. So perhaps “means” at the end.
The alternative, of course, is to use the impersonal form and infinitives, more like the Italian construct.”
Most of these people don’t even Know what it means to be hungry and have nowhere to sleep
Thank you.
Spot on, Lenora. Well done. 🙂
Most of these people don’t even know what it means to be hungry and not to have a place to sleep.
Thank you
Very well constructed, Adriana. 🙂
Ciao!
Most of these people don’t even know what being hungry and not having anywhere to sleep mean.
Interesting idea to put the verb at the end. It works, but I have a feeling it would sound more natural in the singular form: as a sort of “singular concept”. So perhaps “means” at the end.
The alternative, of course, is to use the impersonal form and infinitives, more like the Italian construct.
🙂