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09-08-2008, 05:01 PM

I understand. So for you native speakers is very hard when someone on a forum asks to translate a phrase without having the whole context. Your translation would be different according the whole context even tho it is the same phrase you are translating.
Good lesson learnt, thank you very much.
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09-10-2008, 02:45 AM

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I understand. So for you native speakers is very hard when someone on a forum asks to translate a phrase without having the whole context. Your translation would be different according the whole context even tho it is the same phrase you are translating.
Good lesson learnt, thank you very much.
That is a good observation.
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