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Old Eladio Posted 20 years ago
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English translation for the Spanish "No".
Please, could you help me on this? I want to (and I did, I do not know if in a right way) translate the following Spanish sentence to Direct English Speech and to Indirect English Speech.
La muchacha preguntó: “¿Tienes algunos sellos que puedas darme?”, pero el hermano contestó: “No”.
Direct Speech. Which one of these two is a better translation?:
DS1.- The girl asked: “Do you have some stamps you can give me?”, but her brother answered: “No, I haven’t”.
DS2.- The girl asked: “Do you have some stamps you can give me?”, but her brother answered: “No”.
Indirect Speech. Which one of these two is a better translation?:
IS1.- The girl asked her brother if he had some stamps he could give her, but he answered that he didn’t.
IS2.- The girl asked if her brother had some stamps he could give her, but he answered that he hadn’t.
And thank you in advance,
Eladio
La muchacha preguntó: “¿Tienes algunos sellos que puedas darme?”, pero el hermano contestó: “No”.
Direct Speech. Which one of these two is a better translation?:
DS1.- The girl asked: “Do you have some stamps you can give me?”, but her brother answered: “No, I haven’t”.
DS2.- The girl asked: “Do you have some stamps you can give me?”, but her brother answered: “No”.
Indirect Speech. Which one of these two is a better translation?:
IS1.- The girl asked her brother if he had some stamps he could give her, but he answered that he didn’t.
IS2.- The girl asked if her brother had some stamps he could give her, but he answered that he hadn’t.
And thank you in advance,
Eladio
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”, pero el hermano contestó: “No”. Direct Speech. ”, but her brother answered: “No, I haven’t”.
- ”, pero el hermano contestó: “No”.
- Direct Speech.
- ”, but her brother answered: “No, I haven’t”.
- ”, but her brother answered: “No”.
- This seems closer to the original.
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Hi Eladio,
La muchacha preguntó: “¿Tienes algunos sellos que puedas darme?”, pero el hermano contestó: “No”.
Direct Speech. Which one of these two is a better translation?:
DS1.- The girl asked: “Do you have some stamps you can give me?”, but her brother answered: “No, I haven’t”.
DS2.- The girl asked: “Do you hav
La muchacha preguntó: “¿Tienes algunos sellos que puedas darme?”, pero el hermano contestó: “No”.
Direct Speech. Which one of these two is a better translation?:
DS1.- The girl asked: “Do you have some stamps you can give me?”, but her brother answered: “No, I haven’t”.
DS2.- The girl asked: “Do you hav
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The girl asked, "Do you have any stamps you can give me?" but her brother answered/said, "No".
The girl asked her brother if he had any stamps he could give her, but he answered/said that he didn't*.
*that he hadn't would be more typical of British English.
Br: Have you a pen? No, I haven't. I have a pen, and so has he. Had she any stamps? No, she h
The girl asked her brother if he had any stamps he could give her, but he answered/said that he didn't*.
*that he hadn't would be more typical of British English.
Br: Have you a pen? No, I haven't. I have a pen, and so has he. Had she any stamps? No, she h
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