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Ant_222 Posted 19 years ago
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Just can't write it in a normal way :(

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001. One centurion from an elephant chopped off the arm also called the trunk.02br
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002. One centurion chopped off an elephant's arm also called the trunk.02br
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00In general, can one chop off something from something: chop a branch off from a tree?02br
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0Yes, but an elephant's trunk is not an arm.02br
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00One centurian chopped off an elephant's trunk.0-
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0 Elephants don't have arms, they have legs and trunks. 0-
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0 «Yes, but an elephant's trunk is not an arm.»02br
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00Ancient Romans seem to have called it an arm, then providing a more correct name for the reader to understand which part is called "trunk".02br
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00So, what's with #1? Incorrect or just sounds terrible? 0-
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0Oh I see, are you translating something written by a Roman?02br
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00The problem with 1) is the 'centurian from an elephant chopped' part. This is saying that the centurian was from an elephant, not that the arm was from the elephant.0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00In general, can one chop off something from something: chop a branch off from a tree? 02font02br
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00Simply put, no. One 01i00chops something off something02i00.02br
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01font00Best wishes, Clive02br
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0 «I see, are you translating something written by a Roman?»02br
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00Actually, I'm just thinking how I can translate some selected sentences. This one is from a warfare manual by a Roman.02br
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00«Simply put, no. One chops something off something.»02br
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00Ok, so what about:02br
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003. Off an elephant one
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Ok, so what about: 02br
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003. Off an elephant one centurion chopped the arm, also called the trunk. 02br
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00What I want is to put more emphasis on the elephant than on the centurion or the elephant's trunk. <<< 00Your unusual word-order does that successfully. 02fon
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01cite10Ant_22212cite10«I see, are you translating something written by a Roman?» Actually, I'm just thinking how I can translate some selected sentences. This one is from a warfare manual by a Roman. «Simply put, no. One chops something off something.» Ok, so what about: 3. Off an elephant one centurion chopped the arm, also called the
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0 01i00A centurion chopped off the limb of an elephant known as the trunk.02i02br
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00This is an unnecessarily violent sentence, isn't it? 05002br
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11cite20Ant_22222cite20«I see, are you translating something written by a Roman?» Actually, I'm just thinking how I can translate some selected sentences. This one is from a warfare manual by a Roman. «Simply put, no. One chops something off something.» Ok, so wh
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