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IMG Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

potential

Hello! Could you please break it down for me - can I say "I apologize for potential translation errors in the text"?

Can the word "potential" mean "possible" in this case?
  

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Yes. When someone apologizes, they are apparently responsible for having done something (such as the translating). That the errors are ‘potential’ indicates that there is some doubt as to the accuracy and that the user of the translation may discover or learn from someone else of an error.

— Wilpeter

  • Yes.
  • When someone apologizes, they are apparently responsible for having done something (such as the translating).
  • That the errors are ‘potential’ indicates that there is some doubt as to the accuracy and that the user of the translation may discover or learn from someone else of an error.
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Yes. When someone apologizes, they are apparently responsible for having done something (such as the translating). That the errors are ‘potential’ indicates that there is some doubt as to the accuracy and that the user of the translation may discover or learn from someone else of an error.
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