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Changeling Posted 18 years ago
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vague translation

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00Would you mind reading the following sentence? It's about artificial breeding but I'm not sure that I express myself correctly.02br
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00It was learned how to farm this best-quality fish long time ago, and artificial breeding is now wide-spread in many countries. This fish is farmed under unique rearing conditions, in tanks exposed to light that imitates a certain season. 02br
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02br 02br 00"It was learned how" is one of those awkward sentences. "02br 02br 00I don't think you want to say "rearing" conditions and "a certain season" is quite vague. 0-

— BarbaraPA

  • 02br 02br 00"It was learned how" is one of those awkward sentences.
  • "02br 02br 00I don't think you want to say "rearing" conditions and "a certain season" is quite vague.
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0Hi changeling,02br
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00As you know, the passive does not state 01i00who02i00 did something and it can lead to some awkward sentences.02br
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00"It was learned how" is one of those awkward sentences. "A long time ago, people learned how to farm this high-quality fish, and now artificial breeding is wide-spread in many countries.
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0 Thanks a lot for your correction! 02br
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00 What about the following? Does it make sense? This fish is farmed under unique conditions as in tanks exposed to light that imitates any time of year. 02br
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00I can't express it more clear. The idea is that seabream is cultivated artificially in tanks and the lightening of those tanks changes as if times
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0The fish are farmed under unique conditions, in tanks exposed to light that can be manipulated to imitate the various seasons of the year. 02br
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00See if that works.0-
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0 Thanks a lot for your help! 0-
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