Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Piccoli esercizi di traduzione 18

Questions tag, risposte brevi, e varie(So am I, ecc..):
1)Ieri ero contento, ma ora no.
I was glad yesterday, but I am not now.
Yesterday I was glad , but now I am not
Vanno bene entrambe?
2)'Può venire Emma?' 'Temo di no.'
Can Emma come? I am afraid she doesn't.
3)A me piace il golf, ma a lei no.
I like golf, but she doesn't.
4)Paul non ha questo problema, ma io sì
Paul haven't this problem, but I have.
5)Noi avevamo caldo, ma Chris no.
We were hot(o anche heat/warm?), but Chris wasn't.
6)'Tu e Anna conoscete mia moglie?' 'Anna sì, ma io no.'
Do Anna and you know my wife?  Anna does, but I don't.
7)'Siete arrivati tardi ieri?' 'Kay si, ma io no.'
Did you arrive late yesterday? Kay does, but I don't.
8)'Avete finito?' 'Io si, ma mio fratello no.'
Have you finished? I have, but my brother hasn't.
9)'Pensi che Bob capirà?' 'Sono sicuro di sì.'
Do you think Bob will understand? Yes, I do.
10)'Ho comprato una moto.' 'Davvero?'
'I have bought a motorcycle.'  'Have you?'
11)'Non ho freddo.' 'Veramente?'
'I am not cold.'  'Are you?'
12)'Bill e Sue non sanno nuotare.' 'No?'
'Bill and Sue can't swim' 'Can't they?'
13)'Jim ti ha visto alla Tv ieri.'  'Ah, sì?'
'Jim saw you on TV last night.'  'Did he?'
14)Julia è americana, non è vero?
Julia is american?, isn't she?
15)Tu sai usare una videocamera, vero?
You can use a video camera, can't you?
16)Non eravate a casa ieri mattina, o sì?
You didnt' stay at home yesterday morning, did you?
17)Tuo fratello verrà alla festa, vero?
Your brother will go to the party, won't he?
18)Piove spesso in Gran Bretagna, non è vero?
It often rain in Great Britain, doesn't it?
19)'Mi piace il rugby.' 'Piace anche a me.'
'I like rugby' 'So do I.'
Alternativamente anche:
I like too("I do too" addirittura?)
20)'Non so la risposta.' 'Non la sa neanche Bob.'
'I don't know the answer' 'Neither does Bob.'
21)'Sam e Jack non hanno il video.'  'Non guardano neanche la TV.'
Sam and Jack haven't the video. Neither watch they the TV.
22)'Noi siamo di Bristol.' 'Davvero? Anche noi.'
'We are from Bristol' 'Are you?' 'So are we.'
23)'Io ho paura.' 'Anch'io.'
I am afraid. So am I.
24)'Alan non sa nuotare.' 'Neanche sua moglie.'
'Alan can't swim'  'Neither can your wife'
25)'Non bevo mai vino.'  'Neanch'io.'
I never drink wine. Neither do I.(o anche "I don't either"...)
26)'Noi abbiamo visto l'incidente.' 'Anche i miei genitori.'
'We have seen the accident'  'So have my parents.'(My parents have too)
Vengono più usate le costruzioni con  "So/neither + inversione" oppure quelle
con "too/either"(che ho messo tra parentesi nelle ultime due frasi)?
 
Ciao.

 con "too/either"(che ho messo tra parentesi nelle ultime due frasi)?
Vengono usate ugualmente negli USA
-- 
The foregoing is my opinion, and my opinion alone. It is intended to
demonstrate modern American English -- colloquial and spoken, (but well
spoken) for the most part; not literary American English. Ergo, caveat
lector. (No, not you, Hannibal)
Oh, if you feel the need to e-mail me, un-not my address first.

 Vengono usate ugualmente negli USA
Grazie  di tutto!

 have seen "The Accident"...)
Could you say "we have seen the accident" if the cars involved are still on
the street, maybe on fire? If, to be clearer, the accident is one much
talked of (if this makes sense, does it?), because many vehicles are
involved.
1) - Have you seen the accident? How horrid. The firemen are still trying
to put out the fire.
- Yes, I happen to have called there while I was driving to New York.
2) - I happen to have called on Berkeley Street while I was driving to New
York.
- Did you see the accident? (i.e. "Did you see the accident when you were
in Berkeley Street this afternoon?")
3) - It seems the firemen eventually managed to put out the fire. All the
people involved in the accident are safe. Did you see the accident?
- Yes, I watched it on tv.
But I suppose (provided that those three dialogues are written in correct
British English) in American it would be just as spot-on to say "Did you
see the accident?" in any case above, wouldn't it?
Bye, FB
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L'importante č che risplenda tu, sola primadonna e immarcescibile leggenda
del tuo pianerottolo.
(Lucangel su it.cultura.libri)

 The auxiliary "to do" with "have" should be mainly American.
But in this case (the AmEng version) the auxiliary isn't with "have"; it'
with "doesn't"!
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 Se č proprio sbagliata, ti sarei grado se mi spiegassi cosa c'č che non va.
I was trying to translate a little more literally the Italian (you weren't
at home...); using the active verb "to stay" changes the significance
slightly to my ear, i.e., it sounds like "you were supposed to stay home
yesterday morning, but you didn't, did you?"
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 significant distinction?
in front of should be fine, even though I'd say "near the fireplace" or "by
the fireplace"

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"hot" is hotter than warm. Warm can be comfortable (in the winter; by the
fire, etc.) Hot is usually "too warm" for comfort.
BUT ATTENZIONE: In tedesco (ho sentito) se dici "Ich bin warm" significa
"I'm gay." ("Not that there's anything wrong with that." -- Jerry Seinfeld)
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 "I'm gay." ("Not that there's anything wrong with that." -- Jerry
Seinfeld)
te lo conferma un mio amico madrelingua :-)