Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Piccoli esercizi di traduzione 16

"Should" :
1)Dovreste leggere questo libro.
You should read this book.
2)John non dovrebbe dire queste cose.
John shouldn't say these things.
3)L'insegnante pensa che dovresti andare in Inghilterra ogni estate.
The teacher thinks you should go to England every summer.
4)Anna deve andare. Voi dovete aspettare Ted.
Anna must go. You have to wait Ted.
Ma direi che potrebbe anche essere ""Anna has to go", dipende dal perchè Anna se
ne và :-)
5)Penso che non dovrebbero parlare tanto.
I don't think they should speak so much.
6)Pensate che dovrei dirle la verità?
Do you think I should tell her the truth?
7)E' tardi. Devo partire subito.
It is late. I must leave at once.
8)Pensi che dovremmo telefonare?
Do you think we should call her?
"phone" in UK ovviamente!  :-))
"I have to" :
1)Non posso giocare a calcio domani pomeriggio. Devo andare a scuola.
I can't play soccer tomorrow afternoon. I had to go to school.
2)Jill non viene. Deve andare dal medico.
Jill don't come. He has to go to the doctor.
3)Devo sbrigarmi. Devo prendere l'autobus.
I have to hurry. I have to take a bus.
4)E' pronto Steve? No, deve lavare i piatti.
Is Steve ready? No, he has to wash up.
5)Devi leggere molti libri per l'esame?
Do you have to read many books for the exam?
6)Bill e Liz hanno dovuto comprare una casa più grande l'anno scorso.
Bill and Liz had to buy a bigger house  last year.
7)Avete dovuto rispondere a molte domande?
Do you have to answer many questions?
8)Non dobbiamo alzarci presto domani. E' festa.
We don't have to get up early tomorrow. It is a holiday.
9)Devi trovare un lavoro migliore.
You have to find a better job.
"Would ... like...?":
1) Vorresti qualcosa da bere? Si, grazie.
Would you like anything to drink? Yes, please.
2)Vuoi ballare con me? Si, volentieri.
Would you like to dance with me? Yes, I'd love to.
3)Che cosa gradisce, Mr bloom? Caffe, grazie.
What would you like, Mr Bloom? Coffee, please.
4)Vi piacerebbe andare allo zoo, bambini?
Would you like to go to the zoo, boys?
5)Io vorrei del roast-beef, per favore.
I'd like roast-beef, please.
6)Vorrei guardare la partita stasera.
I'd like to watch the match tonight.
7)Vuoi una coca cola? No, grazie. Non mi piace.
Would you like a coke? No, thanks. I don't like it.
8)Ti piace la mia mountain bike? Vorresti provarla?
Do you like my mountain bike? Would you like to try it?
9) Vi piace la mia nuova casa?
Do you like my new house?
Ciao.

Do you like my new house?
I am not sure. If I were showing to some people my new home, I would
have said "do you like my new home?". With "house" it sounds too
"construction work". Do you like my new real estate? :D
I can be 100% wrong.
Sebastiano

 
No, mi dispiace, "don't think" č obbligatorio, Max ha ragione.
(perň "talk" sarebbe meglio di "speak")
-- 
Mary

 Ok. I would have used "the game"
I didn't know I could replace "match" with "game", truly :-)
bye :)

 Would you like to dance with me? Yes, I'd love to.
Anche "Gladly" in luogo di "I'd love to".
Te la cavi sempre meglio!
Ciao, FB
-- 
"Nasalization is just a part of life"
(Joey DoWop Dee on it.cultura.linguistica.inglese)

I'd like roast-beef, please.
or "some roast beef" maybe
-- 
Adam Atkinson (
gh...@mistral.co.uk
)
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.

 I would have said "would you like something to drink?"
"would have said" or "would say" ? :)
Candee Jays says:
| If I were you 
| I would never let me go 
| If I were you 
| I would always love me so 
| 
| I can't play your part in life 
| But I would surely walk my way 
| I cannot think the way you think 
| But I would never go away 
| 
| You can trust me when I say 
| That I will always be for real 
| You can always count on me 
| No matter how alone you feel 
| 
| If I were you 
| I would never let me go 
| If I were you 
| I would always love me so 
| If I were you 
| 
| I would never.. 
| I would always.. 
| 
| I can't tell you what to do 
| I can only hope for more 
| More decisions to be good 
| Like the way they were before 
| 
| I can't dream the things you dream 
| 'Cause I would not know where to start 
| Life is never what is seems 
| when two souls are far apart 
| 
| I don't wanna know 
| How it feels to lose a friend 
| And if I were you 
| I would never leave again 
| 
| If I were you 
| I would never let me go 
| If I were you 
| I would always love me so 
| If I were you 
| 
| If I were you 
| I would never let me go 
| If I were you 
| I would always love me so 
| If I were you

 "would have said" or "would say" ? :)
I would have written :-)
otherwise I would say :-)

 No, mi dispiace, "don't think" č obbligatorio, Max ha ragione.
A voi britannici piace l'understatement cortese :)
Shuddup ==> Don't talk so much ==> *I think you shouldn't talk that
much ==> I don't think you should talk that much ==> ?
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(però "talk" sarebbe meglio di "speak")
Yes.
Thanks.
Sebastiano

 I would have said "would you like something to drink?"
"would have said" or "would say" ? :)
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 much ==> I don't think you should talk that much ==> ?
Penso che il trasferimento della negazione con "to think" sia necessario.
Obbligatorio... Non credo, l'ho visto usare da Zz, ma probabilmente č
inusuale.
Ciao, FB
-- 
Se dico "siedi!" manca l'oggetto.
Siedo chi? Lei o me?
(da it.cultura.linguistica.italiano)

same here, I'd prefer "do you want to dance with me?"
Same here, too. :)
Sebastiano

"would have said" or "would say" ? :)
Both?
Here I would say...
In a situation like that I would have said...
Sebastiano

 è americano. Boh.
Vedi messaggio di Adam:
"I'll have to take a bus".
Ciò non toglie che anche "to catch a bus" sia corretto.
Ciao, FB
-- 
"Gli americani sono ignoranti per loro stessa natura"
that is "The Americans are naturally ignorant"
(Paolo Bonardi on it.cultura.linguistica)

 Anche "Gladly" in luogo di "I'd love to".
E' un po' antiquato...
-- 
Mary

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L'ho sentito anche in un telefilm americano ma, in effetti, in un contesto
formale.
Ciao, FB
-- 
Mrs. Palmer, in her way, was equally angry. 'She was determined to drop his
acquaintance immediately, and she was very thankful that she had never been
acquainted with him at all'. (Jane Austen)


Forse voleva dire "You have to wait, Ted."?
(The book "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" is number three on the New York
Times bestseller list).
Joe from Massachusetts

 "Something": è un'offerta.
Anche "anything"; con lo stesso significato.
-- 
The foregoing is my opinion, and my opinion alone. It is intended to
demonstrate modern American English -- spoken, for the most part; not
literary American English. Ergo, caveat lector. (No, not you, Hannibal)

 Anche "anything"; con lo stesso significato.
Forse "anything" è più generico?
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 Forse "anything" è più generico?
Si', forse, ma minimamente.
Si usano ambedue.
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 Sebastiano
Thanks for your help!
Max.

 Te la cavi sempre meglio!
Mi fai arrossire così... :-)
La realtà è che devo migliorare ancora molto...
Grazie comunque, i complimenti spingono a migliorarsi!

 _She_ has to... 
Ma non aveva fatto il cambio di sesso?  :-)))))))))
Grazie Adam.

 Forse voleva dire "You have to wait, Ted."?
No, la realtà è che faccio wait="aspettare qualcuno" anche se ormai ho capito
che il transitivo è "wait for" e non wait :-(
Ciao.

 "Jill doesn't come"  è proprio sbagliata? 
Si'. Si potrebbe usare in contesti come "Jill doesn't
come to parties unless you send her an invitation printed
in gold". "Jill doesn't come." da solo sembra un commento
sui problemi sessuali di Jill.
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 Ma anche "Jill  doesn't come" non credo sia proprio da buttare...o sbaglio?
Sbagli, credo.
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> Jill is not coming.
Because "she" has to go to the doctor. Povera Jill! 
-- 
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.

Ma anche "Jill  doesn't come" non credo sia proprio da buttare...o sbaglio?
Io non l'avrei mai detto, meglio che ti risponda chi l'inglese lo sa
più di me.
Sebastiano

 Because "she" has to go to the doctor. Povera Jill! 
I don't think so. Rumour has it that she be * a close friend of the
doctor's, inasmuch as one has to be close to do what they do. As usual,
ambasciator non porta pena.
* or "Rumour has it that she should be...", roight?
Bye, FB
-- 
L'importante è che risplenda tu, sola primadonna e immarcescibile leggenda
del tuo pianerottolo.
(Lucangel su it.cultura.libri)

 * or "Rumour has it that she should be...", roight?
mmm...  io avrei detto "she is"
sarà ma il subjunctive lo uso solo nelle frasi del tipo "It's highly
important that you BE ready for.... blabla"
e cose affini.

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Right ch'ar. Rumor has it that she's a close friend of the doctor...
I wouldn't use subjunctive here.
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 sui problemi sessuali di Jill.
Forse è per quello che deve andare dal medico.
Max

 I wouldn't use subjunctive here.
It's official, I cannot read. Here's wordreference's definition of
"rumour":
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rumour [rum*] 1 (n: Am) voce f;
~ has it that..., corre voce che... + sub;
2 (vt) it is rumoured that..., si dice in giro che... + sub.
---
I read "+ sub" and wrote accordingly, but now I understand it refers to the
subordinate clause following "corre voce che" ("corre voce che *sia*
un'amica intima..."). 
I feel I have to point out I'm not that dull usually.
Bye, FB
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