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Sentence #1136887

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 orge orge August 19, 2016, edited August 19, 2016 August 19, 2016 at 6:15:51 AM UTC, edited August 19, 2016 at 6:58:32 PM UTC link Permalink

In English, 'If he fails, so what?' and 'And what if he fails?' have different meanings, practically opposite. The first implies that failure doesn't have major consequences (i.e. why not try?) and the second implies that there is doubt of whether trying something is worth the risk.

I'm not positive, but I would assume that this Spanish sentence should be translated basically literally (word for word) into the latter, in which case 'If he fails, so what?' isn't a good translation.

Edit: My assumption was wrong, this is fine. I guess the English 'And what if he fails?' could be translated into something like '¿Y si él fracasa?' or '¿Y que pasará si él fracasa?' ?

marcelostockle marcelostockle August 22, 2016 August 22, 2016 at 1:15:36 PM UTC link Permalink

exactly :-)

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #40724If he fails, so what?.

¿Y qué si él fracasa?

added by marcelostockle, September 30, 2011
➜ #40724If he fails, so what?

linked by marcelostockle, September 30, 2011
➜ #4514571Ja mitä jos hän epäonnistuu?

linked by Orava, September 10, 2015