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金を選ぶべきだった。
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金を選ぶべきだった。
金[きん] を 選ぶ[えらぶ] べき だっ た 。

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我應該拿那些錢的。
wǒ yīnggāi ná nàxiē qián de .

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  1. cathrynm
    Oct 23rd 2011, 08:06
    @NeedsNativeCheck

    The Japanese looks suspicious to me.
  2. mookeee
    Oct 24th 2011, 03:21
    The sentence is correct. It means either of these:

    (someone) should have chosen the money.
    (someone) should have chosen the gold (one).
  3. bunbuku
    Oct 24th 2011, 04:01
    @mookeee

    Since the direct translations mean "money", I think it should be better to add tag "furigana mistake" or change 金 to お金. That makes the meaning clear.
  4. mookeee
    Oct 24th 2011, 04:32
    I don't think they are good ideas.

    This sentence is correct itself, and keeping a sentence ambiguous is not considered bad here on Tatoeba.

    It is not a "furigana mistake" it can be かね, きん or even キム. The English translation is just one of possible interpretations. Tagging きん with a mistake denies freedom of interpretation.
  5. bunbuku
    Oct 24th 2011, 04:45
    I see.
    How about adding tag "double meaning" or some good tag for that?
    Because I don't want learners of Japanese to confuse how to read 金.
  6. mookeee
    Oct 24th 2011, 05:20
    This is not double meaning. The following is an example of double meaning with different readings:
    http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/1013542

    Do you think "ambiguous" is too ambiguous?
  7. bunbuku
    Oct 24th 2011, 06:27
    That example is too sophisticated for me to understand and I'm not sure what you asked me.

    There is no context for the sentence and 金 has some possible readings. I'd like to clarify that with a tag. Because there looks to be the same kinds of sentences on Tatoeba.

    http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/179777
    http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/148881
    http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/162219
    http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/92527
    http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/167971

    If they have a tag or a note, people may not get confuse about the readings like cathrynm.
  8. mookeee
    Oct 24th 2011, 06:44
    The link doesn't really matter, don't worry about it.

    What I wanted ask you is:
    There already exists a tag named "ambiguous". It doesn't show clearly what point is ambiguous. Do you think it's clear enough or it should be more specific?
  9. bunbuku
    Oct 24th 2011, 15:24
    I didn't notice that tag. I've just looked over some sentences tagged ambiguous, but most of English and Japanese sentences seem to be unclear why they are tagged "ambiguous" to me. I'm not sure about German, French and other languages, so I can't tell you anything about that.

    I think these sentences are a bit similar to your sentence.
    http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/267106
    http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/304786
    http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/48859
    http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/299992
  10. mookeee
    Oct 24th 2011, 18:57
    Guessing the reason of tagging is kind of fun for me.
    For now, I will tag it with ambiguous.

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