"Didn't you get married!?" "Oh, we split up. We broke our engagement." - English example sentence

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Lurid December 1, 2010 December 1, 2010 at 8:47:32 PM UTC

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I would encourage changing the phrase, "Engagement broken," to something more natural. While this is a literally correct translation, it's usage in English is not natural. Might I recommend, "We broke (off) our engagement," as a more natural phrasing? This could be connected by either a period or semi-colon.

autuno December 2, 2010 December 2, 2010 at 12:08:49 AM UTC

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Thanks for comment. I have changed according to your recommendation. I "adopted" the "orphan" sentence just in order to translate it into Vietnamese.

Lurid December 2, 2010 December 2, 2010 at 4:12:32 AM UTC

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Thanks! Looks great!