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Sentence #377135

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Pharamp Pharamp July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 3:28:20 PM UTC link Permalink

Betty is a boy?

Pharamp Pharamp July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 3:29:02 PM UTC link Permalink

Ah no. I understood. Poor little friend of Betty. She's definitely a serial killer.

Pharamp Pharamp July 10, 2010 July 10, 2010 at 11:51:30 AM UTC link Permalink

CK: ambiguous sentences are funny^^

phiz phiz July 10, 2010 July 10, 2010 at 3:10:44 PM UTC link Permalink

Not only do I not believe this sentence is ambiguous, but also that Betty isn't a boy's name in any language. Besides, why would anybody use a foreign name in the original sentence? :p

MUIRIEL MUIRIEL July 10, 2010 July 10, 2010 at 3:21:42 PM UTC link Permalink

Yes, this sentence isn't ambiguous, but the French translation (I just made a direct one from the indirect one) is.
The Frech one can either mean
"Betty killed her mother." (for example her own mother, or Maria's mother)
or
"Betty killed his mother." (for example Jack's mother)
So Betty doesn't need to be a boy to use "his" as "his" can refer to another person.

blay_paul blay_paul July 17, 2010 July 17, 2010 at 2:00:08 AM UTC link Permalink

Already translated - see http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/377135

Pun_intended Pun_intended July 17, 2010 July 17, 2010 at 2:11:45 AM UTC link Permalink

I am new to the site, so I assumed that when I didn't see a translation, there wasn't one. I have set things properly now, so it will show existing english translations.

blay_paul blay_paul July 17, 2010 July 17, 2010 at 4:03:53 AM UTC link Permalink

This is a link you might find useful:
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentence...eng/eng/page:1

It's a new feature so there's the odd glitch still there but it does the job.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #377134Betty tötete seine Mutter..

Betty killed his mother.

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