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Sentence #432771

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 blay_paul blay_paul July 21, 2010 July 21, 2010 at 2:31:15 PM UTC link Permalink

"Don't", not "didn't" ? Not that I can read Chinese, but it was "didn't" back a few links.
http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/1446

I think one of the translations in between must be wrong.

sysko sysko July 21, 2010 July 21, 2010 at 2:59:56 PM UTC link Permalink

no it's just that Chinese has no real "tense", it can be both translated with past or present, it's the context which will decide. so it's just a back translation effect

aliene aliene July 21, 2010 July 21, 2010 at 3:06:16 PM UTC link Permalink

Yes, the exact same sentence can mean both "don't" and "didn't".

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #335050我不想这种事发生。.

I don't want something like this to happen.

added by aliene, July 21, 2010
➜ #335050我不想这种事发生。

linked by aliene, July 21, 2010
➜ #1446I didn't want this to happen.

linked by blay_paul, July 21, 2010
➜ #1446I didn't want this to happen.

unlinked by blay_paul, July 21, 2010
➜ #1676869Mi ne volas, ke io tia okazos.

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➜ #2959961En halua jotain tämän kaltaista tapahtuvan.

linked by Kalle63, January 1, 2014
➜ #2959974No quiero que pase algo así.

linked by marcelostockle, January 1, 2014
➜ #2959975No quiero que suceda algo así.

linked by marcelostockle, January 1, 2014
➜ #4655232Böyle bir şeyin olmasını istemiyorum.

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➜ #7654321Ur bɣiɣ ara ad teḍru tɣawsa am ta.

linked by Yagurten, December 25, 2018
➜ #12258610Я не хочу, чтобы такое произошло.

linked by marafon, January 8, 2024
➜ #12258613Я не хочу, чтобы произошло нечто подобное.

linked by marafon, January 8, 2024