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Sentence #43286

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quickfitter quickfitter February 17, 2012 February 17, 2012 at 8:57:03 PM UTC link Permalink

I don't understand the Japanese, but this English sentence doesn't make sense. Should it be "The talk made me more likely to buy the car"?

marcelostockle marcelostockle February 17, 2012 February 17, 2012 at 10:19:34 PM UTC link Permalink

I translated to Japanese into Spanish.
Perhaps the English should go somewhat like:
"His speech talked me more and more into buying the car."

orcrist orcrist February 21, 2014 February 21, 2014 at 12:06:41 AM UTC link Permalink

@quickfitter I like your translation. "The talk made me more likely to buy the car."

Other possibilities...

"The talk made me want to buy the car more."
"The talk made me more likely to buy the car."
"The talk swayed me towards buying the car."

@marcelostockle Is it natural to say that a "speech talked me into" something? I usually hear "talked me into" preceded by a person's name; for example, "Ben talked me into ..."

nueby nueby September 8, 2014 September 8, 2014 at 4:58:06 AM UTC link Permalink

Taking a hint from the imperfect convencía, I wonder if this should avoid the preterit even in English and be in past progressive instead? ...was talking me ever more into...? Maybe the emphasis is on the process, not the outcome?

orcrist orcrist September 8, 2014 September 8, 2014 at 5:15:16 AM UTC link Permalink

I struggled to come up with the English ideas above, but they're still marginal. If the Japanese is iffy too, I'd be fine with removing them.

al_ex_an_der al_ex_an_der September 8, 2014 September 8, 2014 at 3:30:31 PM UTC link Permalink

> It might be a good idea just to delete both the English and the Japanese.
+1

By the way, could we say somethinhg like that?
Because of what he said, I became more and more convinced that I should buy the car.

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The talk made me buy the car increasingly.

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The talk made me buy the car increasingly.

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