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All civilization is against war.
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aedon - Jan 21st 2010, 19:55
All civilized countries (nations) are against war.
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All civilized countries are against war.
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All civilized countries are against war.

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すべての文明国は戦争に反対している。
すべて の 文明[ぶんめい] 国[こく] は 戦争[せんそう] に 反対[はんたい] し て いる 。
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所有文明國家都反對戰爭。
suǒyǒu wénmíng guójiā dōu fǎnduì zhànzhēng .

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  1. J_S
    Apr 19th 2011, 16:50
    A more common phrasing is "All civilized countries oppose war."
  2. Swift
    Apr 19th 2011, 20:45
    a) It would be interesting to see your sources for that.
    "countries oppose war" 3470 hits http://www.google.is/search?q=%...+oppose+war%22
    "countries are against war" 6000 hits http://www.google.is/search?q=%...against+war%22

    b) Tatoeba isn't about collecting the most common phrase, but natural sentences. See: http://blog.tatoeba.org/2010/02...n-tatoeba.html , in particular point 5.
  3. J_S
    Apr 19th 2011, 21:11
    I get 'No results found for "All civilized countries oppose war."' and 8 results for the original phrasing that all appear to be related to this translation.

    But nevermind. In this case, my source was simply my own native ear. One variant sounded more familiar than another. Sorry, I can't explain it much better!

    Perhaps I prefer "oppose" because it is a more academic-souding phrasing, and I imagine this sort of sentence is typically uttered in academic settings.
  4. Swift
    Apr 19th 2011, 22:32
    It's important to be mindful that local usage doesn't always match global usage -- not the least in English.

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