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Since we had no school today, I stayed home and watched TV all day.

There's a good chance that Tom doesn't know what Mary has done.

I suspect that Tom is unaware of what Mary has done.

I wonder if Tom knows what Mary did.

Tom hasn't found out yet what Mary did.

Tom wrote Mary a letter.

You should leave immediately.

Tom doesn't seem to understand French.

Tom told me that he wanted to study French.

Is Tom any good at French?

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The Tatoeba Project, which can be found online at tatoeba.org, is working on creating a large database of example sentences translated into many languages.

If you translate from your second language into your own native language, rather than the other way around, you're less likely to make mistakes.

It's very easy to sound natural in your own native language, and very easy to sound unnatural in your non-native language.

What is considered impolite in one language may not be considered impolite in another language.

One way to lower the number of errors in the Tatoeba Corpus would be to encourage people to only translate into their native languages.

One way to lower the number of errors in the Tatoeba Corpus would be to encourage people to only translate into their native languages instead of the other way around.

As you contribute more sentences to the Tatoeba Corpus in your native language, the percentage of sentences in your native language with errors will likely decrease.

It may be impossible to get a completely error-free corpus due to the nature of this kind of collaborative effort. However, if we encourage members to contribute sentences in their own languages rather than experiment in languages they are learning, we might be able to minimize errors.

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   CK

   2 hour(s) ago
   >Correction: "you have" => "have you"
   My previous comment assumes that this correction will be made.
   
   Note: In English, I'd more naturally say, "How long have you been here?"
   (http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/61716), "When did you get here?" (http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/954601), or "When did you arrive?" (http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/66331)
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   CK

   2 hour(s) ago
   Related:
   
   http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/61716
   How long have you been here?
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   CK

   5 hour(s) ago
   This sounds overly rude and unnatural to me.
   
   More likely, we would say あの方 or あの人 when referring to a person.
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   CK

   19 hour(s) ago
   When it comes to web addresses, I think "exemplo.com" can't be used as a translation of "example.com."
   
   Web URLs need to be exact, don't they?
   http://example.com
   http://exemplo.com
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   CK

   1 day(s) ago
   The English was changed to, "I think maybe Tom has something else to do." so it would match the audio.
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   CK

   1 day(s) ago
   The English was changed to, "I think maybe Tom has something else to do." so it would match the audio.
7. 
   

   CK

   1 day(s) ago
   >Does this imply that "you" actually didn't enjoy?
   
   No.
   
   
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   CK

   2 day(s) ago
   Related:
   
   http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/2265793
   Do you understand French?
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   CK

   2 day(s) ago
   Related:
   
   http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/54514
   I am grateful to you for your help.
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    CK

    3 day(s) ago
    ? the smallest continent

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   • CK
   • 7 day(s) ago

   If this is important enough for you to make it worth your time to write a userscript, here's a hint on how to do it.
   
   http://goo.gl/bzbvf