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Sentence #55752

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blay_paul blay_paul June 26, 2010 June 26, 2010 at 2:27:56 PM UTC link Permalink

I think the original was a more accurate translation.

blay_paul blay_paul June 27, 2010 June 27, 2010 at 3:44:58 AM UTC link Permalink

It's not UK English.

I wasn't looking at the first one on the list.

これをあなたに差し上げます。

That's completely different, and doesn't match the original English at all.

これは君のためなんだ。

That one has the meaning "I'm doing this for you.", "This is for your sake." Most likely 'this' is something that the spoken to does not want to be done (although there may be no alternative).

blay_paul blay_paul June 27, 2010 June 27, 2010 at 3:47:53 AM UTC link Permalink

I suppose "This is for you." would do for the second case, but is easily misinterpreted.

Incidentally, there was an exact match for the sentence from the web.

http://www.freeenglish.jp/holmes/h/dyin-2-t.html

“It’s for your own sake, Watson,” he croaked.
「これは君のためなんだ / ワトソン」

Unfortunately we can't use the Japanese from there!

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