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Sentence #16209

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 blay_paul blay_paul September 9, 2010 September 9, 2010 at 2:39:15 PM UTC link Permalink

Ah, will nobody think of the poor redundant semicolons? Nobody wants to employ them nowadays.

Seriously, Japanese doesn't use semi-colons. So, when you might have a semicolon in English, the Japanese translation will have either a 。 or a 、.

FeuDRenais FeuDRenais September 9, 2010 September 9, 2010 at 3:06:44 PM UTC link Permalink

http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/490552

:-)

blay_paul blay_paul September 9, 2010 September 9, 2010 at 3:28:27 PM UTC link Permalink

I prefer this quote (from a website):

Limit your use of semicolons; you should not wantonly scatter them throughout your writing. Semicolons are like glasses of champagne; save them for special occasions.

FeuDRenais FeuDRenais September 9, 2010 September 9, 2010 at 3:36:05 PM UTC link Permalink

I will concede and say that they are useful for smileys ;-)

Swift Swift September 19, 2010 September 19, 2010 at 9:50:51 AM UTC link Permalink

And here I thought I used them too often...

Seriously, I didn't change the punctuation to match the Japanese, but because I felt it looked odd when I read it over (when translating the Icelandic). If others would like the semicolon better represented in the corpus, I'd have no great objection to reverting this to the original.

Swift Swift August 6, 2011 August 6, 2011 at 2:48:56 PM UTC link Permalink

This has been bothering me for the longest time. Reverted. I think it's better this way.

Swift Swift August 6, 2011 August 6, 2011 at 3:22:26 PM UTC link Permalink

Added. :-)

http://tatoeba.org/eng/sentences/show/1030490

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You needn't have hurried; you've arrived too early. [M]

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➜ #177359急がなくてもよかったのに。早く着きすぎですよ。

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➜ #499492Þú hefðir ekki þurft að flýta þér. Þú ert kominn of snemma.

linked by Swift, September 5, 2010
You needn't have hurried. You've arrived too early.

edited by Swift, September 5, 2010
➜ #617267Non c'era bisogno di avere fretta. Sei arrivato troppo presto.

linked by Guybrush88, November 13, 2010
➜ #617268Non c'era bisogno di avere fretta. Siete arrivati troppo presto.

linked by Guybrush88, November 13, 2010
You needn't have hurried; you've arrived too early.

edited by Swift, August 6, 2011
➜ #1030471Tu n'aurais pas dû te presser ; tu es arrivé trop tôt.

linked by sacredceltic, August 6, 2011
➜ #1030472Vous n'auriez pas dû vous presser ; vous êtes arrivé trop tôt.

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➜ #1030473Vous n'auriez pas dû vous presser ; vous êtes arrivés trop tôt.

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➜ #1030474Vous n'auriez pas dû vous presser ; vous êtes arrivée trop tôt.

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➜ #1030475Vous n'auriez pas dû vous presser ; vous êtes arrivées trop tôt.

linked by sacredceltic, August 6, 2011
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linked by sacredceltic, August 6, 2011
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➜ #1305235No hacía falta que se diera prisa, ha llegado demasiado pronto.

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➜ #1858936Yehwa-ak kan tɣawleḍ-d; aql-ik tuwḍeḍ-d zik.

linked by Amastan, September 22, 2012
➜ #1858937Yehwa-am kan tɣawleḍ-d; aql-ikem tuwḍeḍ-d zik.

linked by Amastan, September 22, 2012
➜ #1858938Yehwa-awen kan tɣawlem-d; aql-iken tuwḍem-d zik.

linked by Amastan, September 22, 2012
➜ #1858939Yehwa-awent kan tɣawlemt-d; aql-ikent tuwḍemt-d zik.

linked by Amastan, September 22, 2012
➜ #3855202Acele etmene gerek yoktu; çok erken vardın.

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➜ #1030535Du hättest dich nicht beeilen müssen; du bist zu früh gekommen.

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➜ #1030490You needn't have hurried. You've arrived too early.

linked by sundown, May 24, 2022
➜ #1030542Sie hätten sich nicht beeilen müssen; Sie sind zu früh gekommen.

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