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"but" here does not work.

Tagged as @delete and @change as response of https://tatoeba.org/eng/sentenc...omment-1031321

Dalyup

> "but" here does not work.

Actually, "but" can serve as an intensive. Merriam-Webster gives the example "get there but fast". You can see it if you go to this page:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/but

and scroll down to where the adverbial meanings of the word are listed. It's meaning number 4.

That's interesting that "but" can be used in that way. I looked in the OED and saw definitions like what is given by Merriam-Webster but nothing quite the same.

Nevertheless, I still think "but" does not work here and it does not sound natural (to my eyes).

Furthermore, I do not believe it works as a translation for the German sentence "Tu es, aber jetzt gleich!". In that sentence, "aber" is more like a focus particle, giving intensity to "jetzt gleich", which "but" by itself cannot offer. I'd translate it simply as:

"Do it now!" or "Do it at once!" with the exclamation marks indicating the intensity given by "aber".

I think that "Do it, but now!" is fine (I would insert a comma), but the number of people who would use it is small, and it's not a great sentence for language learners. I have no problem changing it.

Except for the exclamation mark, this version still matches the Japanese.

Perhaps the English should be changed, or the Japanese unlinked.