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 wondersz1 wondersz1 November 1, 2010 November 1, 2010 at 4:07:58 PM UTC link Permalink

Mistaken as I can be here, I wouldn't say 'I can no more swim than a stone can' is acceptable use of the language. No more is mostly used to denote that the action is no longer happening and is not generally a good choice for comparison.
This is something to discuss, really. If more people joined the conversation, I think we might figure out the best translation here.

Dejo Dejo November 1, 2010 November 1, 2010 at 4:40:17 PM UTC link Permalink

"no more" does not necessarily mean that the action is no longer happening. Here's a quote from Barack Obama:
"I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community." The original sentence is very good literary English, and "I can no more" gets 56 million hits on Google.

wondersz1 wondersz1 November 1, 2010 November 1, 2010 at 4:50:39 PM UTC link Permalink

OK, changing the sentence back.

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I can no more swim than a stone can.

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➜ #128872Je ne peux pas nager du tout. Je coule comme une pierre.

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➜ #142361石が泳げないのと同様私は泳げない。

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I can swim in less degree than a stone can.

edited by wondersz1, November 1, 2010
I can swim in a less degree than a stone can.

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I can no more swim than a stone can.

edited by wondersz1, November 1, 2010
➜ #2598644Ur ssineɣ akk ad ɛumeɣ. Mi udfeɣ ɣer waman, ad zedreɣ am weẓru.

linked by Amastan, July 17, 2013
➜ #128872Je ne peux pas nager du tout. Je coule comme une pierre.

unlinked by Aiji, May 10, 2017
➜ #8902171Я плаваю как топор.

linked by marafon, July 9, 2020