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Sentence #3239766

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raggione raggione May 9, 2014, edited May 9, 2014 May 9, 2014 at 4:26:47 PM UTC, edited May 9, 2014 at 4:27:15 PM UTC link Permalink

Hi Pat
Would you feel like reading Freddy's comment on my German translation and see whether you would want to do any ajustments now?

Pfirsichbaeumchen Pfirsichbaeumchen May 9, 2014, edited May 9, 2014 May 9, 2014 at 4:54:05 PM UTC, edited May 9, 2014 at 4:55:52 PM UTC link Permalink

Was ich noch fragen wollte: Gibt es nicht irgendeine elegante Möglichkeit, die doppelte Verwendung des Ausdrucks „used car“ zu vermeiden? Oder hältst Du das im Englischen für unbedenklich? Ist das vielleicht sogar Absicht?

raggione raggione May 9, 2014 May 9, 2014 at 5:10:28 PM UTC link Permalink

second-hand car

How is that?

al_ex_an_der al_ex_an_der May 9, 2014 May 9, 2014 at 5:22:05 PM UTC link Permalink

Wouldn't it be sufficient to write: Tom bought his car ... (?)
You wouldn't suppose that a used car dealer sells new cars, would you?

patgfisher patgfisher May 10, 2014 May 10, 2014 at 12:41:29 AM UTC link Permalink

I take the point about using "used car" twice.
There are several possibilities to avoid this:
"Tom bought his second-hand/used car from a reputable dealership"
"Tom bought his car from a reputable second-hand/used car dealership"
etc.
I want to retain the fact that Tom bought a used car, and am happy to drop the second "used car" before "dealership", as it is not necessary and dropping it won't change the meaning.
I'll leave a note on the German and Finnish translations about the change.

patgfisher patgfisher May 10, 2014, edited May 10, 2014 May 10, 2014 at 5:14:27 AM UTC, edited May 10, 2014 at 5:14:56 AM UTC link Permalink

"a used car" "his used car"
I think either would be used in conversation but I can see that the latter might be a bit off. In conversation one would probably refer to it as "his car" or "a used car" as you suggest.

I'm happy to change it to "a used car."

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Tom bought his used car from a reputable used car dealership.

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Tom bought his used car from a reputable dealership.

edited by patgfisher, May 10, 2014

Tom bought a used car from a reputable dealership.

edited by patgfisher, May 10, 2014