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Sentence #2051816

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halfb1t halfb1t December 5, 2012 December 5, 2012 at 12:07:54 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Yet another bad English translation of a good Portuguese sentence. I've been seeing a lot of these, along with translations into several other languages that are at least suspect if not clearly wrong.

It appears that vernautjr does not yet clearly understand what we're trying to do here or how he can best pitch in and help us out.

AlanF_US AlanF_US April 17, 2013 April 17, 2013 at 1:52:58 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

@change "I want to be a teacher a lot." -> "I badly want to be a teacher." or "I really want to be a teacher." or "I want to be a teacher very much." or "I very much want to be a teacher."

Or, if you want to match the Portuguese sentence "Quero muito ser um bom professor" to which this is currently linked, the translation would be "I want to be a good teacher."

"I want to be a teacher a lot" confuses the listener because it suggests a meaning of "I want to be a teacher a lot of the time." I don't think that was what was intended.

alpha44 alpha44 April 20, 2013 April 20, 2013 at 8:18:44 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Ok! done! Thank you, guys!

AlanF_US AlanF_US April 21, 2013 April 21, 2013 at 4:15:55 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

"I really want to be a teacher" is definitely a better sentence. However, I think that "I really want to be a good teacher" is the best translation of "Quero muito ser um bom professor". I'm sorry I didn't offer that suggestion earlier.

alpha44 alpha44 May 11, 2013 May 11, 2013 at 11:55:10 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Changed!

MethodGT MethodGT May 11, 2013 May 11, 2013 at 11:57:34 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Still missing the 'good'

marafon marafon October 17, 2024 October 17, 2024 at 2:23:17 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Unlinking from #2262804.

Я очень хочу стать учителем.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #2051815Quero muito ser um bom professor..

I want to be a teacher a lot.

added by alpha44, December 1, 2012

linked by alpha44, December 1, 2012

I want to be a wonderful teacher.

edited by alpha44, April 20, 2013

I really want to be a teacher.

edited by alpha44, April 20, 2013

I really want to be a good teacher.

edited by alpha44, May 12, 2013

linked by Dominika7, September 12, 2020

linked by lbdx, February 18, 2021