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Sentence #40016

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 blay_paul blay_paul September 24, 2010 September 24, 2010 at 12:53:02 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Although it is natural to end Japanese sentences with けど in _this_ case it's likely that the next sentence will be the 話 in question, right? So you just have two Japanese sentences = one English sentence or one Japanese sentence = half an English sentence.

The only sensible solution I see other than the ... approach would be to add the second half to both examples.

blay_paul blay_paul September 24, 2010 September 24, 2010 at 12:56:15 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I wish I didn't have to tell you this, but it seems that your daughter has been shoplifting.
ちょっと言いにくい話なんだけど。小川さんの娘が万引きをしたそうです。

or something similar.

blay_paul blay_paul September 25, 2010 September 25, 2010 at 2:37:15 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

> I agree.

Yeah, but I don't agree that 'other than the ... approach' is necessarily the best choice in this, and probably most other incomplete sentences.

CK CK May 27, 2016 May 27, 2016 at 8:49:54 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I wonder how many of these would be considered incomplete sentences.

(The Japanese is OK the way it is. The English is incomplete.)

eng
I wish I didn't have to tell you this, but ...
ara
أتمنى لو لم يجب عليّ أن أخبرك هذا، ولكن...
por
Queria não ter de te contar isso, mas...
tlh
qaja'nISbe' 'e' vIneH 'ach...
tur
Keşke bunu sana söylemek zorunda olmasam, fakat...

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➜ #202781ちょっと言いにくい話なんだけど。

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