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Sentence #5875646

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 baudelaire baudelaire February 17, 2017, edited February 17, 2017 February 17, 2017 at 9:06:34 AM UTC, edited February 17, 2017 at 10:03:16 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

La frase original en alemán era ambigua. Ni la traducción en polaco, ni la traducción del polaco al español lo son :-)

deniko deniko February 17, 2017, edited February 17, 2017 February 17, 2017 at 9:23:36 AM UTC, edited February 17, 2017 at 9:23:55 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Ah, that's very curious!

Just to educate me and people like me, can the German sentence
Dieser Satz ist nicht lang und mehrdeutig.

mean
This phrase is not long and it is ambiguous.
and
This phrase is not long and it is not ambiguous.

But Spanish, Polish and French sentences just mean:

This phrase is not long and it is ambiguous.

Something like this?

baudelaire baudelaire February 17, 2017 February 17, 2017 at 10:25:08 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

If you translated the sentence directly from German it would be

"Esta frase no es larga y ambigua"

That could be a bit ambiguous, but most likely means

"This sentence is not long and is not ambiguous"

because the negation "no" applies to the verb.

The sentence in Polish was 100% not ambiguous, and means "this phrase is not long and it is ambiguous," and that's why this sentence is as it is.

I don't know if it is possible to have a ambiguous version in Polish.

deniko deniko February 17, 2017 February 17, 2017 at 10:28:32 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

> I don't know if it is possible to have a ambiguous version in Polish.

Maybe: To zdanie nie jest długie i jednoznaczne.

Not 100% sure though.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #959288To zdanie jest niedługie i niejednoznaczne..

Esta frase no es larga y es ambigua.

added by baudelaire, February 17, 2017
➜ #959288To zdanie jest niedługie i niejednoznaczne.

linked by baudelaire, February 17, 2017
➜ #959236Cette phrase n'est pas longue et est ambiguë.

linked by baudelaire, February 17, 2017
➜ #1563684Esta frase não é longa e é ambígua.

linked by baudelaire, February 17, 2017