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Sentence #643707

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 salikh salikh December 2, 2010 December 2, 2010 at 12:55:00 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

"controlled by them" -- by who? by governments or by cellphones? -- I think this phrase needs careful rewording.

Zifre Zifre December 2, 2010 December 2, 2010 at 1:24:07 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

@salikh: Well, I'm not really sure. The Spanish sentence is ambiguous in exactly the same way. If you have a suggestion for how to reword this sentence to make it clearer, please say so.

Shishir Shishir December 2, 2010 December 2, 2010 at 10:06:23 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

actually I don't think the Spanish sentence is ambiguous, "them" refers to the cell phones.

Zifre Zifre December 2, 2010 December 2, 2010 at 10:23:44 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Yeah, I took it to mean cell phones. I thought this was fairly clear in both the Spanish sentence and this one. However, technically, it seems that "ellos" could refer to "los gobiernos" (although that would be kind of strange). I am not a native Spanish speaker, so please correct me if I'm wrong. :-)

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #537377Los gobiernos, para enseñar a disfrutar de los móviles sin ser gobernados por ellos, han establecido reglas de comportamiento que limitan su uso en los lugares públicos, como en las iglesias, en las escuelas o durante los exámenes..

Governments, in order to teach how to enjoy cell phones without being controlled by them, have established behavior rules that limit their use in public places, such as in churches, in schools, or during tests.

added by Zifre, December 2, 2010
➜ #537377Los gobiernos, para enseñar a disfrutar de los móviles sin ser gobernados por ellos, han establecido reglas de comportamiento que limitan su uso en los lugares públicos, como en las iglesias, en las escuelas o durante los exámenes.

linked by Zifre, December 2, 2010
➜ #645271Registaroj, por instrui kiel ĝui poŝtelefonojn sen esti regataj per ili, establis regulojn de konduto, kiuj limigas ilian uzon en publikaj lokoj kiel preĝejoj, lernejoj, aŭ dum ekzamenoj.

linked by salikh, December 3, 2010
➜ #902181Os governos, a fim de ensinar como desfrutar dos celulares sem ser controlado por eles, estabeleceram regras de comportamento que limitam seu uso em lugares públicos, como igrejas, escolas ou durante testes.

linked by alexmarcelo, May 22, 2011