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Sentence #845621

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 Tamy Tamy August 30, 2012 August 30, 2012 at 11:56:33 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

This sentence is not correct!

BraveSentry BraveSentry August 30, 2012 August 30, 2012 at 12:18:13 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

it would be nice to know what exactly is wrong about it.

Tamy Tamy August 30, 2012 August 30, 2012 at 12:43:22 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

The original sentence was "You are what you eat."
Because "you" can - in different contexts - be understood as more than one people, someone changed it in the sense of "they" in the following translations.
But this makes really no sense.
Ciao, Tamy.

sacredceltic sacredceltic August 30, 2012 August 30, 2012 at 1:27:04 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

@Tamy

You confuse direct translations (green links) and indirect translations (grey links).

"You are what you eat." is not a direct translation of this sentence.

but is a translation of

"Sie sind, was Sie essen."

which in turn is a correct translation of this one...

It's normal that translations diverge from language to language as languages don't match word for word.
Tatoeba shows both direct and indirect translations so we are able to link indirect translations when they match, thus gaining energy in the translation process...

Tamy Tamy August 30, 2012 August 30, 2012 at 2:52:36 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Danke für die Aufklärung, sacredceltic!

sacredceltic sacredceltic March 22, 2014 March 22, 2014 at 9:16:29 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

The question is not whether each individual would use a sentence to make it valid. The question is whether someone would.

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #844389Ils sont ce que vous mangez..

They are what you eat.

added by iampo0kie, April 20, 2011
➜ #844389Ils sont ce que vous mangez.

linked by iampo0kie, April 20, 2011
➜ #844388Sie sind, was Sie essen.

linked by MUIRIEL, July 1, 2011
➜ #3285855Ili estas tio, kion vi manĝas.

linked by sacredceltic, May 30, 2014