Lil' Ruby Rose Posted 19 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Re: Correction of a Translation (Compulsory: British English)
0 IMO only the present participle really works here - you are describing a continuous, non time-specific activity. 02 br
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00 I have only ever heard 01 i 00 sailed 02 i 00 used passively when it is a ship that is sailed. The concept of these people being cargo or chattels would need a word like shipped or transported (except this specifically means sent to Australia as a prisoner). 02 br
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00 Can you unpack a bit more the nuance of the colloquial Danish expression? Phrases that spring to mind in English are things like "arranged marriage", which isn't quite right, or "bartered with other plantation owners", which doesn't quite bring across the dehumanising element of treating enslaved men like animals put out to stud or women like broodmares. 0-
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00 I have only ever heard 01 i 00 sailed 02 i 00 used passively when it is a ship that is sailed. The concept of these people being cargo or chattels would need a word like shipped or transported (except this specifically means sent to Australia as a prisoner). 02 br
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00 Can you unpack a bit more the nuance of the colloquial Danish expression? Phrases that spring to mind in English are things like "arranged marriage", which isn't quite right, or "bartered with other plantation owners", which doesn't quite bring across the dehumanising element of treating enslaved men like animals put out to stud or women like broodmares. 0-
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1 i 00 Can you unpack a bit more the nuance of the colloquial Danish expression? 02 i 02 br 02 br 00 Well, it basically means that a said person, be it father or slave owner, can decide to marry you away to a stranger. 02 br 02 br 00 I thought of this one: 02 br 02 br 00 - [pronoun] away in marriage 02 br 02 br 00 NB: Yes.
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1 i 00 Can you unpack a bit more the nuance of the colloquial Danish expression? Phrases that spring to mind in English are things like "arranged marriage", which isn't quite right, or "bartered with other plantation owners", which doesn't quite bring across the dehumanising element of treating enslaved men like animals put out to stud or women like broodmares. 02 i 02 br
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