Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term
Italy
potranno
C'è un verbo in un testo che sto traducendo su cui ho dubbi per la resa in inglese e l'ho messo fra virgolette :
Chong e Lee non '' potranno '' mai scusarsi abbastanza con Mei per non averla aiutata come avrebbero dovuto.
Chong and Lee '' shall '' never apologize to Mei enough for not helping her with house cleaning work as they should have done.
L'uso di '' will/shall never be able to '' non mi sembra adeguato nè al contesto, nè alla resa del verbo '' potranno ''. Inoltre l'uso di will significherebbe che non si scuseranno mai. Infine, l'uso di shall sembra adeguato perchè esiste una regola che shall si usa anche per fare previsioni.
Voi che dite?
| 4 +2 | can/will |
philgoddard
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Mar 12, 2021 14:49: philgoddard changed "Field (write-in)" from "shall or be able to" to "(none)"
Mar 13, 2021 16:40: JudyC changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Michele Fauble, Grace Anderson, JudyC
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can/will
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Note added at 1 hr (2021-03-12 14:51:24 GMT)
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"Can never apologize enough" or "will never be able to apologize enough".
| Ma come è possibile che si usi '' be able to '' se si tratta soltanto di scusarsi? e non di capacità? Altri suggerimenti? |
| Gentilmente potete spiegare il motivo di usare '' can '' e '' be able to '' in questo contesto? If you want to explain it in English, please do it. |
| agree |
Michele Fauble
: “... will never be able to...”
5 hrs
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| agree |
Josephine Cassar
: Agree with you and depends on context. Rosario, it's what is said and what we would say. Right solution
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