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English translation: it's a notion, not a thing
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| 18:21 Dec 20, 2018 |
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|  Selected response from: Marian Vieyra United Kingdom Local time: 12:52 | ||||||
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1to be temporarily / to be permanently Explanation: Vai aumentar o texto, mas pode ser uma solução |
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7 hrs confidence:
A permanent trait vs a transient condition Explanation: Outra sugestão. https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/quick-tips-for-understanding-ser-and-estar |
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14 hrs confidence:
a being Explanation: "a being, not a thing" might work. Or perhaps something like "it is being, it is not a thing". "It is fluid, not fixed" would express the same idea but perhaps strays too far from the original wording? |
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15 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1it's a notion, not a thing Explanation: Or, Morning is an abstract thing. It just is. It's not an actual thing. It's all quite subjective, really. |
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17 hrs confidence:
...is something abstract, that is (to say), not something tangible. Explanation: An idea. I think this term needs to be translated in accordance with how you translate the rest of the sentence as a literal translation probably would not work in English. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 hrs (2018-12-21 12:25:23 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or even: "...something abstract, in existence, though not something tangible." |
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it’s a passing, not a permanent, thing Explanation: it’s a passing, not enduring, thing. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 days 9 hrs (2018-12-24 04:10:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- @asker I did wonder whether you want to keep “thing” though I presume from your comments in other posts that you probably do. If not, another thought was: “is an abstraction, (it is) passing, not here to stay”. But it might be a step too far from the original? |
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