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një rrugë më të gjatë

English translation: (Një) distancë mjaft e gjatë

22:16 Oct 13, 2018
Albanian to English translations [PRO]
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Albanian term or phrase: një rrugë më të gjatë
I am working on a backtranslation. A colleague translates Swedish into Albanian, and the customer wants me to check his translations by translating back into Swedish. Now I have two questions on this phrase: is it good Albanian to say or write "një rrugë më të gjatë" without doing a comparison? The original Swedish phrase means "a rather long distance" - which brings me to the second question: wouldn't distancë be better?
larserik
Sweden
Local time: 08:15
English translation:(Një) distancë mjaft e gjatë
Explanation:
You know how you have to ignore what words translate to sometimes and translate the meaning instead. I think that's the case this time for "a rather long distance", based on all the context you have provided. It also depends on the context whether you use the "një" or just go with "distancë mjaft e gjatë".
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Bajram Djambazi
United States
Local time: 01:15
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Faleminderit shumë
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4 +1(Një) distancë mjaft e gjatë
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A rather long distance
(Një) distancë mjaft e gjatë


Explanation:
You know how you have to ignore what words translate to sometimes and translate the meaning instead. I think that's the case this time for "a rather long distance", based on all the context you have provided. It also depends on the context whether you use the "një" or just go with "distancë mjaft e gjatë".

Bajram Djambazi
United States
Local time: 01:15
Native speaker of: Native in AlbanianAlbanian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Faleminderit shumë

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