` ALadded a comment 7 years ago
Алина: exept — устаревшая форма exCept … /Useful english dictionary
современное правильное написание - EXCEPT
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` ALasked for translation 7 years ago
How to translate? (ru-en)
Человеку надо всегда давать второй шанс. Может его никто не простит, а я простил ...
User translations (3)
- 1.
Everyone deserves a second chance. Nobody may be willing to forgive him, but I have.
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold ru-en4 - 2.
Человеку надо всегда давать второй шанс. Может, его никто не простит, а я простил ...
EditedOne must always give a person a second chance. Perhaps nobody will ever forgive him, but/yet I did...
translation added by Mariia M.Silver ru-en1 - 3.
The second chance should be given to a person. Maybe no one will forgive him exept me
translation added by Алина Баранова1
Discussion (8)
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago
Alina: "the second chance" is a definite phrase, which would imply that there's only one - it should be "A second chance." However, the sentence "a second chance should be given to a person" isn't idiomatic in English - it's not something we say. You're second sentence is good, except "exept")
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago
+Mariia
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago
Tatiana, I think the first sentence is a general statement, but the second one refers to an actual person - therefore HE. Also, I think the passive sounds funny in this context.
Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 7 years ago
Ага, поняла, спасибо!)
` ALadded a comment 7 years ago
Everyone must always have a second chance. Maybe no one will agree to forgive him but I did it.
⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 7 years ago
Not quite, Al, it's just not idiomatic. There's no situation where we say "everyone must have a second chance" because it sounds like "у каждого человека, небось, второй шанс". Also we don't use "agree" the same way Russians do. In Russian it means to be willing, in English it just means to come to an agreement with someone or something like a contract.
` ALadded a comment 7 years ago
Uly: Thank you. I got it.