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Igor Paikovasked for translation 5 лет назад
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I didn't want to have to do it myself

User translations (2)

  1. 1.

    Я не хотел делать это сам.

    translation added by Tatiana Gerasimenko
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  2. 2.

    Я не хотел, чтобы мне это было нужно делать самому

    translation added by grumbler
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Discussion (11)

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 лет назад

Мне не нравилось, что приходилось это делать самому. ¿

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 лет назад

Не хотел, чтобы было нужно... 🤔

grumbleradded a comment 5 лет назад

Ну, можно сказать "чтобы пришлось"

grumbleradded a comment 5 лет назад

Ну да, вы почти так и сказали

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 лет назад

This basically means I wanted to avoid having to do it myself if somebody else could do it instead.

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 лет назад

I think everyone understood the meaning. The problem was to interpret it because, не хотел, чтобы нужно/не хотел, чтобы пришлось sound really awkward. That's way I went with не нравилось, but I wasn't sure enough it would work there.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 лет назад

How about избежать?

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 лет назад

Я хотел избежать делать это самому isn't very natural either. In real life, you'll say something along the lines of Я не хотел делать это сам. For some reasons, "have to" won't translate idiomatically there, at least, no one's come up with anything both close to the English and sonding natural.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 лет назад

Actually, your version in this last comment seems like the most natural. You should add it.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 лет назад

I may be wrong, but for some reason it seems like the speakers hesitation might best be rendered by не хотелось

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