to Elena: "I'll not .." is not correct
я не успею собрать все деньги в срок
Переводы пользователей (2)
- 1.
I'll never be able to get all the money together on time.
Перевод добавил ⁌ ULY ⁍Золото ru-en4 - 2.
I won't be in time to collect all the money.
Перевод добавил Анастасия КудринаБронза ru-en1
Обсуждение (21)
It's correct:
It sounds wierd, anyway. I've never heard anybody say that.
Вообще-то в русском варианте нет слова "никогда".
NEVER не значит буквально НИКОГДА в этом случае.
Not really. By adding "never" you make it sound more dramatic then the original version. Put back your English version and let see how it will be translated. Your fans don't count.
It's not at all dramatic. It's an alternative to NOT that we use when something expected didn't or won't happen. In the past you can say He said he'd come to the party, but he never showed up. Not dramatic. In the future you can say I'm trying to get to the airport before he lands, but with this traffic I'll never make it. Not dramatic.
It is dramatic when you translate it into Russian. Я не буду есть этот суп и Я никогда не буду есть этот суп are quite different in meaning.
Because you're using NEVER with its meaning of AT NO TIME. It has another meaning which is simply NOT AT ALL, and is only used for future and past contexts.
If somebody gave you a huge bowl of soup, you could say I could never eat that much soup. That doesn't mean AT NO TIME, it means THERE'S NO WAY, it's IMPOSSIBLE.
See meanings 2 and 3:
COLLECT MONEY doesn't mean собирать деньги in the sense of putting together or coming up a certain amount of money. It means to go around and get money that is due to you from people, so it doesn't work in this context. You could use "get/put THE money together, or "raise" or "come up" with THE money.
I see. I thought it would do but it didn't :(. Thank you, Uly!
Anytime, Elena.
@Uly: I meant precisely "collecting money" because when I hear such a sentence in Russian, I interprete it, first of all, like that: A person lacks their own money for sth and has to borrow some from their relatives or friends, or whatever.
In this case, would you still suggest another verb?
Yes, Maria, I would suggest RAISE or COME UP WITH. The thing is that you COLLECT money that's owed to you, not that you want to borrow.
@Uly: Ok, thank you. It seems I might want to research into the matter more deeply. I've always thought that "to raise money" is sth you do mostly for charity (by means of selling cakes, holding auctions or sth), wheras "to collect" and "to gather money" is more neutral in terms of how you do it.
But I do like the "come up with" suggestion :)
Great :)
COME UP WITH means to find money by any means necessary, and RAISE means to use fundraising efforts like for charity.
Aleh, did you have any other questions? Can I help you further understand the nuances of the word NEVER in English?
Uly,я поняла ,почему ты не перевёл ТО предложение.
Это могло значить только ОДНО,что я правильно догадалась о смысле!!!