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Word choices. Automatic translation.

de utopio_projekto, 2 de marzo de 2017

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Idioma: English

utopio_projekto (Mostrar perfil) 2 de marzo de 2017 22:00:32

When "water" refers to the ocean or sea:

> Do you see the sparkles on the water?

sparkles = sparkles of light.

Is Google's translation sparkles -> "brilantaj" correct?

Does it make sense to use the direct translation water -> akvo when referring to the surface of the ocean?

Vestitor (Mostrar perfil) 4 de marzo de 2017 02:00:13

If the water in question is a distinct body of water, then you refer to it by its name: the sea, a river, a lake. If you're talking about the water contained in one of those bodies, then it's just 'water'.

Sparkles is, to me, not usual English. To sparkle, with reference to liquids, really means to effervesce rather than reflections of light or a 'glint' or 'shimmer' or 'glisten'.

Poetically I would ask: Ĉu la lumo dancas sur la akvo?

tommjames (Mostrar perfil) 10 de marzo de 2017 11:50:42

Is Google's translation sparkles -> "brilantaj" correct?
"Brilantaj" is a plural adjective meaning "shining". I would use the verb "trembrili" here, so:

La akvo trembrilas
Ĉu vi vidas la trembrilojn sur la akvo

But there are other ways of putting it - Vestitor's "lumo dancas" is quite nice.

Mustelvulpo (Mostrar perfil) 14 de marzo de 2017 20:17:21

I like trembrili. Momentary flashes of light could be described as ekbriloj.

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