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언어: English
Mustelvulpo (프로필 보기) 2011년 4월 17일 오후 9:56:16
ceigered (프로필 보기) 2011년 4월 18일 오전 5:18:05
- when judging my translations
- when you are judging my translations
- when you judge my translations
But only the first one sounds right-ish. The others seem a bit strange for a reason I can't explain.
Normally though I'd say:
"Feel free" over "You are invited", or while still being as formal - "I invite you"
e.g. "Feel free to be a bit more indulgent when judging my translations"
or "I invite you to be a bit more indulgent when judging my translations".
"You are invited" sounds like a letter or greeting card you give to someone inviting them to a party, where as "I invite you" sounds more like something you'd say to a guest in real-time conversation.
Nonetheless, your original English was completely correct, just very formal and a bit impersonal, where as "Feel free" has a more casual, inviting sound to it, and "I invite you" has a formal but friendly sound to it.
So you can choose the bits you want
jefusan (프로필 보기) 2011년 4월 18일 오후 1:30:57
If that's the case, I would just say "Please be a bit more indulgent when judging my translations," or, "You are invited to judge my translations, but please be a bit more indulgent."
3rdblade (프로필 보기) 2011년 4월 19일 오전 12:02:06
erinja:The whole sentence sounds strange to me. What are we asking someone to do?It's one of those sentences which tries so hard to be polite it ends up sounding a bit unctuous. Or like when banks introduce a new fee, and they advertise it by saying 'You are invited to be a part of our exciting new banking directions," or something. There is an imperative in there, a direction from the translator to the judge. Roughly:
"Be nice when you judge my translations."
In EO... "Kiam vi juĝas miajn tradukojn, bonvolu esti malsevere." or "Bonvolu juĝi miajn tradukojn malsevere."
3rdblade (프로필 보기) 2011년 4월 19일 오전 7:35:39
ceigered:I thought indulgent meant "please indulge yourself, feel free to do it as much as you like"....My dictionary has indulgent as meaning, "having or indicating a readiness or overreadiness to be generous to or lenient with someone."