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dido4



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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 11:17 pm    Post subject: make friend Reply with quote

1.If we learn some easy greetings, it will be easier for us to make friends.
2.If we learn some easy greetings, we will make friends easier.

Q1:It is from a translation. Which one is better?
Q2:Is #2 right?

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myprofe



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Location: Madrid, Spain - Native Boston, USA

PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 11:25 pm    Post subject: translation Reply with quote

It's hard to answer without seeing the orginal text. In any case, I would change the second one to: If we learn some easy greetings, we will make friends more easily.

Here's another example.
It will be easier if you do it like this.
You can do it more easily like this.

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dido4



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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 11:54 pm    Post subject: Re: translation Reply with quote

myprofe wrote:
It's hard to answer without seeing the orginal text. In any case, I would change the second one to: If we learn some easy greetings, we will make friends more easily.

Here's another example.
It will be easier if you do it like this.
You can do it more easily like this.


The following is original text(Chinese):
如果我們學習一些簡單的問候語,我們將更容易交朋友

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