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Can you translate a complete novel in 5 days?
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Saying what you mean Nov 15, 2019

neilmac wrote:

... they probably meant was that the project might be of interest to you...


Well- if indeed that was what they meant, that's what they should have said. But they didn't say that. They said "a potential translation project in which you might be of interest".

I read what I see. I don't speculate that a person might have been thinking something different from what they wrote.



[Edited at 2019-11-15 09:14 GMT]
 
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The BFG Nov 15, 2019

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Hmmm Nov 15, 2019

I think he meant "ARE two different things".
 
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BFG speak Nov 15, 2019

No, that is just the way he speaks. Lovely character, brilliant book!

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Great Missenden Nov 15, 2019

Marjolein Snippe wrote:

No, that is just the way he speaks. Lovely character, brilliant book!


I should find out more about him. During my summer hikes I often walk past his house in the village of Great Missenden.

https://www.roalddahl.com/museum
 
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