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0 pointssznio2y ago0 comments

that's more like "she's been saying goodbye too often"

the "before" at the end throws me off. I don't think there's an correct tense to properly get this across in Polish. "Kiedyś żegnała się zbyt często"? "Często" also kinda applies to frequency in time, not count, so a literal "zbyt wiele razy" feels better.

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self_awareness2y ago

I feel like "she'd been saying goodbye too often" is "zbyt często żegnała", but adding "zbyt często już żegnała" is like "she'd been saying goodbye too often, but now she's fed up with saying goodbyes, and doesn't do that anymore".

Of course "Kiedyś żegnała się zbyt często" is more explicit and understandable, but not as efficient for this competition :)

puzzlingcaptcha2y ago

It doesn't really capture the intent of the original sentence either. To convey the same idea you'd have to say something like "Za wiele razy mówiła żegnam"

self_awareness2y ago

"Say goodbye" doesn't necessarily mean "to speak the words 'goodbye'". I'm not an English expert, but I think that waving with your hand is also "saying goodbye". And if that's true, then "żegnać" is the same as "saying goodbye".

ajuc2y ago

"Często" sounds way more natural here than "zbyt wiele razy". Nobody says "zbyt wiele razy" :)

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0 pointssznio2y ago0 comments

that's more like "she's been saying goodbye too often"

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self_awareness2y ago

Of course "Kiedyś żegnała się zbyt często" is more explicit and understandable, but not as efficient for this competition :)

puzzlingcaptcha2y ago

It doesn't really capture the intent of the original sentence either. To convey the same idea you'd have to say something like "Za wiele razy mówiła żegnam"

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ajuc2y ago

"Często" sounds way more natural here than "zbyt wiele razy". Nobody says "zbyt wiele razy" :)

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