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--[[User:Da~Mike|Da~Mike]] 13:26, 22 August 2006 (GMT) |
--[[User:Da~Mike|Da~Mike]] 13:26, 22 August 2006 (GMT) |
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− | * 背はそんなに高くない。百五十五センチといったところだろうか。 |
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− | * sei sonna ni takakunai. hyaku go juu go centi to itta tokoro darou ka. |
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− | * height {that towards, that way} tall-not. 155cm {you might say} place for sure? |
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− | * She's not all that tall. Around 155cm, I'd say? |
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− | (I took some liberties with that final translation, but only in the nuances. The underlying ideas are pretty clear.) |
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− | So it's the other use of "not too tall" not as in "too tall, too short, just right" -- but as in "not very tall" or as we say in America to describe someone who's slow on the uptake "not too swift." |
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− | I will change it to something a little more clear, by breaking the height part out into its own sentence, and removing the confusing use of "too", like so: |
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− | :If you looked closely, she was actually quite cute. Slender and well-proportioned legs, thin ankles. Not very tall, at around 155cm. Her eyes were like a curious kitten's ... |
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− | If you noticed, the original text had the guessing of her height as a question. I'm not certain whether or not that marks it as Saito's internal speech or not. I've left that alone for now. |
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− | --[[User:The naming game|The naming game]] 07:27, 26 August 2006 (PDT) |
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