04-14-2008, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by kellymellars
 Oh no vicente, your suggestions are OK, in fact they are invaluable. It is the fact that you said that your translation was the best, and (implied) that only you knew how to speak the language properly; that bothered me. |
Kelly, I don't think Vicente implied that anywhere, actually.
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most people would write it that way.
In that regard I believe my version would be better understood in the U.S.
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I think you skipped the underlined part in Vicente's post.
And I also think that you, we, should definitely leave it at that.
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