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    Quote Originally Posted by translationsnmru View Post
    Good job on the first four lines.


    "биться" doesn't mean "to be beaten". It is either "to fight" or "to beat" (as in "the heart is beating"). The word has other meanings too, but I don't think any of those would apply here

    thanks for the correction so how would this be in english? in a sentence

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    what does it mean by : I may be hairsplitting, but I'd say "Your grey name is rain"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Katina View Post
    what does it mean by : I may be hairsplitting, but I'd say "Your grey name is rain"?
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    You translated one of the lines "Your name is grey - rain". I think that "You grey name is rain" is truer to the original, even though the difference isn't very big

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    omg i thought you meant it was part of the translation! haha

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